By Jim Hogson*
Vidalina Morales, a member of the board of a United Church partner in El Salvador, is part of the “Water is More Precious Than Gold” cross-Canada speaking tour. On behalf of El Salvador’s ...
... around the world. Together, we can help to raise international awareness of the country’s political crisis and to show urgently needed solidarity with the Salvadoran social movements and the community ...
... on environmentally destructive metal mining. More than 250 organizations from 29 countries came together Friday to pressure the Salvadoran government to drop the charges against and release five water ...
... for the defenders, it was to tell them: "you are not safe in your own home."
But that did not stop us from demanding justice. We, together with the Defenders Network and other organizations, set up the ...
... to an Oxfam America study, Dirty Metals, "When it comes to toxic emissions, metal mining is one of the leading industries."
Given this reality, broad based social coalitions, together with the Catholic ...
... State Dispute Settlement system (ISDS).
Glencore’s operations in Bolivia are carried out through the mining companies Sinchi Wayra and Illapa (the first is a holding company that owns the second). Together ...
The World
Joyce
A new book describes how environmental activists in El Salvador brought conservatives and progressives together to institute a nationwide ban on metal mining in 2017.
The World’s ...
... you envision who truly has power if we unleash our imaginations and act together.”
—Ai-jen Poo, executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, author of The Age of Dignity, and MacArthur ...
... States.
El Junquillo belongs to the municipality of San Isidro, which together with Guacotecti and Sensuntepeque, made up the area in which the exploitation of gold and silver was planned within the ...
... harassment.
Together with massive disinformation and fake news, all these fuels ethnic divide and discrimination towards IP and their struggles.
In the commemoration of the annual International Human ...
... as one of the founder of Sagipin ang Kalikasan organization.
She was involved in an environmental investigative mission, together with civil society groups, on mining-affected areas that were later and ...
... according to the alert, “together with the state, through military and judicial harassment, they are forging ahead at all costs with the iron ore project that threatens the water sources for tens of thousands ...
... the recent ruling of the Court of Appeals, the Honduran state confirms its sad status as the most dangerous country for environmental defenders in the world. Together with Guatemala and Nicaragua, these ...
... and most vulnerable around the world. When countries around the world are scrambling for resources to confront the Covid-19 pandemic, governments of the world should come together and agree to immediately ...
... of southern Peru, scheduled to begin operations in 2022. As members of London Mining Network, and together with colleagues from DHUMA (Human Rights and the Environment) in Puno, we helped to submit a series ...
P. Cabezas
On July 11th, environmental justice activists in El Salvador commemorated the 11th anniversary of the 2009 assassination of Marcelo Rivera, a community cultural activist and water defender ...
... and Climate Change of the Legislative Assembly.
The objective of the letter was to remind the deputies of the Committee that, together with broad sectors of civil society and its organizations, the organizations ...
... days, Pumihic himself would join a team manning the checkpoint. They bar the entry of supplies for Oceanagold, an Australian-Canadian gold mining company, that he, together with the rest of the community, ...
DHUMA -Human Rights and Environment- from Puno, Peru has been recognised for their tireless work in defence of indigenous rights in southern Peru with prestigious international human rights prize.
DEMOCRACY ...
... processing 20 more applications. Altogether, including the pending applications, they cover 11,143 square kilometers, or 8.55 percent of the country.
El Salvador made international history by being the ...