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21. Mining Grabs Up Land, Deals Blow to Agriculture in Central America: (Background and reports ); ... "Impacts of metal mining in Central America,” published in 2011, warned that “access to the geographical space available to mining is twice that dedicated to the production of basic grains, that is, for ...; Created on 07 May 2019
22. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... peasant rights. The case of Walter Aduviri and the Aymara people is emblematic of the attacks and threats faced by communities that stand up to defend their basic resources throughout Latin America ...; Created on 28 August 2018
23. THE STRUGGLE FOR GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE CONTINUES IN EL SALVADOR: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... of inhabitants of nearby communities without sufficient water for their most basic needs; Large producers of sugar cane continue to over-exploit underground water sources, even in years of severe drought, ...; Created on 27 August 2018
24. The international dimensions of the fight for water in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... public forum organized on June 28th, they reminded us that the current international investment regime has no concerns for the negative impacts that companies have on the application on basic human rights; ...; Created on 02 July 2018
25. Bishops of El Salvador warn against privatizing water: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... Si', on Care for Our Common Home," which said, "Access to potable and secure water is a basic, fundamental and universal human right because it determines the survival of people and therefore is a condition ...; Created on 24 June 2018
26. Water 2.0 - Salvadoreans take to the streets to battle renewed attempts to privatize water resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... of the constitution to recognize food and water as basic human rights, pending a ratification vote by two a thirds majority of the subsequent Legislature. By the end of 2013, members of the ECCC had already ...; Created on 24 June 2018
27. El Salvador: first anniversary of the mining ban A cause for celebration, but the new law faces dangers: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Andrés McKinley - UK LAB On March 29th, 2017, the small country of El Salvador became the first nation in the world to exercise its sovereign right to say “no” to metallic mining after carefully analyzing ...; Created on 22 June 2018
28. Central Americans Demand to be Consulted About Mining Projects: (Regional News); ... a concession to international consortiums. But that is basically dead letter in the Central American countries that have ratified it, said activists consulted by IPS during the meeting. The governments ...; Created on 09 May 2018
29. A year with a bitter taste in environmental matters in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of land and have destroyed what previously were forests, protected mangroves and basic grain crops in, said Patrocinio Dubón, president of the Lower Lempa Water Association. In addition, water defenders ...; Created on 01 February 2018
30. To prevent water privatization: the next battle for Salvadorean environmentalists: (Water no Gold); ... UN and a proposal to amend the constitution to enshrine the rights of food and water as basic human rights. In March 2012, the executive branch of the government introduced its own Water Legislation ...; Created on 27 July 2017
31. In El Salvador, a moment more precious than gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... planning, Edgardo Sabado, addressed both general audiences and key policymakers. Padilla demonstrated with visual images and documented facts the environmental destruction and the violation of basic human ...; Created on 26 June 2017
32. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the international solidarity.” Reaping the Harvest The struggles of local communities all over Latin America in defence of their basic resources are never just local affairs. The extraction sites for ...; Created on 23 June 2017
33. El Salvador Passes Historic Law To Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... with the basic requirements for a mining permit. The panel awarded El Salvador $8 million to partially cover its legal fees. OceanaGold has still not paid the amount ordered by the court and continued ...; Created on 16 April 2017
34. A wake-up call for Trump's trade agend: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... basic requirements for seeking a license. But the investment court, which is part of the World Bank Group in Washington, accepted the case anyway. The tribunal and the lawyers profit from more cases, ...; Created on 03 March 2017
35. El Marco jurídico para la privatización del agua en El Salvador: (General Environment Backrounders); Raul Moreno, 2005, Brot Foundation The privatization of water in El Salvador would raise tariffs, have drastic effects on the quality of water, prevent the conservation of the resource, and would make ...; Created on 23 April 2016
36. El Lado Oscuro del Oro: Impactos de Minería Metálica en El Salvador: (General mining reports ); ... El Salvador, mining would have disastrous effects on the environment, water, and health of people. There is social movement in El Salvador where people are fighting for basic rights such as access to clean ...; Created on 23 April 2016
37. Research reveals that right wing parties collaborate with mining companies in the department of Cabanas.: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... violate the rights of the inhabitants of the department of Cabañas. Researcher Jennifer Moore stressed that mining companies create foundations to disguise their intentions, but basically are just looking ...; Created on 07 March 2016
38. Commerce Group Mining Corporation required to pay for environmental clean up of the San Sebastian mine.: (Commerce Group); ... to pay exorbitant amounts of money for water and to collect rain water in order to meet their basic needs. And the problems for the community continue to surface: exposure to the heavy metals resulting ...; Created on 02 March 2016
39. In the Keystone Suit, It’s Big Oil vs. Democracy: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... some cases to mean that basic public interest protections violate a government’s responsibility to provide a stable and predictable regulatory environment. Like Pacific Rim, TransCanada is suing to recoup ...; Created on 02 February 2016
40. Statement in support of El Salvador from Amianan Salakniban in the Philippines (2): (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of the environment more than 90 percent of their water sources are contaminated. El Salvador’s defense states that OceanaGold did not comply with the basic requirements for any gold-mining permits. In ...; Created on 28 October 2015

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