... the signatory States are obliged to consultation when authorizing projects or private or state investments in indigenous population territories. Being an international human rights agreement, according ...
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In a majority of these cases, the communities most affected by the mining projects have been actively organizing to defend their territories and natural commons. For local residents, these projects are ...
... mining companies operate with impunity in the territories.
In El Salvador, the new government led by Nayib Bukele has not shown an interest in fostering a dialogue with social and environmental movements ...
... resistances of Indigenous, campesino and urban communities battling dispossession and displacement, more armed groups threatening their territories and more militarization with which to repress them. In ...
... promotes mining with the objective of economic promotion of the territories. However, this goes hand in hand with the criminalization and violation of human rights of the inhabitants," Torres concluded. ...
... the Salvadoran example, “there are cases of movements that are demanding mining-free territories” in neighboring countries, Nicaraguan researcher Angélica Alfaro, one of the chief authors of the new study, ...
... criminalization faced by spokespersons and representatives of communities that organize to defend their territories against extractive projects. This international alliance will be watching the final stages ...
... in his final contribution at the press conference, called on the population in general, and in particular to local communities, to prevent the entry of mining companies into their territories. “These extractive ...
... have, to either grant or deny their consent to extractive projects in their territories.
During the meeting we analyzed the legal frameworks and conventional obligations on the right to prior consultation ...
... water, and bilateral agreements are used to minimize the damages to the towns in border territories.
"El Salvador has already demonstrated that organization and social struggle can obtain good results, ...
... a local issue, but on all that the case came to represent after several years of ‘globalising the struggle’.
Alliances and Solidarity
“While the communities played a leading role in their territories, ...
Sandra Cuffe : Waging NonViolence
Communities and organizations in northern El Salvador continue to organize referendums in an effort to keep their territories free of mining. Established by the country’s ...
... ordinances;” to state their opinion on the impacts of mining operations in their territories.
* Translated by Sebastian Rosemont
Translated from: http://www.diariocolatino.com/fmln-listo-dar-votos-la-prohibicion-la-industria-minera-pais/ ...
... spread to other territories who adopted it to defend its integrity, a pride of the people," he said.
Translated from: http://www.diariocolatino.com/la-mineria-no-cuestion-izquierda-derechas-sino-vida-muerte-monsenor-rauda/ ...
By P. Cabezas
As the morning sun rises on the town of San Jose las Flores, members of the community prepare for the annual pilgrimage to the Urbina Hills, the site that once was the main exploration ...
... El Salvador we have had four environmentalists murdered including Dora Sorto who was eight months pregnant. Without a doubt, the struggle to defend our territories and to protect the environment is alive ...
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Meanwhile the country continues without an updated mining law, nor a decision in relation to mining prohibition.
Public rejection of mining has led to four municipalities to declare themselves as territories ...
... the communal leaders cross kilometers in their territories to gather signatures of at least 40% of eligible voters, which is usually around 500. The signatures are presented in the town hall to begin the ...
... that has decided to autonomously eradicate their territories from metal exploration and mining under municipal ordinances.
Canadian mining company AuMartinique entered the region in 2005, to explore ...
Marina Bonneti
Successful referendum puts Municipality of Arcatao among the few official Mining-Free Territories in El Salvador
On Sunday, November 8th Arcatao became the fourth Municipality in the ...