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1. The water issue is thorny for the right wing in El Salvador: Interview with Lourdes Palacios: (Mining and Human Rights); ... is about conclude. "It has not been possible to advance discussion on issues that are critical to the Salvadoran population in areas such a as the General Water Law, Metal Mining, Solid Waste Management ...; Created on 23 January 2015
2. Central American community groups work together on mining issues: (March 2013 North American Tour); ... of these trans-border projects is Cerro Blanco, a mine proposed for an area of Guatemala immediately adjacent to El Salvador and in the heart of the Río Lempa headwaters. It’s one of the issues Vidalina ...; Created on 18 March 2013
3. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... newfound strength to press lawmakers into passing the mining ban. During the resistance to the Pacific Rim project, anti-mining activists organized around two key issues: water and health. In El Salvador, ...; Created on 06 April 2023
4. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... victory, back in 2017, when El Salvador’s government announced it would be the first country in the world to issue a total ban on metal mining. For a half-century, the industry had been dumping waste and ...; Created on 03 April 2023
5. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the historic mining ban—despite environmental concerns and the Central American country's ongoing water issues due to the climate emergency and pollution. "Among El Salvador's greatest heroes of this century ...; Created on 20 January 2023
6. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... municipal authorities, on any issue that affects the public interest, if 10% percent of the registered voters sign a petition addressed to local municipal authorities. Once the petition is received, the ...; Created on 22 September 2022
7. PRESS RELEASE: The municipal consultation on Cerro Blanco mine is valid and legitimate: (Cerro Blanco); ... are also several constitutional resolutions which recognize these as truly democratic processes. According to these rulings, such as the one issued in the department of Jalapa, municipal consultations ...; Created on 21 September 2022
8. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...: (Cerro Blanco); ... Mita, Department of Jutiapa, Republic of Guatemala, to issue the following public statement before the national and international public opinion: CONSIDERING 1. That the Lempa River Trinational ...; Created on 12 June 2022
9. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... to me that, even with this scenario, they still think about solving the issue of the (climate) crisis with money or false solutions. They say: "we are going to invest here, we are going to invest here", ...; Created on 25 December 2021
10. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... metal exploration and exploitation again. The government has shown little interest to date in environmental issues, and its policies and practices confirm the absence of an environmental conscience. ...; Created on 14 December 2021
11. La Mesa releases a memoir of their collective struggle to ban mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... an effort to provide incentives for artisanal miners to convert to more sustainable occupations, reparations for families that were victims of mining violence have not been issued, no efforts have been ...; Created on 29 June 2021
12. The law on the right to water reaches Parliament, "people's lives are at stake" warns Cardinal Rosa Chav: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... have water as a fundamental human right", underlined the Cardinal. In recent days, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced that the issue of water will be discussed in the Legislative Assembly and ...; Created on 15 June 2021
13. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... was not given full investigative powers, limiting its ability to make any meaningful interventions or policy recommendations on issues related to human rights abuses abroad. The name “ombudsperson” is ...; Created on 12 May 2021
14. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... in Tocoa. The Institute for Policy Studies, Washington’s first progressive multi-issue think tank, awarded the community committee with the international Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights award. In 2020, ...; Created on 06 May 2021
15. Reactivation of Cerro Blanco Mining Project: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Energy and Mines (MEM) a “2-year temporary closure due to technical failures and flooding”, since when no mining activities have been carried out. Yesterday (4th May) Bluestone Resources Inc. issued ...; Created on 06 May 2021
16. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... the world, as an example that it was necessary to “suspend all ISDS cases on any issue against any government while fighting against Covid-19 crisis”, in order that states could focus their efforts on ...; Created on 22 April 2021
17. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... warn the new order could further endanger defenders as well as open key biodiversity areas to mining. MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte has issued an order to lift a nine-year moratorium on granting new ...; Created on 15 April 2021
18. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the Salvadoran government nearly $13 million in legal fees and expenses—to rule against the mine. The ICSID based its ruling on the very legal issue that Barrera had pointed out during a National Action ...; Created on 11 April 2021
19. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... conducted by the University of Central America in 2007 and 2015, which revealed overwhelming disapproval for mining. Another factor was La Mesa’s framing of the issue. The water defenders did not see ...; Created on 05 April 2021
20. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... moving parts,’’ DHEC’s Jeremy Eddy said. One issue that was mentioned only briefly at this past week’s hearing was whether OceanaGold would increase a cash bond to pay for any environmental damage. DHEC ...; Created on 02 April 2021

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