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41. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court: (Regional News); ... KCA’s Public Relations representative. “The whole system of investment is under attack.” A History of Resistance The decision comes after nearly 6 years of peaceful resistance by residents of the neighboring ...; Created on 27 August 2018
42. From Mining to Water: 25 years of Community Solidarity and Organizing: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Dorado gold mine near San Isidrio, Cabañas. The 12-year fight transformed a local outcry into a nation-wide movement with international support. Their organizing drive culminated in March 2017 when El ...; Created on 24 August 2018
43. Church in El Salvador backs law declaring clean, affordable water as a human right: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... but there is total freedom for businesses.” (Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez, appointed by Pope Francis last year, is the auxiliary bishop of San Salvador.) For nearly two decades, El Salvador has considered ...; Created on 08 May 2018
44. Duterte's new warning to mining companie: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Our most recent visit was in July 2017, when we traveled to 3 of the company's reforestation areas near the Didipio mine to see if the reality lived up ...; Created on 08 May 2018
45. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... In Cabañas, the Canadian company Pacific Rim in 2002 acquired the El Dorado gold mine near the rural town of San Isidro, and started exploring. El Dorado was located in the Lempa River basin, whose ...; Created on 07 May 2018
46. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... according to the Ministry of the Environment, and many studies suggest that El Salvador could be facing water shortages in the near future if no measures are taken to prevent further damage. With this ...; Created on 08 February 2018
47. National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining demands justice in the case of murdered environmentalists: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... at the time, was killed while she was in a nearby river washing clothes. She was intercepted by a group of men: they murdered her when she was returning home with her youngest son, who also got injured ...; Created on 01 February 2018
48. In Mining-Affected Communities, Water Is Becoming More Precious Than Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Sorto, who was eight months pregnant, were murdered. Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, also from the Cabañas Environmental Com-mittee, was killed in June 2011. In 2013, OceanaGold rescued Pacific Rim from near-bankruptcy ...; Created on 26 June 2017
49. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Disputes (ICSID), created in 1966 as part of the World Bank Group—and after over $12 million spent on legal fees by El Salvador—the three-person panel of arbitrators neared their decision in the summer ...; Created on 26 June 2017
50. El Salvador Passes Historic Law To Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Recinos Sorto (who was eight months pregnant), and Juan Francisco Durán Ayala. The El Dorado project generated a legal battle that lasted nearly a decade between OceanaGold/Pacific Rim and the Government ...; Created on 16 April 2017

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