... a higher level court.
The Attorney General “needs to straighten his priorities and investigate the role of the company’s employees in the murders” Morales states. “We know that Rodrigo Chavez was personally ...
... El Salvador can, according to its internal needs and priorities, adopt economic policies that exclude productive sectors or trade activities from national treatment and most favoured nation status.
Rushed ...
... Lempa River watershed for their drinking water, livelihoods and other basic needs. A movement to protect the Lempa River watershed emerged out of the struggle against the mining project and evolved into ...
... that environmental protection and the needs of local communities take precedence in water resource allocation strategies.
“What we are seeing in El Salvador is a battle for fresh water that pits foreign ...
... over their own economies and legal systems to ISDS, where corporate lawyers can act as judge in one case and prosecutor in the next. The international community needs to confront corporate greed head-on, ...
... has established for security reasons in a town away from his community.
When he travels back to his community of La Maraña he needs to ensure that is safe to do so because supporters of the mining ...
... Salvador will be forced to hand over $300 million to a mining corporation for prioritizing community needs and clean water over a gold mine. London Review of Books:When Mining Firms Sue Pacific Rim is ...
... D.C. Inside, three individuals sat down to decide whether or not the government of El Salvador will be forced to hand over $300 million to a mining corporation for prioritizing community needs and clean ...
... cast a vote.
The international observer delegation would also like to acknowledge the efforts by the rest of the community who ensured that all basics needs were met in order to raise the standards ...
... the value of the El Dorado project.
“We continue to engage with stakeholders at all levels in El Salvador to better understand their needs and to address their concerns on all aspects of the proposed ...
(Ottawa) Nearly 150,000 people have already signed an online petition directed at the Australian-Canadian firm OceanaGold urging it to drop its suit against El Salvador.
Secret hearings will begin on ...
... continues to denounce and demand that authorities and civil society become aware of the urgent needs to create a law that prohibits the extraction of metals in El Salvador.
"Mega mining generates high ...
... water quality study that found 98% of the surface water in El Salvador has some level of contamination and needs to be treated for human consumption. She also commissioned a water quality study of the ...
... policies that favor the needs of its citizens, in a framework of respect for fundamental , economic and social human rights including the right to life, to water and a healthy environment. b ) Respect ...
... million lawsuit by Pacific Rim has already cost El Salvador US$7 million in legal fees. As Vidalina pointed out, this is “a lot of money in country that that has so many needs like education and services ...
... a victory for the country. There will always be another Pacific Rim,” she said. “So, what the country needs is a permanent ban on mining, along with stronger local legislation and changes in the investment ...
... including contamination of their local water sources. Communities are dependent on the local water sources utilizing it for their domestic needs like, washing clothes, drinking, bathing and cooking with ...
... driven by efforts to ensure the country’s lands never serve the subsistence needs of their poor communities. In December 1931, a U.S. military attaché wrote “that roughly 90 percent of the wealth of the ...
... needs, and there reports that show severe health problems in the community resulting from exposure to heavy metals.
Recently, Jim Kuipers, an engineer who consulted for Commerce Group in El Salvador ...
... metallic mining in El Salvador, presented by the Mesa in 2006, still lacks the necessary votes for its approval.
The Mesa needs international support in order to make the demands of the affected communities ...