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21. Bishops of El Salvador warn against privatizing water: (Water Crisis El Salvador); Catholic News Service SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR — El Salvador's bishops urged lawmakers to discard any plans for privatizing water in the Central American country, saying the poor could not afford to ...; Created on 24 June 2018
22. Church in El Salvador backs law declaring clean, affordable water as a human right: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... of the resource. “Water is monopolized and contaminated by industries,” Archbishop Escobar Alas says. “There isn’t a law that guarantees the access to water for the poor, the people, the multitudes, ...; Created on 08 May 2018
23. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... ten years. They saw destroyed forests, contaminated water, and dried streams. The communities they met were poor and people were left without jobs, many of them suffering from cancer and respiratory diseases. ...; Created on 07 May 2018
24. Open letter to Oceana Gold: (Open Letter OceanaGold); ... and to uphold their right to say "no" to metals mining. We have also strongly denounced this case, which has cost the poor country of El Salvador more than $13 million USD in legal fees and related expenses. ...; Created on 30 November 2017
25. A Binding Treaty about corporations can be an instrument to guarantee the respect of our rights and territories: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... she is also a member of the Network of Churches and Mining and she considers that “the churches, by their default, should assume a position – as our most beatified Romero said – in favor of the poor. In ...; Created on 14 November 2017
26. El Salvador Passes Historic Law To Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... dignity, approve this law that aims to protect El Salvador, to protect everyone, especially the poorest that live in those (affected) areas.” The years long struggle had a dark side. The El Dorado project ...; Created on 16 April 2017
27. El Salvador Votes for Water over Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); By P. Cabezas & Sebastian Rosemont In response to enormous public pressure, lawmakers have rejected appeals by global corporations and voted to protect the country’s people and water supply by banning ...; Created on 16 April 2017
28. The Catholic Church calls for participation in a March Against Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... not just that in this manner they run over the dignity of these people and violate their principal rights in this way, they are poor people that do not have another place to go to live,” said Alas, where ...; Created on 08 March 2017
29. Western University Professor Brings El Salvador Anti-Mining Struggle to Canadian Audience: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... – including poor water quality, deforestation, and over-use of agro-toxics -- before turning to a brief history of the political struggles that have affected the country. She also mentioned Pacific Rim/OceanGold’s ...; Created on 08 March 2017
30. Pressure Mounts on El Salvadoran Legislature to Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the proper regulation and technology, mining operations and investment should be allowed in El Salvador. Another editiorial from ElSalvador.com, says that for a poor country like El Salvador, investment ...; Created on 13 February 2017
31. FMLN Will Vote for the Ban on the Mining Industry in the Country: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to put pressure on the political class to make a decision in favor of the population. Because we will all be affected, whether we are poor, rich, Catholic, Mormon, it will not matter; everyone will be ...; Created on 10 February 2017
32. Alejandro Guevara: “It was the communities who built the resistance against metallic mining”: (Mining and Human Rights); ... to continue and because it is also just to ask for their murders to be investigated; because when the poor are the ones who die and, above all, when they die fighting for just causes, everything must be ...; Created on 03 January 2017
33. MUA calls on Australians to support campaign against OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the human rights of peoples” explained Bernardo Belloso, President of the Association for the Development of El Salvador. El Salvador is one of the poorest countries, with average per capital income of ...; Created on 28 September 2016
34. A dirty gold fever: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... whether a poor country like El Salvador should venture to ban its exploitation, for the sake of the environment. The majority of Salvadorans would do it. The case goes back a long time. Eight years ...; Created on 02 February 2016
35. Resistance against the bloodsucker: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... at the scenery; he was the former Archbishop of San Salvador, who had spoken out against the oppression of the poor and was murdered in 1980. It is about the mountain that towers up behind the small town ...; Created on 03 January 2016
36. El Salvador: Vote Against Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Minister of the Environment – said. For a poor country, a conviction would be fatal: not only because of the financial losses, but also because it would open the door to foreign mining also in Arcatao ...; Created on 02 January 2016
37. Municipality of Arcatao calls for a referendum on mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of Chalatenango and if mining becomes a reality in our municipalities, the first affected will surely be the people of San Salvador and our communities," said the mayor. The official lamented the poor ...; Created on 30 October 2015
38. Xenia Marroquìn: “Water is not a merchandise, it is a human right”: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... management is fundamental, this is why it should be administered publicly. Water should not be seen as a merchandise, this is the current problem in a country where water is poorly managed. Today, a ...; Created on 30 September 2015
39. CAFTA-DR Mostly constitutional: Constitutional chamber Rules in El Salvador: (FTAs & ISDS); ... presented, rejected six for considering that they were poorly raised and dismissed 13 concluding that there was no alleged unconstitutionality. The objections, mainly from left leaning organizations, ...; Created on 31 May 2015
40. Solidarity Statement from Philippine Groups on El Salvador vs Oceana Gold/Pacific Rim: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... The claim is a staggering amount, especially to a poor country like El Salvador. The compensation demanded by Pacific Rim against El Salvador represents around 42% of government spending in 2009, the ...; Created on 11 September 2014

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