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 ...
... 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, ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
... – 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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, ...
... 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 ...