... and force a debate.
In this context, the organizations demand that the will of the Salvadoran people, who in several occasions expressed their rejection of mining activity, must be respected. A survey ...
... referenda: Villages and towns voted against mining in their area and the debate eventually reached the national level. International solidarity played an important role, too, with the message that corporations ...
... the National roundtable against Metallic Mining in El Salvador states:
I. That the real environmental problems of El Salvador are not addressed as a priority in the electoral debate of the candidates ...
... mineral wealth” – the campaign managed to constantly bring the focus of debate back to the local defence of water and health – both in local and international coverage.
For Cabezas “focusing on the defence ...
... and social sectors) before the ICSID, which is a World Bank court, ruled in favor of the Salvadoran State and rejected the claims of the mining company. All the arguments are there, this is a debate that ...
... the eventual debate in the Legislative Assembly will likely be sharply divided. The balance of power could come down to which side can generate the most popular shows of support.
If that is the case, ...
... of the Special Law to Prohibit Metallic Mining that was presented by the Mesa in 2013.
“This debate takes place in the framework of our country having won an international ruling, it opens a new stage ...
... to an IPS request for comments.
The organization also asked the attorney general to guarantee the payment of eight million, by confiscating the assets of the company, and that legislators initiate a debate ...
... trigger a constructive public debate on the nature and the quality of cross-border investments. I am sure that such a debate will facilitate cross-border investment flows which are benign and consistent ...
Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
There has been a debate over Investor-State Dispute Systems (ISDS), a process for resolving settlement disputes between foreign investors and national governments. Many people ...
Public Citizen
Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is a Canadian-based firm attempted to establish a gold mine in the River Lempa basin, El Salvador’s largest river. This generated a large debate about the health ...
Orellana et al., 2015
There is an ongoing democratic debate in El Salvador in relation to metals mining and sustainable development. This is a description of the Pacific Rim case and the role of anti-mining ...
... the strategic actions taken by the Church to promote its position. Ultimately, the involvement of the Catholic Church served to strengthen the grassroots anti-mining movement, to shape the public debate, ...
... and land resources, such as agrobusiness, ranchers, and producers of juices and soft drinks, have largely stayed out of the debate, eliminating a potentially huge obstacle to the movement’s agenda.
The ...
... No. 17, Vol 366 in January 25, 2005. "The alleged failure by the legislature to study and debate the decree is not properly argued" read the ruling.
The plaintiffs argued that the official text of the ...
... politics to break quorum and stall debate on a particular issue. As a result of this inaction the Ombudsman for the Defense of Human Rights issued a formal resolution declaring that the legislative assembly ...
... in El Salvador have decided to move ahead of the national debate and have already set out their position on mining.
At the beginning of March, the municipality of Nueva Trinidad, in Chalatenango, became ...
... the stage for the discussion of the General Water Law, which has at its core the debate of private or public management.
We (FMLN) are following and support the resolutions of the United Nations that ...
... paralyzed since August 2013 as pro-business members of the commission utilize delaying tactics to curb debate.
In late October, an attempt to ratify a constitutional reform to recognize the right to ...
... the growing international debate on the balance of corporate rights and responsibilities and the need for new legal international frameworks to address corporate impunity.
15 September marked the anniversary ...