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... their camp.
To the General Public, The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya states:
1. The company: The mineral exploitation license for Exploraciones Mineras de Guatemala, EXMINGUA S.A. was suspended through ...
... public about its mine in Didipio in Central Luzon.
The Philippine government said it would renew the company’s right to mine in Didipio last December. OceanaGold said that proved it was “a responsible ...
Agenzia Fides
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador unanimously approved, with 78 votes in favor and no votes against, the reform of the Constitution of the Republic ...
... watershed based management and thus it virtually excludes community participation. The proposal eliminates the priority of supplying water the to the population, establishing a single permit for public ...
Public Citizen
The investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system shifts the power between the government and corporations, prioritizing corporate rights. Foreign corporations have used ISDS to attack ...
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), “Submission of Amicus Curiae Brief to Pac Rim Cayman LLC v. Republic of El Salvador, ICSID Case No. ARB/09/12,” May 20, 2011, available at: http://www.ciel.org/Publications/PAC_RIM_Amicus_20May11_Eng.pdf ...
Al Gedicks and Eric Hansen: Mine law needs public process, not ‘consensus’
AL GEDICKS AND ERIC HANSEN | UW-La Crosse professor (Midwest Coalition against Lethal Mining member) and outdoor writer, respectively ...
Backgrounder
CAFTA Investor Rights Undermining Democracy and the Environment: Commerce Group Case
The Commerce Group Corporation, a mining firm registered and based in Wisconsin, is the second multinational ...
... for over 60% of the Salvadoran population.
So far, the only political party that has openly pledged its support for the ban has been the FMLN. At a public event on January 26th, the FMLN announced ...
... Water Systems. It maintains the privatizing spirit in which it was presented last June by the President of the Republic. It is a Law that deepens water injustice as it includes mechanisms that will generate ...
... Mines Directorate; Public Works; Foreign Relations and Finance; as well as the Central Reserve Bank, Some municipalities, FOVIAL; and with some institutions in the private sector and academia.
According ...
... strong and clear public rejection of this industry, there are worrying signs that suggest that the government of Nayib Bukele, with its puppet Legislative Assembly, are considering opening the door to ...
... turn, it was international organizations who helped members of la mesa navigate the international human rights system and helped to echo the calls for justice to the international public opinion. ...
... such as the Central America–Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), which have been imposed on Guatemalans. This framework favors the development of large-scale mining and energy projects that ...
... Despite this, the Xinka people have not given up. The vindication of our rights has not been easy because public officials of four previous governments have denied their existence, in order to justify ...
... violations and ecological disasters, which shall never be a good offset to the so-called revenue that these mines will bring,” Dulce claimed.
False stance, public betrayal
Pamalakaya also counted EO ...
... were done.” The law allowed for the occupation and commodification of public land by US citizens.
“It was only recently that the old mining act was replaced,” said Claver. He said mining operations are ...
... and freedom to participate in public affairs. In other words, the detention is arbitrary because it is a measure designed to prevent the community from defending its resources and rights.
3. Third, the ...