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1. Current political transition crucial for advancing democratic reform and economic, environmental and social development in El Salvador.: (Media Releases); ... prohibit mining in El Salvador are looking at the current political transition in El Salvador as crucial for advancing democratic reform and economic, environmental and social development. Given recent ...; Created on 14 April 2014
2. Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); The Guardian Nina Lakhani Activists worry the arrests are a move by the cash-strapped government to open the country to now banned metals mining Five prominent environmental defenders who played a crucial ...; Created on 04 April 2023
3. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... an area larger than the Netherlands had burned. Another crucial factor is the role of international development institutions and treaty bodies, which regularly judge disputes involving foreign investors. ...; Created on 23 April 2021
4. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); ... in the country. Not having running water in homes is not a new problem, yet COVID-19 made the situation more dire since water is crucial for hygienic measures against the virus. Journalist Santiago Leiva ...; Created on 11 September 2020
5. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... wetlands and glacier systems in the Andes, which are crucial sources of water for millions of people. Mining companies also have their sights set on the Amazon basin, the health and integrity of which ...; Created on 23 July 2020
6. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of political pressure at the international level and the crucial role in leading these local struggles to the countries of origin of the corporations and institutions involved, in this case Pacific Rim ...; Created on 15 July 2020
7. How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... said. The organization also played a crucial role partnering with the communities, “particularly the teams that collected signatures and implemented the referendum, and the council when it called the referendum.” ...; Created on 26 June 2017
8. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... at crucial moments in the campaign. Jen Moore was also aware that this coordination is made a lot easier when there are NGOs with paid staff involved. This allowed her, for example, to dedicate the necessary ...; Created on 23 June 2017
9. For grassroots organizations, the fight to protect water and local communities continues, now on a larger scale: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... industries. Along with other rural organizations, they created the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining, which was crucial in achieving the positive ruling in favor of the Central American country. ...; Created on 10 November 2016
10. Best Practices Indirect Expropriation: (ISDS); ... investment, even when it is not directly targeted at an investment. The definition of indirect expropriation is extremely important for international investment law, and it is crucial to have clear conditions ...; Created on 30 April 2016
11. Xenia Marroquìn: “Water is not a merchandise, it is a human right”: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... great inequality enables a few people to own the whole lot of water resources at the majority’s expenses. This is why the objective is so crucial, if we don’t have an institution to ensure the sustainable ...; Created on 30 September 2015
12. The lawsuit that could put El Salvador in check: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... and that the country has the right to implement measures designed to protect the health and life of its population and of the environment. According to Parada, this is something crucial, “especially ...; Created on 30 September 2015
13. Urgent! Strengthening a powerful global voice in defence of life: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... experiences in fighting against the same enemy – OceanaGold. At the end of the talk, a crucial question ensues: What are we going to do to change this reality? The reactions are various: some faces ...; Created on 29 September 2015
14. WILL EL SALVADOR BE FORCED TO PAY $301 MILLION FOR VALUING CLEAN WATER OVER GOLD?: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the third municipal authority to pass a local law against mining. “It is crucial that local communities organise, because the value of silver and gold cannot be compared with that of health and a healthy ...; Created on 18 April 2015
15. La Mesa launches "I vote against mining" campaig: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the free mining towns. "We are convinced that the electoral period 2015-2018 is crucial to advance political, social, economic, environmental development and to advance the democratization of ...; Created on 19 January 2015
16. Members of Congress urge El Salvador to protect environment and communities from mining: (Background and reports ); ... The support from members of Congress for the Salvadoran government is crucial.” “El Salvador has taken important steps in recent years to recover from its history of political violence and establish ...; Created on 27 November 2013
17. Members of Congress urge El Salvador to protect environment and communities from mining: (Background and reports ); ... The support from members of Congress for the Salvadoran government is crucial.” “El Salvador has taken important steps in recent years to recover from its history of political violence and establish ...; Created on 27 November 2013
18. Anti-Mining Theater: (2013 International Support for Mining Ban); ... around mining and specifically the Commerce Group company is as crucial now as ever. In 2009, Commerce Group sued the Salvadoran government for revoking their mining permits, in spite of studies showing ...; Created on 27 February 2012
19. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); ... having running water in homes is not a new problem, yet COVID-19 made the situation more dire since water is crucial for hygienic measures against the virus. Journalist Santiago Leiva told Global Voices ...; Created on 11 September 2020

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