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... rescuing the Lempa River, and supporting all the local, national and international efforts in favor of the protection and sustainable management of such an important shared resource.
2. That the Trifinio ...
Otago Daily
Hamish Maclean
OceanaGold has welcomed investigations under way to rule out all possible sources of lead in an Otago community’s water supply even after the mining company resurfaced on ...
... and distribution of water resources nationwide. During the swearing in ceremony, President Bukele showed a video greeting from U.S. Ambassador Ronald D. Johnson, who publicly endorsed the appointment. ...
... condemned by lawyers, rights groups and US and European lawmakers.
“My dad has been jailed for defending a river which gives our community life, for trying to stop the exploitation of natural resources ...
... from Guapinol, Honduras, he has been held without bail in pre-trial detention for more than a year. The incarcerated men were part of a local campaign to protect water sources in their community.
“He’s ...
... elected to the executive in 2009. The new Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources produced a hybrid bill informed by the different law proposals presented by environmental organizations and ...
... the five men helped lead a campaign to ban metals mining in 2017 and protect El Salvador’s primary source of clean water, the Lempa River Basin. The countrywide ban was the first of its kind anywhere in ...
... in neighboring Guatemala, which is owned by Canadian company Bluestone Resources. A recent referendum found that 89 percent of locals from nearby Asunción Mita opposed mining activity due to environmental ...
... to widespread arbitrary detentions and other abuses, according to United Nations experts.
Original Source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/14/el-salvador-environmental-defenders-arrested-mining-ban ...
... decades speaking out contamination of water sources by mining projects, were arrested in January after mining officials visited their town of Santa Marta.
MEXICO CITY — It was considered a major environmental ...
... forces during the 1980s to remain in impunity, while punishing the leaders of communities, like Santa Marta, who bore the brunt of that very violence."
Original source: https://www.commondreams.org/news/el-salvador-water-defenders ...
... seems to be political revenge," the statement published by CDHAL points out.
Original source: https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Santa-Marta-Community-Leaders-Are-Persecuted-in-El-Salvador-20230119-0006.html ...
... few misinformed citizens of Asuncion Mita, whose particular interest is to generate disinformation for the local population while supporting mining projects that may negatively impact the natural resources ...
... with the presence of mining projects that would affect the natural resources in their territory, and the answer of the people was a resounding no.
Asuncion Mita is the capital of the eastern department ...
... Church, civil society organizations, and representatives of the mining company Elevar Resources, who resigned from their positions shortly after the establishment of the commission. However, the observation ...