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A loosely regulated mining program was introduced in the early 2000s in the northern region of the country where the government had identified 33 mining sites and granted 28 exploration concessions ...
... the doors of the Progreso VII Derivada mining project. Communities of the departments of Jalapa and Santa Rosa have permanent picket lines in the community of La Soledad Grande and in the municipality ...
... organizing committee. She said her fellow residents responded well to her simple message: They too had children and grandchildren, and would want them to grow up among the forests and the waterfalls, free ...
... 2016: After a seven-year battle, a World Bank Group-affiliated arbitration tribunal ruled unanimously against a global mining firm that sued El Salvador for not granting it a mining license.2 Global corporations ...
... with the threat of legal action, creating a ‘chilling effect’ on responsible public interest policies. Their rulings are based on the legal protections for investors granted in free trade and investment ...
... exploration activities. No old permits or license applications will be grandfathered in, according to the succinct 11-article bill. It will take effect one week after its publication in the official government ...
... Investment Disputes (ICSID), demanding compensation when the government declined to grant the firm a permit for a gold extraction project that threatened the nation’s water supply. In the face of tremendous ...
... for Settlement of Investment Disputes, ICSID, which handles investor-state disputes, rejected a claim from the company that it had lost profits after the Salvadoran government refused to grant a concession ...
... FMLN, the center-right GANA (Grande Alianza para la Unidad Nacional) and the right-wing Arena, PCN (Partido Concertacion Nacional), and PDC (Partido Democrata Cristiano). A successful bill would require ...