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1. Communities Call on Local Representatives to Approve Anti-Mining Regulation: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); * Teresa Alvarado: Transparencia Activa The inhabitants of Cinquera also asked the city council to call a popular vote so that the citizens of the town can decide through a vote if they are in favor of, ...; Created on 10 February 2017
2. El Salvador: 49 exploration permits were once approved: (Background and reports ); Xenia Gonzales Oliva: El Diario de Hoy / Translation P. Cabezas Between 2000-2010, 49 exploration permits were approved, they are all currently under an administrative freeze. 49 applications for metal ...; Created on 07 January 2016
3. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... anniversary of the historic mining prohibition, approved unanimously by the Legislative Assembly in 2017, there are signs that the government of President Nayib Bukele is creating conditions to overturn ...; Created on 08 April 2023
4. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...: (Cerro Blanco); ... That in 2007 the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Guatemala approved an Environmental Impact Study for the company ENTREMARES S.A., (subsidiary of the Canadian based Goldcorp) which had ...; Created on 12 June 2022
5. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador: (Media Releases); THE GENERAL LAW ON WATER RESOURCES APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY LEGALIZES WATER INJUSTICE, PROMOTES THE THEFT AND DISPOSSESSION OF WATER IN THE TERRITORIES San Salvador, December 22, 2021. ...; Created on 23 December 2021
6. Communique: Community organizations fear the return of metal mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... legislation creating the General Directorate of Energy, Hydrocarbons and Mines, approved by the Legislative Assembly on October 26. The objectives of this new Directorate are to authorize, regulate and ...; Created on 16 December 2021
7. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of the Salvadoran people. Even more worrisome is recent legislation creating the General Directorate of Energy, Hydrocarbons and Mines, approved by the Legislative Assembly on October 26 of this year ...; Created on 14 December 2021
8. The law on the right to water reaches Parliament, "people's lives are at stake" warns Cardinal Rosa Chav: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... and sanitation as a right is also pending in the Legislative Assembly. The provision, approved by the previous legislature, requires 56 votes to enter into force (see Fides, 17/10/2020). Hundreds of Salvadorans ...; Created on 15 June 2021
9. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... environment. Recently, 30,000 residents of Chubut signed a petition demanding their legislature approve a “Popular Initiative” that would expand and complement the environmental protections in the existing ...; Created on 17 May 2021
10. Gov’t finalizing terms for OceanaGold’s FTAA renewal: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... significant socio-economic benefits when the renewal has been approved,” Michael Holmes, president and CEO of OceanaGold, said. “OceanaGold is a responsible gold mining Company that is focused on operating ...; Created on 05 May 2021
11. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... 50.3% of voters said “Yes”. However, 17 of the 26 Cantons [Swiss regions] voted for No and so the Initiative was rejected, because to approve any initiative in Switzerland a double majority is required: ...; Created on 22 April 2021
12. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in the reformed constitutional charter approved on July 26, 2019, is a highly corporatized model of governance with minimal opportunities for participation. A primary authority, the Technical Secretary ...; Created on 15 February 2021
13. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... is located at the site of a historic mining operation that closed. Following months of public meetings, DHEC approved a permit in October 2013 to develop the mine and an ore processing plant. Now, ...; Created on 12 February 2021
14. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the Salvadoran Congress approved, in March 2017, a law that prohibited metal mining, the only regulation of its kind in the world. With this law, no company can extract gold, silver, copper, or other metallic ...; Created on 05 January 2021
15. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... been approved by local officials yet, said resident Sue Peachey. “My mother came over and handed me the project overview of this tunnel and I just felt sick to my stomach,” Peachey told VICE World News. ...; Created on 17 December 2020
16. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... Despite the 2013 success in combating the pressure, former U.S. Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte later insisted on reforms to the new law. Near the end of 2017, the Legislative Assembly approved reforms to ...; Created on 01 December 2020
17. EL SALVADOR - Water recognized as a public good and human right, the satisfaction of the Church: (Water Crisis El Salvador); 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 ...; Created on 30 November 2020
18. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); ... water processing plant that should have been out of use or upgraded years ago with funds approved by the legislative Assembly in 2012, 2016, and 2018. The work was never completed. Las Pavas is the only ...; Created on 11 September 2020
19. HONDURAS: Human rights defenders threatened by armed groups during quarantine: (Regional News); ... In Honduras, the Council of Ministers approved an Executive Decree on April 11, which establishes "measures to guarantee food sovereignty and security." The next day, President Juan Orlando Hernández ...; Created on 31 July 2020
20. Timeline: Guatemala mine suspensions: (Regional News); ... out the consultation procedure have yet to be drawn up, resulting in ongoing uncertainty. GUATEMALA COURT RULINGS – TIMELINE 2013 April 4: Guatemala’s energy and mines ministry (MEM) approves ...; Created on 23 July 2020

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