... meeting was chaired by the Vice Minister of Sustainable Development for MEM, Oscar Pérez. In chronological order, Pérez made a presentation concerning the meetings that have been held with the Xinka People ...
... with the Mexican government. Seventy percent of foreign-owned mining companies operating in Mexico have their headquarters in Canada, and the Canadian embassy in Mexico City has repeatedly backed controversial ...
Jackie McVicar
AmericaMagazine
Every Wednesday morning, Gabriela Sorto wakes up early to make lunch for her dad, Porfirio. He has not been convicted of a crime but, along with six other local men ...
Global Voices
One of the most essential aspects of COVID-19 prevention is regularly washing your hands; however, hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans are facing COVID-19 without reliable access to water. ...
... warrants for the arrest of 31 members of the Guapinol community. They were charged with offences including damaging property, false imprisonment, theft, aggravated arson and unlawful association.
A first ...
... Other corporations settled for hundreds of millions more.
With countries scrambling to survive the global Covid-19 pandemic, many other countries could suffer Argentina’s fate. As economies falter, these ...
... within the national territory.
With the slogan "For the planet, water and territory", the XX Ecological Walk was carried out online given the current health and climate situation. The online Ecological ...
Manuel Perez Rocha - Inequality
NAFTA 2.0 cleared another hurdle on January 16 as the U.S. Senate approved the trade deal with bipartisan support.
Officially called the United States-Mexico-Canada ...
YSUCA
The Cerro Blanco mine is located just 15 kilometres from the border with El Salvador, in the municipality of Asunción Mita in the department of Jutiapa, Guatemala. Since 2006, the project has posed ...
... with their lives for it, and also to celebrate the victory for whom these defenders gave their lives. “Since 2005, we have organized in the communities of Santa Rosa, Trinidad, La Maraña and other ...
... Along with a group of environmental organizations, Calles demanded the government of President Nayib Bukele, to resume actions in this matter and give protection to the population affected by the metal ...
Alfredo Carias: Vanguardia
In the midst of an important victory in El Salvador, an evaluation of the social and environmental conditions in the country contrasts to the achievements obtained with the ...
... enterprises with respect to human rights (OEIGWG), the Transnational Institute, Europe-Third World Centre (CETIM), Friends of the Earth International, La Via Campesina and Human Rights and Business Centre/UFJF ...
... payment of the $ 8 million compensation imposed last October 14 by the International Center for Arbitration (ICSID) In Washington, but it has initiated talks with representatives of the Salvadoran government ...
... with the two parties involved in the dispute to let them know that "the award was still being translated but that was in the final stage, in the review of the translation. There, it was suggested that mid-September ...
Teresa Sanic and CEIBA
This report discusses general background on the mining conflict in Guatemala, the current social, economic and political state of the country, the community responses to mining ...
... to extract riches at the expense of human rights violations of the inhabitants of the area. Moore also revealed that mayors of a right wing party of the municipality of Cabañas are working with mining ...
... main supporters) are opposed to the recognition of water rights, so the party has withdrawn its support to ratify the reform.
So party that previously voted in favor the reform has now changed its mind ...
The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining submitted a letter to the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of El Salvador to ask that the Free Trade Agreement with US, Central America and the ...
... Legislative Assembly in July 2012, members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining visited the Legislative Palace this morning to demand the non-ratification of the Association Agreement with ...