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1. Water 2.0 - Salvadoreans take to the streets to battle renewed attempts to privatize water resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... to water and the imminent cession of control of water resources to the private sector has opened a new chapter of a battle that has been latent since 2005. The swift and unified rejection from the executive ...; Created on 24 June 2018
2. To prevent water privatization: the next battle for Salvadorean environmentalists: (Water no Gold); P. Cabezas More than one hundred member organizations of the Alliance Against the Privatization of Water in El Salvador mobilized throughout the country to deliver letters to regional Legislative offices ...; Created on 27 July 2017
3. Transnational mining company loses the battle, but the war continues.: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Edgardo Ayala : IPS News Environmental organizations are not dropping the guard in their fight against the operations of transnational mining corporation OceanaGold, which has just lost litigation against ...; Created on 05 January 2017
4. International coalition supports El Salvador in battle against Canadian mining company: (2013 North America Tour); ... legal battle with Canadian mining company Pacific Rim at the World Bank. Labor, environmental and grassroots groups from Canada, the U.S. and El Salvador will submit a letter to World Bank President Jim ...; Created on 09 April 2014
5. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... over their human rights violations.” Morgantini points out that the Campaign’s task this year is to continue working on the content and lobbying battle to secure more allied countries in the UN. “We ...; Created on 22 April 2021
6. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); SIERRA CLUB John Gibler In 2017, El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban metal mining. Robin Broad and John Cavanagh present the story of the social struggles and legal battles behind ...; Created on 11 April 2021
7. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in the world to ban mining to save its precious rivers. Their battle cries: “Water, not gold” and “Water for life.” In the process of their 13-year fight, these water defenders organized a national coalition ...; Created on 05 April 2021
8. NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... all time, and this book honors those epic battles.” —Winona LaDuke, executive director, Honor the Earth, and author of To Be a Water Protector “In this gripping tale full of drama, plot twists, and, ...; Created on 14 January 2021
9. The hidden connection between a US steel company and the controversial Los Pinares mine in Honduras: (Regional News); ... Honduran businessman Lenir Pérez and his wife Ana Isabel Facussé, owners of Inversiones Los Pinares -- a company that is waging battle against the residents of a town called Guapinol, who oppose the company' ...; Created on 28 November 2020
10. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... are not a replacement for the work of land and water protectors All over the world, people’s battles to prevent big gold, silver, or iron-ore mines from destroying their sources of water, land, and ...; Created on 23 July 2020
11. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... struggle and in solidarity with them in their upcoming battles. Meanwhile, other mining companies have continued to threaten governments with suits over unwanted projects. This is a trend the Institute ...; Created on 03 May 2020
12. Global protest launched against OceanaGold mine in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... has supported the people of El Salvador in a gigantic battle that led to a defeat against OceanaGold mining corporation at the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) ...; Created on 02 September 2019
13. The international dimensions of the fight for water in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... through its long battle to have mining prohibited by denouncing and shaming companies that tried to extort obscene amounts of money from the Salvadorian public purse for refusing mining permits. In a ...; Created on 02 July 2018
14. Threats to the Law Against Metallic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and civil society. The battle against all forms of metallic mining is not over in El Salvador. The rapidly changing political situation represents a danger for environmental organizations that fought and ...; Created on 07 May 2018
15. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... by the archbishop. The ban passed unanimously on March 29, 2017. “Many of us still don’t believe it happened,” Cabezas says. “We were ready for a long battle and a lot of pressure from multinational corporations ...; Created on 07 May 2018
16. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... projects said that some political battles are still pending to ensure the long-term sustainability of the mining prohibition. “First we need to ensure that the Attorney General’s office investigate the ...; Created on 08 February 2018
17. Can Victory Over Irresponsible Mining in Central America Spur a Win in the Philippines?: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... have waged a decades-long battle to block the construction of what would be one of the largest gold and copper mines in Southeast Asia. And it gives a boost to groups fighting to shut down the destructive ...; Created on 01 February 2018
18. In El Salvador, a moment more precious than gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... academic institutions and other key actors have been engaged in a battle to protect the environment, promote sustainable livelihoods and defend national sovereignty against companies like OceanaGold, which ...; Created on 26 June 2017
19. How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of a long legal battle between the country and mining companies. Unlike many of its Central American neighbors, mining barely had a toehold in El Salvador. The last active mining project shut down in 2006 ...; Created on 26 June 2017
20. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Robin Broad and John Cavanagh : Ethics and International Affairs Recently there have been two giant wins for democracy, human rights, and the environment in an unlikely spot: the small, embattled nation ...; Created on 26 June 2017

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