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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); P. Cabezas Barely six weeks have passed since the newly elected, right wing dominated legislature took office, but recent frictions between security personnel of the legislature and university students ...; Created on 24 June 2018
2. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the door to renewed debate on metallic mining in El Salvador and threatens the guarantee of rights achieved with the ban of this industry in 2017. The central issue in the debate on metallic mining in ...; Created on 14 December 2021
3. Mining is not ‘recovery’: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Consider the case of two corporations whose mining agreements are being renewed. OceanaGold’s 25 years of operation in Nueva Vizcaya has resulted in the degradation of rivers, loss of livelihood, and ...; Created on 02 June 2021
4. Civil society presents a proposal for the Water Law in the Legislative Assembly: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... of the National Alliance against the Privatization of Water, accompanied by religious and academic leaders, presented, on February 6th, a renewed citizen proposal for a General Water Law at the Legislative ...; Created on 20 April 2020
5. In Guatemala, north american mining company sues in La Puya case: (Kappes Kassiday & Associates Guatemala ); ... and a renewed military presence in the region, the resistance camp of La Puya has been permanently active, 24 hours a day. To show their rejection of the project, the inhabitants set up a camp to block ...; Created on 18 September 2019
6. Report: OceanaGold in the Philippines: (Background and reports ); ... Agreement (FTAA). The FTAA is set to expire in June 2019, but can be renewed by the Philippine government for another 25 years. The authors of this report—researchers from the United States, Canada, ...; Created on 05 September 2019
7. Over two hundred organizations denounce multimillion-dollar suit brought by U.S. mining firm against Guatemala: (Media Releases); ... KCA filed its suit, concerns have resurged over militarization of the area, as well as renewed threats and harassment against members of the resistance. The Guatemalan government has labeled the peaceful ...; Created on 04 May 2019
8. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... as ‘La Puya’, and have resisted repeated eviction attempts, suffering repression by state and private security forces. Despite an ongoing campaign of criminalization and defamation, and a renewed military ...; Created on 26 February 2019
9. To prevent water privatization: the next battle for Salvadorean environmentalists: (Water no Gold); ... to reject a recently proposed "Comprehensive Water Law", presented to parliament by a coalition of right-wing parties. The letter condemns renewed attempts to privatize water resources in the country ...; Created on 27 July 2017
10. Environmentalists step up pressure on El Salvador's 2014 presidential candidate: (Background and reports ); ... that his office would continue to make environmental defense issues a priority and renewed calls for the executive and legislative levels of government to enshrine the rights to food and water in the constitution ...; Created on 20 January 2014
11. Chalk Up Another Victory for "Free Trade": Mining Companies Sue El Salvado: (2013 Fact Finding Mission); ... as Paul Nitze put it in May 1944, “toward a closer control of their raw material resources.” Renewed Salvadoran political organizing and peasant land reclamations in the ’50s, bolstered by the Cuban Revolution’s ...; Created on 08 July 2013
12. People of El Salvador celebrate World Environment Day: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Salvador, Oscar Luna renewed his call for the Salvadoran Government to implement protections for the right of all Salvadorans to food, water and a clean environment. His speech focused particularly on ...; Created on 06 June 2013

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