... to let it mine gold. ...Because of trade and investment laws that the U.S. has championed in recent decades, corporations can sue governments when corporations feel their future profits are being threatened ...
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“When we refused to accept the mining project in our community they threatened with military repression," reminisces Lisandro Monje, a retired community organizer who spoke about the battle his community ...
... led by members organizations of the National Roundtable Against Mining, La Mesa, in the region of Chalatenango and it is intended to inspire other communities threatened by metallic mining projects in ...
... corporations can sue governments when corporations feel their future profits are being threatened by government actions. Today they are doing this in the World Bank Group’s International Centre for Settlement ...
... soon we will hear the voice of the international community, asking to protect the region threatened by mining."
Recognition
Sanchez Ceren attended the meeting of the advisory committee of the National ...
... Alexander Pérez.”
Ramiro’s brother claims that he was pressured by the prosecution while giving evidence, and threatened with imprisonment. Alejandro Guevara says those imprisoned were responsible for ...
... Salvador for withholding mining permits, mainly in the El Dorado mine, in the northern department of Cabañas, where many activists against metal mining metal have been killed, or threatened with violence ...
... population who see their lives threatened by the mining industry. To evade the decision until another environmental disaster has occurred would reinforce patterns of governmental and corporate negligence ...
... movements. His work is primarily among the Lenca Indigenous people. He has been involved in the trinational conversations about the 18,000-km2 Río Lempa basin that is threatened by mining and hydro-electric ...
... For this reason it is important to educate ourselves to defend water and life, both of which have been threatened by gold and silver mining projects in our municipality.
Gold mining projects ...