... the National roundtable against Metallic Mining in El Salvador states:
I. That the real environmental problems of El Salvador are not addressed as a priority in the electoral debate of the candidates ...
by: P. Cabezas
As the February 2nd presidential elections in El Salvador quickly approach, environmental activists are stepping up pressure on candidates to address issues relating to the country`s precarious ...
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FAIL TO SERIOUSLY ADDRESS SOCIO- ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE POPULATION OF EL SALVADOR
The Environmental Alliance of El Salvador is a national network of organizations, ...
Members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining in Salvador demanded all presidential candidates to publicly state their parties' position on the issue of mining in the country. “Mining is one ...
Political Candidates Answer to Anti-Mining Activists in San Salvador and Cabañas
March 2012
Monday March 5, the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining in El Salvador (The Mesa in Spanish) together ...
... environmental coalitions, has publicly announced its new campaign to pressure decision makers. It will be calling on voters not to vote for candidates who don’t support and promote the anti-mining ban ...
... particularly because of one of the presidential candidates of the right-wing majority party has links with businessmen and magnates who invest in metal mining, such as Frank Giustra, and Pacific Rim / ...
... to accept candidates commissioned by labor and cooperative sectors.
He recalled that privatization efforts in the past, such as telecommunications, AFPs and dolarization have been "technical" initiatives ...
... assembly candidates appear to have no interest in environmental issues such as mining.
The National Roundtable against Metallic Mining and other social, religious, ecological and research organizations ...
... further disillusioned by the lack of discussion of environmental issues from all political parties during the campaign period and called on all the candidates to commit to a sustainability agenda.
“We ...
... Against Metallic Mining.
We are concerned about the lack of discussion of environmental issues by the candidates and political parties participating in the presidential campaign and elections scheduled ...
... urge the Salvadoran National Assembly to discuss and approve their proposed bill in 2013,
We encourage presidential candidates to debate and assume the commitment to ban metallic mining in El Salvador, ...
... $100 million through the Central American Free Trade Agreement.
Rising concern over the environmental impact of mining led both presidential candidates in the 2009 elections in El Salvador to pledge ...
... against their party). However, GANA has had a fairly decentralized leadership strategy, where some candidates claimed to have the freedom to decide how they wanted to vote. Now that GANA has consolidated ...
... on candidates from all the political parties in El Salvador, demanding they declare their stance on passing legislation to ban mining. The Mesa is also calling on voters not to vote for candidates who ...
... the same way, the electoral struggle could make the issue of mining invisible and focus the efforts of candidates, as well as the voters, on other problems.
III. Perspectives
Approval for the Law ...