A recently published essay by Phd candidate Rachel Nadelman looks at the role of the Catholic Church in the anti-mining struggle in El Salvador.
Abstract:
"A majority of Salvadoran citizens and ...
... Pedro Antonio Rivas Laínez, Antonio Pacheco, and Saúl Agustín Rivas Ortega. These figures, who all played a role in lobbying for the 2017 mining ban, are accused of “illicit associations” and committing ...
... role in securing a historic mining ban in El Salvador have been detained accused of civil war era and gang-related crimes, in what rights groups fear is a ruse to restart mining.
Miguel Ángel Gámez, ...
... of its citizens to petition a transparent and widely participatory public consultation.
WE DEMAND AND MAKE A CALL:
To the Government of Guatemala to live up to its role of acting for the benefit of ...
... identity. We have to be convinced that that grain of sand that we are contributing is building a whole mountain of sand that is going to be strong.
In the Garífuna people, women have a leading role ... ...
... without recognizing Canada’s role in establishing these systems.
“The Philippines’ characterization as a weak governance state are the remnants of over four centuries of plunder and looting with mixed ...
... “The TCS plays a pretty big role,” according to Ben Chalmers, senior vice president of the Mining Association of Canada since 2018. Trade commissioners “stand behind us and give us the additional credibility ...
... in a peaceful protest against Inversiones Los Pinares. (GuapinolResiste) The international community International organizations have acknowledged the important democratic roles of the environmental defenders ...
... an area larger than the Netherlands had burned.
Another crucial factor is the role of international development institutions and treaty bodies, which regularly judge disputes involving foreign investors. ...
... from actively assisting Big Gold.
La Mesa’s international alliances that included labor, environmental, faith, and solidarity organizations from Melbourne to Manila to Washington, D.C. played a role ...
... and through the role that Canadian mining companies play in the country. “The Philippines is now one of the two most dangerous countries for defenders of human and environmental rights according to Global ...
... CEO of Brazilian real estate, retail, and agribusiness conglomerate Grupo Solpanamby, and Tom Murcott, who played a lead role in attracting investors and residents to the Songdo IDB in the Incheon smart ...
... a Supreme Court ruling that suspended his sentence. However, the judicial harassment he and other leaders of the Aymarazo protest movement have faced is a reminder of Canada’s leading role in the global ...
... from Big Gold.
Based on over a decade of research and their own role as international allies of the community groups in El Salvador, Robin Broad and John Cavanagh unspool this untold story, replete ...
... We will also explore the growing role played by third-party funders in international disputes. Third-party funding allows an investor to bring a claim without the fees and costs associated with that claim ...
... such as the WFP, the role of government institutions is still little or nonexistent.
The law prohibiting metallic mining managed to stop mineral exploration and exploitation projects; however, there ...
... the gathering of evidence, the tribunal adopted an active – as opposed to a passive – role. The Tribunal decided to go beyond and didn’t limit its determination on evidence obtained from the parties and ...
... International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines in Canada circulated a petition to introduce new federal legislation that would force Canada to acknowledge its role in mining overseas as well ...
... multilateral agreement that the role of president should be held by someone from Latin American or the Carribbean. Herrera went on to indicate that the new ANDA appointment demonstrates “that Donald Trump’s ...