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1. CAFTA-DR Mostly constitutional: Constitutional chamber Rules in El Salvador: (FTAs & ISDS); Yolanda Magaña - Diario el Mundo Most arguments presented by applicants against CAFTA on national sovereignty and social justice were not accepted by the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court. ...; Created on 31 May 2015
2. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... the law. Despite the president’s popularity, mostly due to his hard-line approach to gangs and crime, the Salvadoran economy is failing and the government is in desperate need to attract foreign investment. In ...; Created on 08 April 2023
3. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... been present in the region for the 223 years since. In the 1800s we created 46 Garífuna communities, mostly locating ourselves in the country’s northern coastal area, where we maintain our cultural wealth. ...; Created on 03 September 2020
4. Map reveals Canadian mining company’s environmental, social conflicts: (Regional News); ... Environmental Justice Atlas said in its statement that, similar to the company’s portrayal of its work abroad, the conference will mostly steer the mining industry’s focus, and that of the nearly 26,000 ...; Created on 02 March 2020
5. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... involvement of the financial industry in backing ISDS disputes. Through so-called third-party financing (TPF), hedge funds and specialized financial firms—mostly based in New York and London—are encouraging, ...; Created on 05 May 2019
6. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... of natural resources - mostly by multinational corporations - by limiting and violating the rights of the population. The Aymarazo The conflict known as "El Aymarazo" was a mobilization in the ...; Created on 28 August 2018
7. El Salvador Church Leaders Fight for Ban on Mining Exploitation: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... that have long showed staunch support for private interests. The conservative opposition in Congress — made up mostly of the right-wing Arena party that governed the country for two decades until the progressive ...; Created on 10 February 2017
8. ICSID decision buoys El Salvador in mining dispute: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... geology has mostly attracted interest from smaller mining companies that have fewer resources to mitigate environmental damage. Lastly, the report noted that there is intense social conflict surrounding ...; Created on 10 November 2016
9. Community of San Jose Las Flores commemorates 11th anniversary of the defeat of a mining company.: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... for the company to ever enter their territory, religious members of the mostly Catholic community built, in 2006, a 1500 pound effigy of the Virgin Mary and carried it in pilgrimage through more than 10 ...; Created on 27 September 2016
10. Women in Resistance Against the World Bank: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... is a "perverse instance designed to protect big business and not the rights of communities." The population attending this concentration were mostly women leaders, peasants, workers of the land who from ...; Created on 11 November 2015
11. Municipality of San Jose Las Flores declared the first territory free of mining in El Salvador: (Territories Free of Mining); ... of the mostly Catholic community built, in 2006, a 900 pound effigy of the Virgin Mary and carried it in pilgrimage through more than five Kilometres of steep mountainous paths to build a temple at the ...; Created on 24 September 2014
12. Social movements celebrate historic vote at the United Nations Human Rights Council: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... to initiate this process. The tense debate surrounding the resolution that was introduced in September 2013 with by 85 countries mostly from the African group, the Arab group and Alba countries, came to ...; Created on 26 June 2014
13. Political Candidates Answer to Anti-Mining Activists in San Salvador and Cabañas: (Mining and Human Rights); ... as a whole, a statement which received jeers and laughter of disbelief from the crowd. After some scathing questions from the audience, mostly directed at Rep. Arevalo, Lourdes Palacios from the FMLN ...; Created on 12 March 2012
14. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... the 223 years since. In the 1800s we created 46 Garífuna communities, mostly locating ourselves in the country’s northern coastal area, where we maintain our cultural wealth. For the past 20 years, the ...; Created on 03 September 2020

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