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National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining on the temporary suspension the Cerro Blanco mining project

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Given the recent announcement by Goldcorp Inc. on the indefinite suspension of the Cerro Blanco mining project, the most advanced project in the border of El Salvador and Guatemala, the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining states to the public opinion Last week, a Canadian mining company...

July 22, 2013 Global Day of Action Against Open Pit Mining: The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining reiterates demand for legislation prohibiting metal mining in El Salvador

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PRESS RELEASE In commemoration of Global Day of Action Against Open Pit Mining the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining, once again demand the Legislature of El Salvador to expedite and promote the discussion and adoption of the Law to ban metallic that our collective introduced in 2006. ...

Reform to article 15 of the Invesment Law: Assertive legislative action

| FTAs & ISDS
By Leonel Flores, ARPAS Editorial Last week the Legislature of El Salvador amended the Investment Law so that disputes between foreign investors and the state are settled in local courts before going to arbitration bodies such as the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (IC...

The Rights Clash

| Commerce Group
By Danielle Marie Mackey First published in: http://www.guernicamag.com/features/the-rights-clash/ Mining in El Salvador exposes the contradiction between human rights and corporate rights under the international investment regime. Images by Danielle Marie Mackey “This is practically an ur...

Mining for Profits in International Tribunals - Updated

| Background and reports
How transnational corporations use trade and investment treaties as powerful tools in disputes over oil, mining, and gas. dowload full report here By Sarah Anderson and Manuel Perez-Rocha In the context of high global prices for natural resources, governments seeking to ensure that their peopl...

Consensus reached to reform dispute resolutions under Investment Law

| FTAs & ISDS
By Erick Cornejo Translated from: http://www.asamblea.gob.sv/noticias/archivo-de-noticias/consenso-para-reformar-solucion-de-controversias-de-la-ley-de-inversiones#.UdyTHr6-dzg.facebook The Economic Commission of the Legislative Assembly agreed today to issue a Favorable Resolution to amend Art...

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