Resources
People’s Sovereignty vs. Impunity Inc
Aguiar and Vargas, 2015
This paper exemplifies several articles describing different struggles that have occurred between transnational corporations and people fighting for their rights. One of them is the Pacific Rim OceanaGold case currently taking place against El Salvador. The Australian-Can...
Bringing Community perspectives to investor-state arbitration: the Pac Rim case
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Orellana et al., 2015
There is an ongoing democratic debate in El Salvador in relation to metals mining and sustainable development. This is a description of the Pacific Rim case and the role of anti-mining organization, La Mesa, a coalition of community organizations, research institutions, and...
Opinions y perceptions towards metal mining in El Salvador
Instituto Universitario de Opinión Pública
In El Salvador, 79.5% of the population that is potentially threatened to have nearby metallic mining activities believes that the country is not suitable for this activity. This was a survey performed by the Universidad Centroamericana “José Simo...
El Marco jurídico para la privatización del agua en El Salvador
Raul Moreno, 2005, Brot Foundation
The privatization of water in El Salvador would raise tariffs, have drastic effects on the quality of water, prevent the conservation of the resource, and would make it only available to those that have the money to pay. This study provides background informati...
Gold, Water and the Struggle for Basic Rights in El Salvador
D. Kingsbury 2014, OXFAM Australia
This report examines the issues of the El Dorado gold mine project, and past and potential future impacts that has and already had on the Salvadoran environment, society and economy. In a country that already faces a water crisis, the El Dorado project could ha...
Metals mining and Sustainable Development in Central America: An Assessment of benefits and costs
Oxfam
This assessment conducted by Oxfam discusses the social, environmental and economic costs of metals mining in Central America. The prices of metals are very unstable and mining practices produce little wealth for the country involved. In addition, it leads to resource depletion and environ...
Myth and Realities of Mining Central America
Caritas El Salvador
This article discusses four myths that are told by the mining industry in order to justify their activities in Central America. First, that the current technologies used in mining protect the environment. Second, that mining creates an economic boom and employment for the loc...
El Lado Oscuro del Oro: Impactos de Minería Metálica en El Salvador
Florian Erzinger, Luis Gonzalez y Angel M. Ibarra, 2008
Gold mining has become a profitable industry in Central America in recent years due to a rise in gold prices. However, in a country as small as El Salvador, mining would have disastrous effects on the environment, water, and health of peopl...