Members of the Executive Committee Legislative Assemble of El Salvador Dear Members of the Legislative Assembly: The undersigned members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador, return to you again exercising our right to petition enshrined in…
Sally Burch Ecuador’s president has launched a call for people around the world to boycott Chevron products, in rejection of the company’s evasion of responsibility for oil contamination in the Amazon basin. In recent months, Chevron has targeted Ecuador…
Shouldn’t the government at least ask before they kick you out of your home? Berta Cáceres and her colleagues in Honduras think so. They believe that people have a right to their homes. They are facing serious legal…
Once again, the Marikana Commission has adjourned, this time until Wednesday. But it’s not because of administrative issues or the issue of the miners’ legal fees. In an explosive statement, the Commission says the South African Police Service (SAPS) has…
Energias de Portugal (EDP) and the Role of the Netherlands in Tax Avoidance in Europe There is growing concern about the negative impact national harmful tax regimes have on the domestic revenue of other countries, especially in the context of…
The agrarian sector launched a national strike in Colombia which spread quickly across other sectors, against the impacts of the FTA with the US and Canada. It is evident that the current economic model has failed as a result…
Over 100 social movements and civil society organizations representing hundreds of thousands workers, peasants, community and indigenous peoples have welcomed the historic call by nine countries together with the African and Arab Groups for binding obligations on Transnational…
The operations of many Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises cause the devastation of livelihoods, territories and the environment of the communities where they operate; they pursue the commodification of essential services and of nature itself. Many TNCs and…
We, the participants of European organisations present at the Enlazando Alternativas network meeting held on September 7th and 8th, 2013 in Brussels, express our full support and solidarity with the National Agrarian and Popular Strike in Colombia and our solidarity…
Latin America’s mixed feelings about its mineral wealth. Bill Gehlen, an American geologist and vice president of exploration for the Pacific Rim mining company, shows rock samples in El Salvador that were taken during the company’s exploratory drilling. Oscar Leiva…
ON October 1 last year, the Marikana Commission of Inquiry held its first day of hearings into the events of and before August 16 of that year, during which 45 people were killed. The commission’s chairman, Judge Ian Farlam, asked…
People marching to the Union Buildings on Thursday to push for state funding for the counsel of miners wounded and arrested at Marikana hoped to make a “statement” through their protest, the convenor said on Thursday. “We are hoping to…