Water Justice News
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Upcoming film screenings on indigenous Wixarika opposition to Vancouver-based mining company
October 2, 2014 – 8:41am In November 2009, Vancouver-based First Majestic Silver Corp. purchased underground mineral rights in the Wirikuta desert, near the town of Real de Catorce in the state of San Luis Potosi in Mexico. But the indigenous Wixarika…
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U.S. Judge rules ‘no right or law’ to guaranteed water service
September 30, 2014 – 9:30am The Council of Canadians has expressed profound disappointment on the ruling by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes against issuing a six-month restraining order against water disconnections in Detroit. An estimated 24,000 …
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El Salvador’s struggle for democratic authority
September 29, 2014 – 4:08pm I spent ten days in El Salvador this September representing the Council of Canadians on an international delegation examining metallic mining and how it affects communities. During the trip several events highlighted El Sal…
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Detroit, Don’t Take Water Away From Those Who Can’t Afford It
September 16, 2014 – 1:42pm Photo: Joined with folks in Detroit to raise awareness about water cut-offs by delivering 1,000 litres of water across the Canada-U.S. border., July 2014. For some people in Detroit, this has been a long summer: camping …
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Barlow in solidarity with El Salvador at protest against World Bank in Washington, DC
September 15, 2014 – 3:13pm Photo: Barlow speaking at World Bank protest in Washington, DC. Photo from CASJ Coalition tweet. Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow spoke at a protest outside the World Bank in Washington, DC today. As explain…
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Groups demand that Canadian mining company drop suit against El Salvador to start on its independence day
September 10, 2014 For immediate release Toronto – Today, dozens of organizations from Canada, El Salvador and around the world will confront Canadian-Australian mining company Oceana Gold, whose subsidiary is suing El Salvador for $301 million (USD). El Salvador’s offence: refusing to a grant a permit to a gold mine that would contaminate 60 per…
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Open letter to OceanaGold
Jim Askew, Chairman of the Board of Directors Michael Wilkes, Managing Director and CEO We are writing in solidarity with the people of El Salvador demanding that OceanaGold and its subsidiary, Pac Rim Cayman, immediately withdraw their $301 million claim at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) against El Salvador. The people…
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Summary of El Salvador’s Rejoinder on the Merits (11 July 2014) in Pac Rim Cayman LLC v The Republic of El Salvador
The Rejoinder is a 218-page document that chronicles, documents, and analyzes Pac Rim’s interactions and activities in El Salvador since it entered El Salvador in 2002 as well as the Salvadoran government actions and policies vis-a-vis Pac Rim and mining overall. It provides meticulous details of who did or said what and when, supported by…
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Council asks Judge to issue restraining order against water shutoffs in Detroit
September 3, 2014 – 9:12am The Council of Canadians and its allies are awaiting a decision by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes on a request to issue a Temporary Restraining Order against water shutoffs in Detroit. USA Today reports, “[Lawyer Alice]…
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Canadian capital to finance more water destruction in Mexico
September 2, 2014 – 12:35pm In December, the Mexican government passed an ‘energy reform law’ that means corporations can now explore and extract the vast oil and gas reserves in Mexico. Bloomberg described this as “the nation’s most significant econ…