... these marked "No" on the ballot for the referendum to "defend" against metal mining in the municipality of Arcatao, Chalatenango.
Santos comes from a small valley in the canton of Teosinte, Arcatao. At ...
September 22, 2014, San Jose las Flores -Chalatenango
We, the International Observer Delegation, comprising of 15 representatives from North, Central, South America and New Zealand, acknowledge the ...
... and Development - ARDM
Association of Communities for the Development of Chalatenango (CCR)
Guatemala:
Indigenous Municipality of Cotzal, Resistencia Zona Reina, Uspatán Quiché
Departmental ...
... of Chalatenango and Cabañas, highly organized communities where land had been granted to the residents after the civil war. The first confrontation happened in Chalatenango where the Canadian Au Martinique ...
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But the development of the mining program quickly stalled due to fierce opposition from local communities who prevented mining explorations to begin in the departments of Cabañas and Chalatenango. By ...
... of the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining. It was in 2004 when the communities of the Departments of Chalatenango and Cabañas – where Morales lives – realized that the works Pacific Rim/Oceana ...
... the community in San José Las Flores, Chalatenango.
In the community of Los Prados, in the municipality of La Laguna, Chalatenango, CRIPDES held a forum on "Cross border mining in El Salvador". The ...
... Silver aimed to mine the rich hills in the state of Chalatenango in the north of the country. Its plans would have swept up communities similar to Cinquera, but community resistance forced the company ...
... have campaigned for years for an all-out ban on metallic mining in the country, organizing marches, bill proposals, and local actions. Residents of five municipalities in the northern departments of Chalatenango ...
... Labrador, Nueva Trinidad and Arcatao in the northern department of Chalatenango voted against mining.
Social organizations said that "these results are a clear recommendation" for members of the Parliamentary ...
... of exploitation of metals.
Cinquera is the fifth Salvadoran municipality that rejects metal mining; San Jose Las Flores, San Isidro Labrador, New Trinidad and Arcatao of the northern department of Chalatenango ...
By Sebastian Rosemont - Photo: Genia Yatsenko
Pressure continues to mount on Salvadoran legislators to ban metal mining in El Salvador. On February 7th, mayors from the Department of Chalatenango, accompanied ...
... letter(requesting prohibition) in the Legislative Assembly. With this petition from a group of mayors from northern Chalatenango, and the FMLN party, they add to the two civilian initiatives to legislate ...
... will be the first municipality in its department to hold a referendum that adds to others [in the Department of Chalatenango]that have voted to reject mining.
Four voting centers will be set up for the ...
Alfredo Carias : Contrapunto
Arcatao, San José las Flores, San Isidro Labrador and Nueva Trinidad in Chalatenango have already carried out referenda on mining.
Citizens of the municipality of Cinquera ...
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Asociaciòn Salvadoreña de Ayuda Humanitaria
Centro de Investigaciòn Sobre Inversiòn y Comercio
CESTA
Comite de Comunidades Rurales de Chalatenango, CCR
Colectivo de Derechos Humanos Herbert Anaya ...
... mining companies" he continued.
Au Martinique was not able to set up its operations in Chalatenango but an exploration license to explore remains active within the ministry of economy; and members ...
... their interventions in the region," he said.
The "binational meeting" of social organizations, environmentalists and indigenous peoples took place in the mountains of Arcatao, Chalatenango, where they ...
... of the necessity of an anti-mining law.
The unanimity with which the people in the little farming towns in the mountains of the Department of Chalatenango resist the destructive gold mining has impressed ...