by Maxwell Radwin on 2 August 2023 - MONGABAY
Calls from the international community are growing for the release of five environmental activists fighting water pollution and mining in El Salvador ...
... offices in the municipality of Guacotecti, according to a statement published by the Committee for Human Rights in Latin America (CDHAL).
These community leaders were arrested by means of a judicial ...
... arrested Miguel Ángel Gámez, Alejandro Laínez García and Pedro Antonio Rivas, members of the Santa Marta community, a repopulated community made up of exiles and ex-combatants of the civil war, located ...
Urgent Communique from the Municipal Commission Specific to the Consultation on Mining
The members of the Commission recognized and designated by the Municipality of Asuncion Mita, Jutiapa to organize ...
Communique: Community organizations fear the return of metal mining El Salvador
San Salvador December 16, 2021 - Only four years have passed since El Salvador banned metal mining in all its forms. ...
... which began under Pan American Silver’s watch, as well as dangers related to the instability of its tailing impoundments.
The same question was posed concerning the community of La Colorada, Mexico, ...
... nearly 4,000 people are calling on the Vancouver-based company to halt all community activities in the Central American country.
In mid-April, activists delivered a petition to Pan American Silver urging ...
The State
Sammy
The reality of living near a gold mine is a worrisome thing, says Angel Estridge, whose family owns property less than a mile from a pond full of nasty mining waste.
She fears that ...
... the community suffered air and water pollution as well as damages to the forests, forsaking the locals’ livelihood and health.
In a statement, local environmental group Alyansa ng Novo Vizcayano para ...
... Development Association’s (ADES) 25th anniversary. The sister organizations hosted a joint community arts festival to mark two and a half decades of solidarity, support, and dedication to participatory ...
By Sebastian Rosemont - Photo by: Genia Yatsenko
Little has changed in the community since Commerce Group Corporation (CGC) abandoned mining operations in El Salvador in 2006 after its mining permits ...
By P. Cabezas
As the morning sun rises on the town of San Jose las Flores, members of the community prepare for the annual pilgrimage to the Urbina Hills, the site that once was the main exploration ...
... organization, La Mesa, a coalition of community organizations, research institutions, and non-profit organizations advocating against metals mining in El Salvador in this investment dispute.
http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/12579IIED.pdf? ...
Project Newsletter
The value of gold has soared due to the recent financial crisis making it a very profitable industry. However, the extraction of these resources is a source of conflict among affected ...
... 4 - 10, 2015
Community Consultation, Arcatao, Chalatenango, El Salvador
El Salvador has been at center stage in a decade-long struggle against gold mining since the early 2000’s when the rising price ...
... was organized IPS, CIEL, OXFAM and was supported by as many as 18 unions, faith groups and Salvadoran community organizations in the US.
“This case (OceanaGold Vs. El Salvador) exemplifies what is wrong ...
... results of the municipality of San Jose Las Flores community consultation on mining.
The community referendum was highly organized and a good example of transparency and accountability. As observers, ...
... “mesa” of community groups, she’s talking about the struggle in her country to ban metals mining.
Vidalina’s group, the Santa Marta Association for Economic and Social Development (ADES), is among ...
... by a delegation of five community leaders from Metapan and other regions affected by mining in El Salvador stated that pollution from the mine would have immediate impacts on the health and economic wellbeing ...
... law was passed in the a law to create a Directorate of Energy Mines and Hydrocarbons. Community leaders in Cabañas have also denounced the presence of employees of mining companies offering long-term leases ...