... 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 ...
... WSF through a discussion-workshop on building global strategies addressing Canadian mining impacts across the world, focusing on the case of OceanaGold.
Confronting the crises
A junior mining company ...
Concerned Citizens from Across the U.S. Call on a Milwaukee Company to Act Ethically
A Milwaukee Company’s Toxic Legacy
In 2006, the Salvadoran government decided to revoke the failed Milwaukee-based ...
Communities from Across the Hemisphere Speak out Against Pacific Rim
On October 20th, thousands of people marched in Cabañas, El Salvador to voice their opposition to the proposed gold mining project ...
Cross-Border Struggles: Anti-Mining Ties between Wisconsin and El Salvador
February, 2012
Versión en Español
The struggle against mining is gaining force in the state of Wisconsin. On Thursday, ...
Save the Mining Moratorium Law
The state of Wisconsin’s mining legislation is some of the strongest in the country and the world. Their “prove it first” law requires mining companies to show ...
... of ADES)
The water defenders started speaking out against industrial mining around 2005, when the rising price of gold attracted increased interest in the untapped deposits across northern El Salvador. ...
... On Mining (Alianza Centroamericana frente a la Minería, ACAFREMIN), the Central American Network for the Defense of Cross-border Waters (Red Centroamericana por la Defensa de las Aguas Transfronterizas, ...
... the peoples of the cross-border region, declared the manager of the Mancomunidad, Héctor Aguirre.
The tributary of the Lempa has a route of 422 kilometers and is born in Guatemala (30.4 km), continues ...
... the peoples of the cross-border region, declared the manager of the Mancomunidad, Héctor Aguirre.
The tributary of the Lempa has a route of 422 kilometers and is born in Guatemala (30.4 km), continues ...
... System, nor the cross-border threats that may impact its basin.
It is a law that will privatize water in El Salvador. According to Article 71 of the law, the ASA will authorize the use of water to private ...
... bridge the active participation of members of the MNFM in the presentation of an Amicus Curiae at the ICSID and in numerous international solidarity actions across the world. When the struggle took a violent ...
... coordinator of Kalikasan PNE, also feared that the new mining order would lead to the “doubling, if not tripling, of environmental disasters and human rights violations in mineral-rich areas” across the ...
... of the global mining industry headquartered in Canada, the occupation of Canadian mining corporations has been felt across the Philippines.
While resource extraction has benefited elites, very few economic ...
... titles across two mines in Cesar, La Jagua and Calenturitas. In February, Prodeco announced they were returning their mining contracts to the Colombian government and halting operations in the country, ...
The Nation
Robin Broad and John Cavanagh
In March 2017, people from poorer communities across El Salvador stood up to corporate power and convinced their legislature to make their country the first ...
... the Haile Gold Mine, we are committed to responsible environmental management across all our business activities,’’ according to a statement from Jim Whittaker, an executive general manager with OceanaGold. ...
... encouragement from others who’ve won local, national, and global fights to protect their water.
In particular, we’ve spent countless hours with people across El Salvador, where drought has taxed the ...
... the unsolved murder of one of the environmental activists killed in the lead up to this mining ban. Marcello Rivera was his name. Who was he and how did his story resonate with Salvadorans across the political ...
... of rat poison. Then, in December, the operation's laboratory — located across the street and run by a third-party — was hit with a US$16,000 (roughly A$20,500) for its failure to properly manage hazardous ...