... of seismic activity.
They presented draft legislation to the government to prohibit mining. Other powerful institutions joined in, including the Catholic Church, which countsabout 60 percent of the country’s ...
... this path. In El Salvador, we witness a practical example of such involvement, especially of the Catholic Church up the top of its highest hierarchy: the Archbishop of San Salvador, Monsignor Escobar (other ...
... with other communities, the full participation of the community, unity and the accompaniment of the Catholic Church.
"We have been accompanying the community for 31 years. When companies attempted to enter ...
... Ombudsman Office, the Central American University, and the Catholic Church, through Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar, joined the chorus and asked to be part of the discussion to ensure that legislators commit ...
... to privatize the water.
The Water Forum, the Human Rights Ombusdman Office, the Alliance for Governance and Justice, as well as the Central American University José Simeón Cañas, and the Catholic Church, ...
... allies, includ-ing the archbishop of El Salvador, head of the country’s conservative Catholic Church.
Effective opposition kept Pacific Rim from meeting the regulatory requirements to obtain the permits ...
... a specialist in water and mining at Central American University José Simeón Cañas. He has worked on development issues in Central America since 1977.]
Republished from: https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/eco-catholic/el-salvador-moment-more-precious-gold ...
... around the mines.4
Community groups linked together across El Salvador and found allies in the Catholic Church and in groups in the capital city of San Salvador that worked on human rights and development. ...
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Strength in diversity
From anti-mining activists in Canada to the Catholic Church hierarchy of El Salvador, and from the Maritime Union of Australia to the Central American University, for our interviewees, ...
Sebastian Rosemont: Huffinton Post
The vote marked the culmination of a decade of pressure from activists, environmentalists and the Catholic church.
In an historic vote, El Salvador became the first ...
... mining through a local referendum and the Catholic Church of El Salvador had called for massive participation in a public protest to demand legislators to start discussions on the prohibition of mining. ...
... Congress "several booklets with thousands of signatures collected, in support of the bill to prohibit mining in El Salvador," according to the Catholic Office.
In late February, residents of the municipality ...
... to the vote on a law prohibiting mining.
One of the last legal initiatives against mining was presented last February 7 by officials of the Salvadoran Catholic Church.
A World Bank (WB) arbitration body ...
... found, local opposition emerged and quickly gave rise to a national movement against metallic mining in El Salvador. Even the head of the Catholic Church joined local communities and organizations from ...
Gloria Silvio Orellana: Colatino
"It is clear that OceanaGold does not want to pay, so we have to intervene; the National Police (PNC) and the Prosecutor's Office (FGR) must intervene their assets," said ...
... a boost Monday as leaders of the Catholic church in the Central American country presented a bill in Congress aimed at blocking mining and protecting citizens from “serious contamination.”
“The objective ...
... are already 31 votes in order to comply with this demand from the population, social organizations, and the Catholic Church,” said FMLN legislator Guillermo Mata during the presentation of an official ...
... to fight the project over concerns that the toxic chemicals used in gold mining would poison their water. In time, they won over a strong majority of the public and rallied the Catholic Church, small businesses, ...
... to acquire land rights for most of the concession.
Metal mining drew growing opposition nationwide. The Roman Catholic Church weighed in against it, and several academic studies confirmed the tiny country’s ...
... people,” says Emeritus Catholic Bishop Hilton Deakin of Melbourne, Australia.
“Let us be clear: El Salvador has lost a lot during all this arbitration. El Salvador had to pay more than $12 million, just ...