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21. International Allies statement on the victory of the people of El Salvador Vs OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... El Dorado Foundation and its subsidiary Minerales Torogoz leave the country. In the memory of Marcelo Rivera, Dora Alicia Recinos Sorto, Ramiro Rivera and Juan Francisco Duran Ayala *Individuals include ...; Created on 10 November 2016
22. El Salvador Lessons for the TPP Fight: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... anti-mining activists who have paid a painfully high price for their resistance, it was a measure of justice. One of those activists is Miguel Angel Rivera. In June 2009, his brother Marcelo, a prominent ...; Created on 10 November 2016
23. MUA calls on Australians to support campaign against OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... death threats. In June 2009, Marcelo Rivera, a school teacher, community leader in San Isidro and outspoken opponent of the mine was kidnapped. About two weeks later his body was found with visible signs ...; Created on 28 September 2016
24. Yes to life, no to mining! – Report Back Delegation to El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... these is Marcelo Rivera, murdered in 2009. At the organization ADES we meet Miguel Rivera for an interview; he is the brother of the victim. Marcelo had stood up against mining projects in many different ...; Created on 03 February 2016
25. In the Keystone Suit, It’s Big Oil vs. Democracy: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... like a huge victory — symbolic, maybe, but definitely worth a trip to the booking station. In the new global economy, however, no victory is safe. I thought back to Miguel. I met Miguel Rivera in 2009. ...; Created on 02 February 2016
26. Justice delayed: Environmentalists assassinated in Cabañas remembered: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... activist Marcelo Rivera went missing. His body was found two weeks later in the town of San Isidro, hidden inside a water well, with signs of torture. The community of La Maraña also experienced its ...; Created on 07 January 2016
27. Resistance against the bloodsucker: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Isidro in 2009: “We had imagined something different for our Municipality, we wanted to implement green tourism”, Miguel Angel Rivera said. The strong man with collapsed shoulders talks about the cruelest ...; Created on 03 January 2016
28. El Salvador: Vote Against Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... says Nicolas Rivera Lopez; he grew up in a farm at the bottom of the mountain. He is referring to international mining companies, which look at El Salvador with great interest. However there will not be ...; Created on 02 January 2016
29. Arcatao: the next municipality to hold a referendum on mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Photos/translation: Marina Bonetti Citizens of the communities of Cicachuite, Cerro Grande, Teosinte, Chavarria, El Sitio, Los Rivera, Los Guardado, El Portillo, Los Alas, Los Orellana, Los Merino, ...; Created on 29 September 2015
30. Nueva Trinidad: 3rd Municipality in El Salvador to Declare Itself a “Mining Free Territory”: (Territories Free of Mining); ... we must relocated in a location where we loose the security that we have here, as well as contamination [of the environment],” Julio Rivera, a community leader in Nueva Trinidad, told Gato Encerrado reporters. ...; Created on 18 April 2015
31. Murdered environmental activists remembered: (Mining and Human Rights); ... death threats against their lives and the lives of their relatives. These threats escalated in June 2009 when community leader and vocal anti-mining activist Marcelo Rivera went missing, his body was ...; Created on 30 December 2014
32. Resistance against metallic mining in El Salvador commemorates International Day Against Open Pit Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... He also recalled the murders of environmentalists Marcelo Rivera, Dora Sorto, Ramiro Rivera and Francisco Durán, from Sensuntepeque, Cabañas, who opposed the exploration and mining. "Mining multinationals ...; Created on 05 August 2014
33. Pacific Rim/Oceana Gold taken to trial in Geneva for violations of human rights in El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... is on the eve of the “anniversary of the assassination of Gustavo Marcelo Rivera” declared Vidalina Morales from the National Roundtable Against metallic Mining. “Five years after his death, in June 2009, ...; Created on 25 June 2014
34. El Salvador, violence and impunity: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the mining conflict. In January 2009, six months before he was killed, anti-mining activist Marcelo Rivera was saved by his brother from the wheels of an oncoming car in the Cabañas town of San Isidro. ...; Created on 13 February 2014
35. Mining multinationals exploit Central America: (Water no Gold); ... Rivera was a teacher and prominent community activist in the campaign against the mine. He was disappeared on 18 June 2009. His assassins kept him alive for nine days, during which time they tortured ...; Created on 03 December 2013
36. PRESS RELEASE: Mesa condemns attempted murder: (Media Releases); ... his family have been victims of violence in the past, his 13 years old daughter was hit by a bullet in 2009 at the same time another antimining activist, Ramiro Rivera, was murdered. Recently, Mr. Guevara ...; Created on 09 October 2013
37. New acts of violence and intimidation against members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining: (Mining and Human Rights); ... defenders is the result of our continued resistance against the metal mining industry in the country, and therefore we demand: 1. As in the case of the murders of environmentalists Marcelo Rivera, ...; Created on 09 July 2013
38. International delegation confronts mining in El Salvador: (2013 Fact Finding Mission); ... is accused of utilizing kidnapping, intimidation and even murder against community members opposed to the mining project. This was highlighted internationally in 2009 with the murder of Marcelo Rivera, Ramiro ...; Created on 08 July 2013
39. PRELIMINARY REPORT “Gold Mining and the Defense of Water in El Salvador”: (Background and reports ); ... and environmentally sustainable solutions, not mining, and expressed frustration that the murders of anti-mining activists Marcelo Rivera, Ramiro Rivera, Dora Alicia Sorto and Juan Francisco Durán Ayala ...; Created on 24 May 2013
40. Central American community groups work together on mining issues: (March 2013 North American Tour); ... national government or to the Indigenous and Afro-Caribbean communities that would lose their land. Miguel Rivera, the lead ADES researcher and brother of slain ecological defender Marcelo Rivera, ...; Created on 18 March 2013

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