... Mining (the Mesa) strongly oppose metallic mining projects in El Salvador. The Mesa represents hundreds of communities and thousands of people throughout the country and includes environmental, community-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 ...
As thousands of people marched in Cabañas demanding an end to metallic mining in El Salvador, individuals and organizations from Canada to Vancouver showed their solidarity with the anti-mining movement. ...
... to go beyond the suspension of mining projects, and instead ban metallic mining altogether. Thousands of demonstrators marched through the capital this month to urge parliament to sign a law that would ...
Take Action to Support El Salvador’s Human Right to Water
On October 20th, thousands of people will be marching in El Salvador to demand their Human Right to water and demonstrate their opposition to ...
... have negative social and environmental impacts in communities. Mining companies, like Pacific Rim, operate huge projects that deforest the area and use thousands of liters of water during the leaching ...
... thousands of Salvadorans the main source of income for would be affected if the lake is contaminated.
This situation led the Salvadoran Vice President, Salvador Sanchez Cerén, to criticize the Guatemalan ...
One of the most essential aspects of COVID-19 prevention is regularly washing your hands; however, hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans are facing COVID-19 without reliable access to water. According to ...
... the alert, “together with the state, through military and judicial harassment, they are forging ahead at all costs with the iron ore project that threatens the water sources for tens of thousands of people ...