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1. Archbishop of El Salvador reinforces the church´s position against mining: (Mining and Human Rights); During his usual Sunday press conference on April 24th, the Archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alas, called once again on society to remain vigilant and prevent mining in El Salvador. He similarly ...; Created on 17 September 2016
2. Archbishop of El Salvador reinforces the church´s position against mining: (Mining and Human Rights); During his usual Sunday press conference on April 24th, the Archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alas, called once again on society to remain vigilant and prevent mining in El Salvador. He similarly ...; Created on 17 September 2016
3. Archbishop of El Salvador suggests the use international mechanisms to solve dispute over mine: (Mining and Human Rights); ACAN EFE News Agency, El Salvador The Archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar, suggested Sunday that the government should go to international organizations if the threat from a gold mine in Guatemala ...; Created on 10 June 2013
4. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... who had served as a military attaché to the United States during the civil war, and El Salvador’s influential archbishop, a member of the ultraconservative Opus Dei order. They persuaded the archbishop ...; Created on 23 April 2021
5. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and strong coalition. We learn that a right-wing environmental minister, Hugo Barrera, handed the water defenders an essential bit of legal strategy, and a conservative archbishop became an anti-mining ...; Created on 11 April 2021
6. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... killed in El Salvador’s civil war. It thus took a great deal of courage for the water defenders to reach out to ARENA, as well as to the ultraconservative archbishop of San Salvador, the nation’s capital, ...; Created on 05 April 2021
7. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... assassinated. These water defenders won over the most unlikely of allies, like a conservative archbishop alarmed by the dangers of cyanide. They even flew in a governor from the Philippines, who spoke ...; Created on 28 March 2021
8. EL SALVADOR - Water recognized as a public good and human right, the satisfaction of the Church: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... enter into force from 2021, after the parliamentary elections. The Archbishop of San Salvador, Mgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, president of the Salvadoran Episcopal Conference, in a video posted on the ...; Created on 30 November 2020
9. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... as their leader and representative of the democratic opposition." When the Islamic State arrived in Mosul in August 2014, Mgr Najeeb Michaeel, Archbishop of Mosul, ensured the evacuation of Christians, ...; Created on 29 September 2020
10. Civil society presents a proposal for the Water Law in the Legislative Assembly: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... of them will have a voice, even if the last decision is made by the Government,” expressed the archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alas. The head of the Salvadoran Catholic Church maintained ...; Created on 20 April 2020
11. Church in El Salvador backs law declaring clean, affordable water as a human right: (Water Crisis El Salvador); Melissa Vida : America Magazine The archbishop of San Salvador, Jose Luis Escobar Alas, points to Blessed Oscar Romero’s portrait on a shelf in his office. “Blessed Romero, is, without a doubt, a role ...; Created on 08 May 2018
12. Threats to the Law Against Metallic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... outcry and played an active and fundamental role in the approval of the law. Monsignor José Luis Escobar Alas, archbishop of San Salvador, said that the law against metallic mining should not be repealed ...; Created on 07 May 2018
13. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... The legislative assembly was ruled by two rightwing parties with no interest in passing a ban. However, following much popular pressure, the archbishop of San Salvador, in an unprecedented move, went to ...; Created on 07 May 2018
14. Salvadorans Reinforce Commitment to Sustain Historic Mining Ban on its First Anniversary: (Media Releases); ... of the risk that the law could be repealed. The archbishop of El Salvador, Jose Luis Escobar Alas, a fierce proponent of the prohibition declared during his Sunday March 25th press conference that ...; Created on 06 May 2018
15. A Binding Treaty about corporations can be an instrument to guarantee the respect of our rights and territories: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... 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 ...; Created on 14 November 2017
16. To prevent water privatization: the next battle for Salvadorean environmentalists: (Water no Gold); ... 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 ...; Created on 27 July 2017
17. Anti mining organizations ask for the approval of the General Water Law: (Sample Data-Articles); ... through Archbishop Monseñor José Luis Alas, have joined in rejecting of the alleged privatization bill. It is estimated that 8% of the world's water is destined for domestic use, 10% for industry and ...; Created on 21 July 2017
18. In Mining-Affected Communities, Water Is Becoming More Precious Than Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... 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 ...; Created on 26 June 2017
19. El Salvador Passes Historic Law To Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... few months, the church threw its weight behind the ban. In February, the Archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alas, delivered the bill for the Law to Ban Mining to the Legislative Assembly. In ...; Created on 16 April 2017
20. Political parties give assurances that they will support the prohibition of Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Beatriz Calderón / ACAN-EFE A march led by archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas arrived at the Legislature demand the prohibition of metal mining. A group of Salvadorans marched today to demand that ...; Created on 09 March 2017

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