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21. Marcelo's Legacy: The environmentalist who fought against metal mining in El Salvado: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... metal mining, allows us to be vigilant for those companies that are out there, waiting for a way to come back. The fight has been strong in the department and in the country with the Metallic Mining Prohibition ...; Created on 18 September 2019
22. National Roundtable against Metal Mining Demands technical closure of mines and compensation for environmental damage: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to the Ministry of Economy, fifteen mining projects have ceased to be active in El Salvador, but since March 2017, date of the approval of the Metallic Mining Prohibition Act by the Legislative Assembly, ...; Created on 18 September 2019
23. National Roundtable against Metal Mining demands president Nayib Bukele to order the implementation of the Metal Mining Ban: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... In addition, they asked the Ministries of Environment and Economy to develop a plan that guarantees the prohibition of metal mining in the country. "We ask the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, ...; Created on 16 September 2019
24. Global protest launched against OceanaGold mine in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... tribunal in 2016, and to the eventual prohibition of large-scale mining in El Salvador in 2017. We are giving back our solidarity to the people of Nueva Vizcaya to their success of mounting a people’s ...; Created on 02 September 2019
25. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); * Edgardo Ayala - Contrapunto Despite of a two year mining prohibition, the ghost of mining does not fade away for communities in El Salvador that are exposed to crossborder contamination that may cause ...; Created on 03 May 2019
26. Water 2.0 - Salvadoreans take to the streets to battle renewed attempts to privatize water resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... prohibition approved in March 2016 and to shelve all pending requests related to the mining file, at the same time, the Environment and Climate Change Commission, ECCC, moved to reopen a long overdue discussion ...; Created on 24 June 2018
27. El Salvador: first anniversary of the mining ban A cause for celebration, but the new law faces dangers: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Andrés McKinley - UK LAB On March 29th, 2017, the small country of El Salvador became the first nation in the world to exercise its sovereign right to say “no” to metallic mining after carefully analyzing ...; Created on 22 June 2018
28. It is urgent to permanently close the dark chapter of metallic mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... legislators maintain the prohibition of mining. The closing of the file, however, will not make us lower our guard and we will remain vigilant of any attempt to modify or repeal the law that was approved ...; Created on 31 May 2018
29. Threats to the Law Against Metallic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... which could jeopardize their victory. A year has passed since the Law against Metallic Mining was approved. The prohibition is a victory resulting from almost 13 years of struggle led by organizations ...; Created on 07 May 2018
30. 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
31. Lack of proposals from political candidates on the Environmental Crisis in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... for further privatization. The current legislature, which ends its term on May 1st, approved the Law of Prohibition of metallic mining in El Salvador last March, with 70 votes, after communities threatened ...; Created on 08 February 2018
32. A year with a bitter taste in environmental matters in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... prohibition of mining. According to the Salvadoran authorities, progress has been made in the area of environmental protection, although they acknowledge that there is still a lot to be done, said ...; Created on 01 February 2018
33. National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining demands justice in the case of murdered environmentalists: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... that the problem of mining in El Salvador continues, that is why they must always be ready to fight for the respect of the right to life and apply the prohibition of mining in order to assert the rights ...; Created on 01 February 2018
34. Mining company continues lobbying efforts to repeal Anti-Mining Law: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... it is conducting education and promotion campaigns about mining. In El Salvador, mining is an industrial activity prohibited by law since March of this year. The NGOs add that OceanaGold, prior the prohibition ...; Created on 14 November 2017
35. Cross border mining will be the next phase of the anti-mining struggle in El Salvador: (Cerro Blanco); ... Mining" is not a foreign concept to Rodolfo Calles, of CRIPDES, who argues that the struggle that ended with a prohibition would not be enough to protect the country's natural assets. "Because our mining ...; Created on 14 November 2017
36. In Mining-Affected Communities, Water Is Becoming More Precious Than Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... or open pit mining, as well as on various toxic chemicals used in mineral processing. El Salvador’s prohibition goes further. It’s being noted throughout Latin America, where Canadian mining companies ...; Created on 26 June 2017
37. El Salvador Votes for Water over Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... 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. ...; Created on 16 April 2017
38. The Catholic Church calls for participation in a March Against Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Guillermo Mata, posted a message on his twitter account, where he expressed that the entire population should join the march to demand the prohibition of metal mining. The left-wing representative also ...; Created on 08 March 2017
39. In El Salvador, OceanaGold Must ‘Pay Up and Pack Up’: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... level organizations pressured for a prohibition on any industrial metal mining in the the country, given its already stressed water supplies, vulnerability to climate change and population density. Pacific ...; Created on 03 March 2017
40. Pressure Mounts on El Salvadoran Legislature to Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... impacts of mining, and a national march for the prohibition of mining on February 28th. Following the actions of community, environmental organizations, and church leaders, legislators will be hard-pressed ...; Created on 13 February 2017

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