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21. Meeting with Activists in Victoria: (March 2013 North American Tour); ... out of El Salvador and to save its rivers from contamination. We were privileged to be with this intelligent, determined, courageous and committed woman. When she left, a light went out in our home. ...; Created on 17 March 2013
22. Mining for Gold: A “Pact with the Devil”?: (FTAs & ISDS); Mining for Gold: A “Pact with the Devil”? The economic crisis—and the rising price of gold—have spurred North American firms to reopen mines and attack environmental regulations. Here’s what we can ...; Created on 30 August 2012
23. Salvadorans in Solidarity with Panama: (Mining and Human Rights); Salvadorans in Solidarity with Panama On Friday, February 10th, as the clashes between the government of Panama and indigenous groups facing hydo-electric dams and mining projects on their territory ...; Created on 20 February 2012
24. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... around the world. Together, we can help to raise international awareness of the country’s political crisis and to show urgently needed solidarity with the Salvadoran social movements and the community ...; Created on 08 April 2023
25. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... military, no military member has been prosecuted there. This had led people in Santa Marta, a community with a strong anti-mining legacy, to decry the attorney general’s double standards, as there are ...; Created on 06 April 2023
26. Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... wear white shorts. They're surrounded by police officers with assault riffles. Some have '18' tattooed on their backs, signifying they are members of a gang. ‘It’s a war on the people’: El Salvador’s mass ...; Created on 04 April 2023
27. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Hydrocarbons and Mines, was created with congressional approval in October 2021. And later that year, the country joined the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development, ...; Created on 03 April 2023
28. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... on Metals Mining, a coalition the arrested men helped build, with its annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award. The collective demand that Bukele's government "drop the charges against the five water ...; Created on 20 January 2023
29. Public statement from social movement organizations on the detention of members of the Santa Marta community and ADES in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... - which involves the suspension of various constitutional rights-, but in this case, it should not apply because those charged have no relationships with gangs. In view of these events, the undersigned ...; Created on 13 January 2023
30. URGENT COMMUNIQUE: To the people of Asuncion Mita, the national and international community: (Cerro Blanco); ... of our municipality in the future. That the mining companies, up to the moment, have not proven to be rational, responsible, or friendly with the environment. They have not respected article 125 of ...; Created on 23 September 2022
31. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... with the presence of mining projects that would affect the natural resources in their territory, and the answer of the people was a resounding no. Asuncion Mita is the capital of the eastern department ...; Created on 22 September 2022
32. PRESS RELEASE: The municipal consultation on Cerro Blanco mine is valid and legitimate: (Cerro Blanco); ... of residents in Asunción Mita, department of Jutiapa, Guatemala, held this Sunday, September 18, 2022. The local communities expressed by vote that they did not agree with the installation and operation ...; Created on 21 September 2022
33. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river: (Cerro Blanco); ... through Honduras (31.4 km), and ends in the Pacific Ocean with its delta in El Salvador (360.3 km). The Lempa is decisive for the three countries because it serves 4.5 million people to irrigate crops, ...; Created on 12 June 2022
34. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river: (Cerro Blanco); ... through Honduras (31.4 km), and ends in the Pacific Ocean with its delta in El Salvador (360.3 km). The Lempa is decisive for the three countries because it serves 4.5 million people to irrigate crops, ...; Created on 12 June 2022
35. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...: (Cerro Blanco); ... protection is the responsibility of each of the three states. 6. That within international law and particularly of the Treaty between the Republics of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras for the execution ...; Created on 12 June 2022
36. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... complied with the ruling. For its work in defense of the Garífuna people, OFRANEH received the Letelier-Moffitt Award for Human Rights from the Institute for Political Studies (IPS), an organization ...; Created on 25 December 2021
37. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... has forced local communities to assume water supply by themselves, with the support of NGOs and international aid. Although the Law recognizes community water systems in a nominal way, it does not provide ...; Created on 23 December 2021
38. Communique: Community organizations fear the return of metal mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... of this organization visited our country a couple of weeks ago and held meetings with different government institutions such as the Ministries of the Environment; Economy, through its Hydrocarbons and ...; Created on 16 December 2021
39. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); *ANDRES MCKINLEY - El Faro On March 29, 2017, the Salvadoran population celebrated with joy, hope and pride the approval of a law prohibiting metallic mining in all of its forms at the national level. ...; Created on 14 December 2021
40. La Mesa releases a memoir of their collective struggle to ban mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... starts with a historical background of mining companies in El Salvador, the resistance against a series of mining projects that began operating unannounced in communities in the early 2000s, the resistance ...; Created on 29 June 2021

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