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1. IUDOP: 77% of the Salvadorean population asks for metal mining to be prohibited: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Joakin Salazar - Colatino "Total disagreement with metal mining" is the result of the poll conducted by the University Institute of Public Opinion (IUDOP) of the Central American University, Jose Simeon ...; Created on 17 July 2015
2. 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); ... from the rest of the removed material, as such its use in mining has been prohibited in many countries such as the United States, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Argentina, among others. 12. That although ...; Created on 12 June 2022
3. The trial for Guapinol water defender Jeremías Martínez begins today in Tegucigalpa, Honduras: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Honduran Congress cut 217 hectares from the core zone of the park from which construction was prohibited. On January 28, 2014, the first licence was granted to Emco Mining for their planned open-pit iron ...; Created on 22 February 2021
4. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the Salvadoran Congress approved, in March 2017, a law that prohibited metal mining, the only regulation of its kind in the world. With this law, no company can extract gold, silver, copper, or other metallic ...; Created on 05 January 2021
5. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... its statement, when the Honduran Congress named the park a protected area in 2012, mining and related activities should have been prohibited. But questionable reforms to the law opened the door to the ...; Created on 25 September 2020
6. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression: (Regional News); ... has faced protests by a group of dismissed people. This type of demonstrations, for example, will now be prohibited. Blocks organized from said protests prevented the Guatemalan Nickel Company from entering ...; Created on 22 July 2020
7. The international dimensions of the fight for water in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... through its long battle to have mining prohibited by denouncing and shaming companies that tried to extort obscene amounts of money from the Salvadorian public purse for refusing mining permits. In a ...; Created on 02 July 2018
8. It is urgent to permanently close the dark chapter of metallic mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... national level. In our view, the existence of this foundation is illegal because it promotes an economic for profit activity prohibited by law. ADES, CRIPDES, UNES, ARPAS and UCA propose that our government ...; Created on 31 May 2018
9. 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
10. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... many scientists are concluding that in certain countries and areas, mining should be prohibited.3 El Salvador is one such place. Global mining firms, most now headquartered in Canada and Australia, flooded ...; Created on 26 June 2017
11. El Salvador: 49 exploration permits were once approved: (Background and reports ); ... and wild life. Melara said that as a faction of the FMLN, they consider that mining should be completely prohibited. Johnny Wright, ARENA deputy and secretary of the Environment Commission, also said ...; Created on 07 January 2016
12. Mining multinationals exploit Central America: (Water no Gold); ... met strong opposition from the local community, whose water supplies would be poisoned by contaminants from the operation. In 2007 the president of El Salvador prohibited the mine. But Pacific Rim is ...; Created on 03 December 2013
13. Anti-mining leaders asks presidential candidates to make explicit their position on mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... said that metallic mining in El Salvador should be prohibited because it is a form of unsustainable economic development that exacerbates already existing inequities in the country. This form of economic ...; Created on 21 November 2013
14. Letter to the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... has insisted that metal mining should be prohibited in El Salvador because it is an expression of an unfair, predatory and violent development model that only benefits large transnational corporations ...; Created on 01 October 2013
15. PRESS RELEASE: Mesa introduces new Special Law to Ban Mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... in El Salvador is unviable and should be prohibited. Our proposal states that social interest should prevail over economic interest. There are strong technical and scientific arguments that support the ...; Created on 01 October 2013
16. July 22, 2013 Global Day of Action Against Open Pit Mining: The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining reiterates demand for legislation prohibiting metal mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... race for industrial and technological development. Metal mining in El Salvador should be prohibited because it is an expression of an unjust and violent model of development that is affecting our region. ...; Created on 22 July 2013
17. The Rights Clash: (Commerce Group); ... lists more than 100 petitions from citizen groups asking for metallic mining to be prohibited, added Congresswoman Palacios, whose party sees this as “a majority and constant rejection of mining by Salvadoran ...; Created on 15 July 2013
18. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... its statement, when the Honduran Congress named the park a protected area in 2012, mining and related activities should have been prohibited. But questionable reforms to the law opened the door to the ...; Created on 25 September 2020

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