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The Real Cost of Gold in the Philippines

| 2013 North America Tour
We think of gold as a sign of prosperity, but the farmers and communities most affected by mining just want their rivers and land back. by John Cavanagh, Robin Broad First published in: http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/john-cavanagh-and-robin-broad/the-real-cost-of-gold-in-the-philippines "T...

A Road Trip to Save El Salvador’s Water

| 2013 Fact Finding Mission
A delegation of activists from 12 different countries on the fight to stop gold mining in Central America.   by Robin Broad, John Cavanagh   Robin is standing in front of a church in Guatemala with some of the other members of the first international delegation on “gold mining a...

Fact Finding Mission

| 2013 Fact Finding Mission
INTERNATIONAL FACT FINDING MISSION - EL SALVADOR MAY 09-13, 2013, CENTRAL AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF EL SALVADOR, UCA The small country of El Salvador and its citizens are caught up in a David vs. Goliath struggle to defend their rights to water, health and sustainable development. Since the early ...

Preliminary program

| 2013 Fact Finding Mission
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM Thursday May 9 Afternoon arrival in San Salvador. Evening meal, entertainment and networking session with members of the National Roundtable Against Mining and other civil society organizations. Possibly with a structured discussion around building alliances. Frid...

General information for participants

| 2013 Fact Finding Mission
Thank you very much for registering for the fact finding mission and for your interest in learning more about issues of mining in El Salvador. We are hoping that through this experience participants will develop an in depth knowledge about mining issues affecting communities in El Salvador and co...

Central American community groups work together on mining issues

| March 2013 North American Tour
By Jim Hogson* Vidalina Morales, a member of the board of a United Church partner in El Salvador, is part of the “Water is More Precious Than Gold” cross-Canada speaking tour. On behalf of El Salvador’s “mesa” of community groups, she’s talking about the struggle in her country to ban ...

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