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NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed

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Water is life. Countless communities across the world, from Flint, Michigan to the Standing Rock Reservation to the Gualcarque River in Honduras, have used this phrase as a rallying cry against powerful corporations that value profits over the environment and the health of local communities. In 2...

Social Organizations demand compliance with the Prohibition of Metal Mining

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Gloria Silvia Orellana - Co Latino "Two years after the Law on the Prohibition of Metal Mining was passed, its application is yet to be implemented," expressed Rodolfo Calles from CRIPDES / ACAFREMIN. Along with a group of environmental organizations, Calles demanded the government of ...

Marcelo's Legacy: The environmentalist who fought against metal mining in El Salvador

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by Eduardo Barahona / Karla Rodas: Vanguardia El Salvador is the first country in the world to ban metal mining in its entirety, in March, 2017; but who were the precursors of this victory? It could be said that one of the biggest environmental victories in the world was won in a small country,...

National Roundtable against Metal Mining Demands technical closure of mines and compensation for environmental damage

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by Marvin Diaz: Gato Encerrado The Law that prohibits mining in El Salvador was approved more than two years ago. Along with the law, key measures that needed to be implemented, such as the technical closures of the abandoned mines and remediation measures for environmental damage, remain absent...

National Roundtable against Metal Mining demands president Nayib Bukele to order the implementation of the Metal Mining Ban

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* LA PAGINA Members of the National Roundtable against Metal Mining requested the President of the Republic, Nayib Bukele, to implement the Ban of Metal Mining, to address problems faced by mining affected communities in country. "We ask President Nayib Bukele to order the implementation o...

El Salvador: first anniversary of the mining ban A cause for celebration, but the new law faces dangers

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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 the costs and benefits of this industry. This historic decision was the result of a persist...

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