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El Salvador becomes first country to ban metals mining

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Sandra Cuffe: Mongabay  Legislators in El Salvador made history Wednesday, passing a bill to ban all metallic mining activities in the country. The results of the much-anticipated vote were unanimous: 69 in favor, none against, and no abstentions. Fifteen of the country’s 84 lawmakers did ...

El Salvador Passes Historic Law To Ban Metal Mining

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Sebastian Rosemont: Huffinton Post The vote marked the culmination of a decade of pressure from activists, environmentalists and the Catholic church. In an historic vote, El Salvador became the first nation in the world to ban metal mining. On Wednesday, March 29, the Legislative Assembly vo...

El Salvador Votes for Water over Gold

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By P. Cabezas & Sebastian Rosemont In response to enormous public pressure, lawmakers have rejected appeals by global corporations and voted to protect the country’s people and water supply by banning metallic mining.   The people of El Salvador and their international allies agains...

Political parties give assurances that they will support the prohibition of Metal Mining

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Beatriz Calderón / ACAN-EFE A march led by archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas arrived at the Legislature demand the prohibition of metal mining.   A group of Salvadorans marched today to demand that the Legislature approve a law prohibiting metal mining in El Salvador at a demonstration...

Salvadorean Human Rights Attorney Congratulates Municipality that Rejected Mining Through Referendum

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El Pais/EFE San Salvador, Feb 28 (EFE) .- El Salvador's Human Rights Ombudswoman, Raquel Caballero, congratulated today the residents of the town of Cinquera (northwest Cabañas), who last sunday rejected the implementation of mining projects through a popular consultation. "The prosecutor congrat...

The Catholic Church calls for participation in a March Against Metal Mining

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By Armando Jacinto : TVES On February 6th, the Catholic Church presented the Legislative Assembly a legislative proposal to prohibit metal mining in El Salvador. Next Thursday, March 9th, the Catholic Church will carry out a march to demand that the representatives of the Legislative Assembly app...

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