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Mining prohibition El Salvador

La Mesa releases a memoir of their collective struggle to ban mining in El Salvador

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CLICK THE PHOTO TO DOWNLOAD REPORT IN SPANISHOn the fourth anniversary of the historic ban on metal mining in El Salvador, the National Roundtable Against metallic mining of El Salvador released a report that documents the events and strategies that led to the historic ban on metal mining in El S...

A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide

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PROSPECT Sasha Chavkin From tropical rain forests to drinkable water, a vast share of the planet’s essential environmental resources are found in developing countries. When growth-oriented governments and powerful Western corporations set their sights on these lands, or the minerals beneath the...

El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining

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SIERRA CLUB John Gibler In 2017, El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban metal mining. Robin Broad and John Cavanagh present the story of the social struggles and legal battles behind that ban in The Water Defenders (Beacon Press, 2021). Broad and Cavanagh spent over a decade ...

What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions

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The Nation Robin Broad and John Cavanagh In March 2017, people from poorer communities across El Salvador stood up to corporate power and convinced their legislature to make their country the first in the world to ban mining to save its precious rivers. Their battle cries: “Water, not gold” and...

WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?

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FPIF Robin Broad, John Cavanagh From West Texas to Jackson, Mississippi, tens of millions of people struggled through late winter storms that froze pipes, broke water mains, and cut off electricity. They froze without showers, toilets, or washing machines — let alone drinking water — for days o...

An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador

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The World Joyce A new book describes how environmental activists in El Salvador brought conservatives and progressives together to institute a nationwide ban on metal mining in 2017. The World’s Marco Werman spoke with attorney Luis Parada, who led El Salvador’s defense team in a mining lawsui...

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