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Mining prohibition El Salvador

Christian Romero Initiative and Stop Mad Mining invite Bernardo Belloso from CRIPDES to Europe

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Von Svenja Riebow: Amerika21  - Translation: Marina Bonetti From September 30th to October 15th, Bernardo Belloso, president of the Association for Development travelled on a speaking tour through Germany, Slovakia and Romania to report on the social resistance against gold mining in E...

Arcatao Community Consultation

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Consultations, or municipal referendums in which the voting population asserts their preference on the issue. The first three Consultations took place in 2014 in San Jose Las Flores, San Isidro Labrador, and Nueva Trinidad in the northern department of Chalatenango, and now the fourth Consultatio...

Arcatao: the next municipality to hold a referendum on mining in El Salvador

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Photos/translation: Marina Bonetti  Citizens of the communities of Cicachuite, Cerro Grande, Teosinte, Chavarria, El Sitio, Los Rivera, Los Guardado, El Portillo, Los Alas, Los Orellana, Los Merino, El Pepeto, Gualsimaca, Las Vegas, and the town itself, all belonging to the Municipality of ...

IUDOP: 77% of the Salvadorean population asks for metal mining to be prohibited

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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 Cañas (UCA), which states that 77% of population believe that the Salvadoran State should per...

Social organizations demand the approval of Food Security Legislation in El Salvador

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By Gloria Orellana, Colatino Translated from: http://nuevaweb.diariocolatino.com/organizaciones-exigen-la-aprobacion-de-ley-de-seguridad-alimentaria/ Social organizations took to the streets of San Salvador to demand the adoption of a Law on Food Sovereignty and to ratify the constitutiona...

Resistance against metallic mining in El Salvador commemorates International Day Against Open Pit Mining

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by Gloria Orellana Translated from: http://nuevaweb.diariocolatino.com/resistencia-ciudadana-contra-la-mineria-metalica-en-el-pais/ "We are here on this date to join millions of voices around the world in protest the mega mining projects" stated Vidalina Morales commemorating the internati...

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