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COMMUNIQUE: The State of the Right to Free Prior and Informed Consent in the CA4 Region

| Media Releases
Guatemala City, April 26-27, 2018. We, the representatives of social movements, environmental organizations, human rights defenders, women's groups, indigenous peoples participating in the II Regional Meeting of the Central American Alliance Against Mining -ACAFREMIN-, met in Guatemala City on...

The dilemma of artisanal miners after the mining prohibition in El Salvador

| Commerce Group
P. Cabezas A few weeks after the first anniversary of the mining ban in El Salvador environmental activists in the country are wondering how long before the ban is overturned.  The ban approved with all party support in March 2018, was celebrated around the world as a victory of small country t...

Threats to the Law Against Metallic Mining

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
Mirian Garcia - Varguardia Organizations that were key players in the struggle to prohibit metal mining in El Salvador, expressed their concern about the upcoming legislative political balance of power which could jeopardize their victory. A year has passed since the Law against Metallic Mining...

How El Salvador Won on Mining

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
Esty DInur - The Progressive In March 2017, El Salvador, a country with deposits of gold and silver, became the first and only country in the world to ban all metallic mining. The process took twelve years, according to Pedro Cabezas, who runs the mining and human rights program of&...

Salvadorans Reinforce Commitment to Sustain Historic Mining Ban on its First Anniversary

| Media Releases
April 4th, 2018 A year since El Salvador's legislature unanimously approved a law prohibiting all metal mining activities in the country, Salvadoran organizations including the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining are reaffirming their commitment to ensure the small Central Am...

Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
P. Cabezas In March 2017, El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban metallic mining. But the huge victory of the antimining movement and the international recognition it has garnered may be overshadowed by a current electoral campaign that threatens to reverse the legislative bala...

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