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How communities in El Salvador are organizing to block mining projects

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
Sandra Cuffe : Waging NonViolence Communities and organizations in northern El Salvador continue to organize referendums in an effort to keep their territories free of mining. Established by the country’s Municipal Code as a mechanism for community participation, the consulta popular is an offici...

Pressure Grows on Mining Giant to Pay $8 Million to El Salvador

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
Telesur Despite a deadline from the lawsuit passing, the company owes El Salvador US$8 million.  Over 280 organizations from around the world sent an open letter to Canadian-Australian mining giant OceanaGold on Tuesday, demanding that the company adhere to an earlier ruling by a World ...

In El Salvador, OceanaGold Must ‘Pay Up and Pack Up’

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MiningWatch After seven years, four murders and US$24 million in total legal costs, in October 2016, a little-known World Bank tribunal trashed OceanaGold’s claim that El Salvador either owed it a mining permit for a proposed gold mine or US$250 million dollars. The Washington D.C.-base...

A wake-up call for Trump's trade agenda

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
By Robin Broad and John Cavanagh : The Hill This week, labor, environmental, religious and other groups, representing over 180 million people from around the world, sent a letter to a corporate mining CEO — a letter that is also a wake-up call for President Trump's trade agenda. Th...

Social Movements Demand Blunt Action to Prohibit Mining

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
Gloria Silvio Orellana: Colatino "It is clear that OceanaGold does not want to pay, so we have to intervene; the National Police (PNC) and the Prosecutor's Office (FGR) must intervene their assets," said Ricardo Navarro, president of CESTA in rejecting the delay of 8 Million dollars owed to the S...

Pressure Mounts on El Salvadoran Legislature to Ban Metal Mining

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
By Sebastian Rosemont - Photo: Genia Yatsenko  Pressure continues to mount on Salvadoran legislators to ban metal mining in El Salvador. On February 7th, mayors from the Department of Chalatenango, accompanied by leaders of the Association for the Development of El Salvador (CRIPDES), arrive...

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