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Community of San Sebastian still endures Commerce Group’s legacy of contamination.

| Commerce Group
By Sebastian Rosemont - Photo by: Genia Yatsenko Little has changed in the community since Commerce Group Corporation (CGC) abandoned mining operations in  El Salvador in 2006 after its mining permits were revoked. Despite losing the permits for failing to meet environmental standards, CGC sued ...

OceanaGold (Pacific Rim) plans to sue the State; organizations demand mining ban

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
Radio Mundo Real While OceanaGold, one of the largest mining companies in El Salvador, delays compliance with its obligation to compensate El Salvador, several social forces are demanding a metal mining ban. OceanaGold company, which in 2013 acquired Pacific Rim, has until February 14 to deter...

El Salvador Church Leaders Fight for Ban on Mining Exploitation

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
Telesur An earlier proposal to block all metals mining in El Salvador has stagnated for years in Congress without being discussed. The movement against destructive mining activity in El Salvador received a boost Monday as leaders of the Catholic church in the Central American country presented a ...

Letter Submitted to the Legislature to Demand the Return of the Proposed Law Banning Mining

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
*Karen Rivas: Pax Noticias “We have presented bill proposals since 2006 focused on the the ban of metal mining,” stated a representative of the Mesa Nacional Frente a la Mineria (National Roundtable Against Mining, La Mesa). Members of the National Roundtable Against Mining met with the Legislat...

FMLN Will Vote for the Ban on the Mining Industry in the Country

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
* Gloria Silvia Orellana: CoLatino  “Efforts to have a legislative decree that prohibits mining operations and all of its forms have sprung since the year 2006. As a political party we can say that there are already 31 votes in order to comply with this demand from the population, social org...

Communities Call on Local Representatives to Approve Anti-Mining Regulation

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
* Teresa Alvarado: Transparencia Activa The inhabitants of Cinquera also asked the city council to call a popular vote so that the citizens of the town can decide through a vote if they are in favor of, or against, mining operations. Inhabitants of the municipality of Cinquera, in the Department...

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