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The water issue is thorny for the right wing in El Salvador: Interview with Lourdes Palacios

| Mining and Human Rights
Gloria Silvia Orellana  Translated from:  http://nuevaweb.diariocolatino.com/para-el-partido-arena-el-tema-del-agua-es-espinoso-diputada-lourdes-palacios/  The Environment Commission has had slow pace recognized Congresswoman Lourdes Palacios, fifth Secretary of the Legislative A...

La Mesa launches "I vote against mining" campaign

| Mining and Human Rights
By Ezequiel Barrera Translated from: http://www.gatoencerradosv.com/2015/01/la-mineria-y-demas-temas-ambientales.html The National Round Table Against Mining is concerned that municipal and legislative assembly candidates appear to have no interest in env...

Murdered environmental activists remembered

| Mining and Human Rights
P. Cabezas Lack of protections and reparations for those affected by human rights violations in mining affected communities is regretful states the Human Rights Ombudsman of El Salvador.   Several hundred anti-mining activists from mining affected communities in Cabañas arrived at the San ...

When Corporations Sue Governments

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
By Manuel Perez Rocha In 2004, the Pacific Rim mining company applied to dig for gold in El Salvador. Pacific Rim (since acquired by the Canadian-Australian company OceanaGold) assured the government of then-President Antonio Saca that its work would be eco-friendly and would generate jobs. But ...

SECOND MUNICIPALITY DECLARED FREE OF METAL MINING IN EL SALVADOR

| Territories Free of Mining
P. Cabezas Territorial organization to strengthen local democracy a key strategy for anti-mining activists in the country's unpredictable political environment. The municipality of San Isidro Labrador was declared free of mining after 98.74% of the registered voters who cast a ballot in a refer...

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

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
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...

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