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Debunking Eigth Falsehoods by Pacific Rim/OceanaGold in El Salvador

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
(Ottawa/Washington/Sydney) The President-elect of El Salvador has publicly committed to prohibit new mining during his administration, just as his predecessors have done since 2008. OceanaGold should respect the democratic process in El Salvador, abandon its acquisition of Vancouver-based Pacific...

Sanches Ceren will prevent mining in the Trifinio región.

| Cerro Blanco
Due the risk of contaminating key bodies of water shared by the three countries Translated from:  http://elecciones2014.elsalvador.com/articulo/sanchez-ceren-evitara-mineria-trifinio-976 Vice President Salvador Sanchez Ceren was emphatic in his statement that he will advocate for the suspe...

FMLN candidate Sanchez Ceren commits to not exploit metal mining

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
Environmental movement presented a set of proposals to the FMLN candidate asking for greater commitment on the issues. Cristian Melendez, LA PRENSA GRAFICA Translated from: http://www.laprensagrafica.com/2014/02/23/sanchez-ceren-se-compromete-a-no-explotar-la-mineria  The Movement of...

The Global Fight Against Corporate Rule

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
Activists are challenging rules that grant corporations the right to sue governments. By Robin Broad and John Cavanah Published in http://www.thenation.com/article/177930/global-fight-against-corporate-rule?page=full#  Over the past several decades, multinational corporate Goliaths have...

El Salvador, violence and impunity

| Mining and Human Rights
By Robin Oisín Llewellyn First published in http://mondediplo.com/blogs/el-salvador-violence-and-impunity The bullets buried into the walls of the room within a foot of their intended victim, in El Salvador’s northern town of Ilobasco. After the attacker had fled unrecognized into the...

Environmentalists step up pressure on El Salvador's 2014 presidential candidates

| Background and reports
by: P. Cabezas As the February 2nd presidential elections in El Salvador quickly approach, environmental activists are stepping up pressure on candidates to address issues relating to the country`s precarious ecological balance. Despite the environmental crisis facing El Salvador, there are fe...

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