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Experts Will Assign Responsibility in Mining Case

| FTAs & ISDS
Experts Will Assign Responsibility in Mining Case Studies have shown that there is cyanide, iron and other heavy metals in the water October 9, 2012-German Rivas La Prensa Grafica The original in Spanish can be found here A team of specialists, made up of seven people, will investigate the c...

Presentation: We Demand a Law that Bans Metallic Mining in El Salvador

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
Presentation:  We Demand a Law that Bans Metallic Mining in El Salvador San Salvador, March 5, 2012 At a forum organized by the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining in March, Dr. Angel Ibarra gave a presentation detailing the dangers and implications of metallic mining in El Salvador.  T...

Economic Growth, “Development,” and the Triple Crisis: Reflections on El Salvador and Gold Mining

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
Economic Growth, “Development,” and the Triple Crisis: Reflections on El Salvador and Gold Mining Robin Broad Let me introduce myself as does my business card: I am a professor of development.  I am aware that most mainstream economists – and even many so-called development professionals — defi...

El Salvador Mulls Total Ban on Mining

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
El Salvador mulls total ban on mining By: Robin Oisín Llewellyn, special to mongabay.com October 22, 2012 On hot days the broken stone and dried up silt from the San Sebastian mine in Eastern El Salvador bake in the sun. The slew of refuse is freckled with rock stained bright blue with cyanid...

ADES and MUFRAS 32 and the communities of Cabañas celebrate the IV Festival for the Human Right to a Healthy Environment

| Mining and Human Rights
ADES and MUFRAS 32 and the communities of Cabañas celebrate the IV Festival for the Human Right to a Healthy Environment By, Héctor Berrios On September 15, 2012 women, men, young people and children yet again turned out for the IV Festival for Sovereignty and for “Our Human Right to a Healthy...

Guatemalan Mine Threatens the Lempa River

| Cerro Blanco
Guatemalan Mine Threatens the Lempa River The Lempa River is the main source of surface water in El Salvador and provides drinking water for over 60% of the entire population, including the city of San Salvador.  Recently, the Guatemalan government approved the permits for the Cerro Blanco mine:...

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