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Yes to Life, No to Mining

| Commerce Group
“Yes” to Life, “No” to Mining Wednesday, February 29, 2012 / 10:09 am By, Carlos Chita, Diario Co Latino Editorials Translated by Jan Morrill  That Congress puts the Executive Branch’s political will to the test, by passing a Law that would definitively ban mining exploration and exploitati...

Crime in Cabañas

| Mining and Human Rights
The Crime in Cabañas Originally Published in the print newspaper Voces February 22, 2010 Translated by Jan Morrill Between August and December 2009 at least five people were assassinated in events related, in one way or another, with mineral mining extraction in the department of Cabañas....

El Salvador—Guns, Gold and Choice

| Background and reports
El Salvador—Guns, Gold and Choice In 2010 Prof. Richard Steiner, from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and the Commission on Environmental Economic and Social Policy, visited El Salvador to investigate the actions of Canadian company Pacific Rim in the region of Cabañas.   ...

What the 2012 Elections Mean for Mining in El Salvador

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
What the 2012 Elections Mean for Mining in El Salvador March 2012 Changes to the political power dynamics of El Salvador, some surprising and some expected, after the March 12th elections for Representatives to the Legislative Assembly as well as for Mayors and Municipal Councils are going to h...

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