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21. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... cases against communities, but also smear campaigns, discrimination and violent coercion on the part of the State. The objective is clear: to suppress social organisation in order to facilitate the extraction ...; Created on 28 August 2018
22. THE STRUGGLE FOR GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE CONTINUES IN EL SALVADOR: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... 100,000 cartons of coca cola every day. Experts project that, at the current rate of extraction, this aquifer will be exhausted in approximately 30 years. Meanwhile, the 30,000 inhabitants of the municipality ...; Created on 27 August 2018
23. “Latin American Countries exposed to law suits from transnational comporations: Manuel Pérez Rocha: (Regional News); ... to the extraction of natural resources."Currently, most Latin American countries are being threatened by multimillion-dollar lawsuits. This explosive amount is the result of the enforcement of certain rules ...; Created on 10 May 2018
24. Mining company continues lobbying efforts to repeal Anti-Mining Law: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... This contamination is the outcome of the past mineral extraction. The members of CRIPDES point out that Commerce Group, the company responsible for the acid drainage, "has disappeared". Thus, it is impossible ...; Created on 14 November 2017
25. Conservative candidate Carlos Calleja against mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the exploration, extraction, exploitation and processing, whether open pit or underground, in Salvadorian territory. The law composed by 11 articles, prohibits as well the use of chemical toxic elements ...; Created on 14 November 2017
26. How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... was to get the community talking long before the vote. “We made sure there were workshops so that the people could learn what a model of extraction consists of, and why they might want a ban,” Belloso ...; Created on 26 June 2017
27. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the international solidarity.” Reaping the Harvest The struggles of local communities all over Latin America in defence of their basic resources are never just local affairs. The extraction sites for ...; Created on 23 June 2017
28. El Salvador Passes Historic Law To Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to extraction to processing. Despite last minute lobbying by one of the country’s largest mining interests, all 70 present members of the assembly voted in favor of the ban. It now heads to President ...; Created on 16 April 2017
29. El Salvador Votes for Water over Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... American nation’s environment and natural resources. Approved on March 29 with the support of 69 lawmakers from multiple parties (out of a total of 84), the law blocks all exploration, extraction, and ...; Created on 16 April 2017
30. Communities Call on Local Representatives to Approve Anti-Mining Regulation: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... as it concerns the exploration, extraction, processing, and commercialization of the non-renewable resources on and below ground, which has been in effect since 1996. Faced with the solicitation presented ...; Created on 10 February 2017
31. PRESS RELEASE: Permanent Alert against Metallic Mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... any possibility to the extraction of metals in the country, definitively prohibiting the exploration and exploitation of gold and silver, among other metals of the Salvadoran subsoil. For this reason ...; Created on 04 January 2017
32. Mining company delays complying with the ruling and reaches out to the government of Sanchez Ceren: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... grant permits for the exploration or extraction of precious metals during his mandate) at a meeting occurred at the Presidential House on August 25. "Oceana Gold should already be complying with the court' ...; Created on 28 December 2016
33. Undermining the Land: the defense of community rights and the environment in Mexico: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Project Newsletter The value of gold has soared due to the recent financial crisis making it a very profitable industry. However, the extraction of these resources is a source of conflict among affected ...; Created on 23 April 2016
34. Metals mining and Sustainable Development in Central America: An Assessment of benefits and costs: (General mining reports ); ... little wealth for the country involved. In addition, it leads to resource depletion and environmental destruction. Mining extraction is an unsustainable economic practice, and it has been shown that countries ...; Created on 23 April 2016
35. El Lado Oscuro del Oro: Impactos de Minería Metálica en El Salvador: (General mining reports ); Florian Erzinger, Luis Gonzalez y Angel M. Ibarra, 2008 Gold mining has become a profitable industry in Central America in recent years due to a rise in gold prices. However, in a country as small as ...; Created on 23 April 2016
36. New Laws Seek to Limit Mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... more than 80% oppose mining. Thanks to popular opposition, the mayor of the municipality of San José Las Flores has begun drafting a municipal order that will prohibit all types of metal extraction in ...; Created on 02 January 2016
37. El Salvador: Vote Against Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... cyanide: a very toxic poison that was used in the gold extraction process. People fear that one day these containers will burst. COMPANY DEMANDS 300 MILLION DOLLARS In any case, Blanco assures they are ...; Created on 02 January 2016
38. Communities Oppose Mining Project: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... El Dorado Foundation, not to carry out gold and silver extraction activities in the area.Pineda underscores that as the land is used for agricultural activities, the damages will not be related to water ...; Created on 30 September 2015
39. Arcatao: the next municipality to hold a referendum on mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the establishment of mineral extraction projects in their territory. This strategy, initiatied in 2014, re-orients the nationwide fight for a mining ban to the active organization of the citizenship ...; Created on 29 September 2015
40. News Summary international campaign against OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... from El Salvador over denial of a gold mining license. El Salvador refused to issue OceanaGold Corp an extraction permit in 2006. Activists say that the company failed to get permission to mine from a ...; Created on 25 September 2014

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