... these marked "No" on the ballot for the referendum to "defend" against metal mining in the municipality of Arcatao, Chalatenango.
Santos comes from a small valley in the canton of Teosinte, Arcatao. At ...
Marina Bonneti
Successful referendum puts Municipality of Arcatao among the few official Mining-Free Territories in El Salvador
On Sunday, November 8th Arcatao became the fourth Municipality in the ...
By Marvin Diaz: Gato Encerrado - Translation: P. Cabezas
Various social organizations in collaboration with the Municipality of Arcatao, Chalatenango, unveiled a plan for the fourth referendum on metal ...
... and Nueva Trinidad in the northern department of Chalatenango, and now the fourth Consultation will take place in the municipality of Arcatao on November 8th.
International Observer Delegation, Nov. ...
... El Pepeto, Gualsimaca, Las Vegas, and the town itself, all belonging to the Municipality of Arcatao, in the Department of Chalatenango, presented a package of signatures collected in their communities ...
... Economy Project
Latin America Task Force of Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice (USA)
Latin America Working Group (USA)
Madison Arcatao Sister City Project (USA)
National Lawyers Guild International ...
... that a community radio would have the power to go against them and stop them.’
Marc Rosenthal, a founding member of the Madison Arcatao Sister City Project, an organization based in Madison, Wisconsin, ...
... was solidarity and communication with other municipalities. "Everyone joined from Arcatao to Guarjila, people left their houses and they were preventing the passage of vehicles, saying they did not want ...
... Labrador, Nueva Trinidad and Arcatao in the northern department of Chalatenango voted against mining.
Social organizations said that "these results are a clear recommendation" for members of the Parliamentary ...
... of exploitation of metals.
Cinquera is the fifth Salvadoran municipality that rejects metal mining; San Jose Las Flores, San Isidro Labrador, New Trinidad and Arcatao of the northern department of Chalatenango ...
... referendums to ban metal mining.” The mayors from Chalatenango, from San José Las Flores, Arcatao, and Nueva Trinidad respectively, have all passed municipal ordinances prohibiting mining in their communities. ...
... subject of national interest, and of the life of everyone,” he stated.
While the Mayor of Arcatao, José Alberto Avelar, indicated that together with other members of the City Councils of San José Las ...
... been realized in four municipalities in the Department of Chalatenango. Among those that have joined together in rejecting mining are: San José Las Flores, San Isidro Labrador, Nueva Trinidad, and Arcatao. ...
Alfredo Carias : Contrapunto
Arcatao, San José las Flores, San Isidro Labrador and Nueva Trinidad in Chalatenango have already carried out referenda on mining.
Citizens of the municipality of Cinquera ...
... Labor Rights Forum
Latin America Solidarity Committee, Milwaukee
Latin America Working Group
Madison Arcatao Sister City Project
MH-VT Guatemala Accompaniment Project
Midwest Coalition Against Lethal ...
... their interventions in the region," he said.
The "binational meeting" of social organizations, environmentalists and indigenous peoples took place in the mountains of Arcatao, Chalatenango, where they ...
... mining held in El Salvador. Three municipalities have already voted NO – and almost unanimously so. Therefore the expectations for the referendum in Arcatao are high from the beginning. “Of course this ...
... the current government of president Salvador Sánchez Cerén would like to stop definitively the allocation of concessions. The population stands behind him; for example in the municipality of Arcatao in ...
... free from mining after holding local referendums. The last one to be held was in the municipality of Arcatao, Chalatenango.
Abandoned theme
In the Legislative Assembly there are seven shelved proposals ...
... government”.
He therefore welcomes it when Salvadorans take a stand against gold mining and foreign tribunals. Just as in Arcatao, in the northern Department of Chalatenango, by the border with Honduras. ...