... around the mines.4
Community groups linked together across El Salvador and found allies in the Catholic Church and in groups in the capital city of San Salvador that worked on human rights and development. ...
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Strength in diversity
From anti-mining activists in Canada to the Catholic Church hierarchy of El Salvador, and from the Maritime Union of Australia to the Central American University, for our interviewees, ...
... suddenly gained traction earlier this month. Legislators from the country’s three main political parties received representatives from a church-led march and promised to pass the ban before Easter Week. ...
Sebastian Rosemont: Huffinton Post
The vote marked the culmination of a decade of pressure from activists, environmentalists and the Catholic church.
In an historic vote, El Salvador became the first ...
... mining through a local referendum and the Catholic Church of El Salvador had called for massive participation in a public protest to demand legislators to start discussions on the prohibition of mining. ...
... protest was attended by various organizations and associations that support the proposal of the Church. The march left the Simón Bolívar Park, in the center of the Salvadoran capital and arrived at parliament ...
... to the vote on a law prohibiting mining.
One of the last legal initiatives against mining was presented last February 7 by officials of the Salvadoran Catholic Church.
A World Bank (WB) arbitration body ...
... Anna Backmann from the German group Christian Initiative Romero.
Other organizations that demanded that the company pay up included local industry, environmental and church groups in El Salvador and from ...
... found, local opposition emerged and quickly gave rise to a national movement against metallic mining in El Salvador. Even the head of the Catholic Church joined local communities and organizations from ...