... well as developing health issues from the exposure to hazardous chemicals. The mining industry violates human rights by negatively influencing the health, society and well-being of communities.
https://www.earthworksaction.org/files/publications/NDG_DirtyMetalsReport_HR.pdf ...
Herzinger, F; Luis Gonzales and Angel Ibarra. El Lado Oscuro del Oro, Impactos de la Mineria Metalica en El salvador, Diciembre 2008. Available at: http://unes.org.sv/sites/default/files/documentos/2012/03/elladooscurodeloroc.pdf ...
Joakin Salazar - Colatino
"Total disagreement with metal mining" is the result of the poll conducted by the University Institute of Public Opinion (IUDOP) of the Central American University, Jose Simeon ...
P. Cabezas
Territorial organization to strengthen local democracy a key strategy for anti-mining activists in the country's unpredictable political environment.
The municipality of San Isidro Labrador ...
by Gloria Orellana
Translated from: http://nuevaweb.diariocolatino.com/resistencia-ciudadana-contra-la-mineria-metalica-en-el-pais/
"We are here on this date to join millions of voices around the world ...
... under the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining took to the streets to reiterate their full rejection to metal mining in the country. On this occasion members of la Mesa participated in a simultaneous ...
... proposal asks the government to acquire a greater commitment not to allow the exploitation of metal mining in the country, particularly in the department of Cabañas.
The proposal, which was submitted ...
The National Roundtable against Metal Mining issued the following response to the announcement of OceanaGold's purchase this week:
Multimillion dollar company purchases Pacific Rim mining company, will ...
... Against Metallic Mining states to the public opinion
Last week, a Canadian mining company Goldcorp Inc., citing an unfavourable financial context for metal mining investment globally, announced the ...
PRESS RELEASE
In commemoration of Global Day of Action Against Open Pit Mining the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining, once again demand the Legislature of El Salvador to expedite and promote ...
Press release - July 02, 2013
The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining is an alliance of social, religious, NGOs, environmentalists, and community organizations. Since 2006, we have opposed metallic ...
... America Free Trade Agreement, CAFTA-DR.
Communities and organizations that make up the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining reject the actions by the company Pacific Rim, because they attempt ...
San Salvador, February 4th, 2012
The NationalRoundtable Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador(La Mesa) reiterated in a press conference this morning its petition for the Salvadoran Government to introduce ...
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 ...
The National Roundtable against Metallic Mining demands information and an honest debate about the future of metallic mining in El Salvador
The National Roundtable against Metallic Mining (the Mesa ...
... the five men helped lead a campaign to ban metals mining in 2017 and protect El Salvador’s primary source of clean water, the Lempa River Basin. The countrywide ban was the first of its kind anywhere in ...
... organizaciones ambientalistas de El Salvador y sus Aliados Internacionales que históricamente se han opuesto a la minería metálica están convocando una jornada internacional de acción a partir del (o alrededor) ...
... of the Water Defenders, environmental organizations in El Salvador and their International Allies who have historically opposed metallic mining are calling for international days of action to start on ...
The Guardian Nina Lakhani
Activists worry the arrests are a move by the cash-strapped government to open the country to now banned metals mining Five prominent environmental defenders who played a crucial ...
Mongabay
Maxwell Radin
El Salvador banned all mining of metals in 2017, but environmentalists are concerned that the government is preparing to reverse the decision and bring in international investment. The ...