... system. In response, communities are beginning to rebuild sovereignty from the ground up with municipal plebiscites to declare themselves free of mining. Three municipalities in the department of Chalatenango ...
... Rights (PDDH), as well as the mayors from San Jose Las Flores and Arcatao.
Mining and Community Consultations in Chalatenango
There are currently 10 municipalities in Chalatenango with mining concessions. ...
... tell us that more than 10 municipalities are directly affected by proposed mining projects in the department Chalatenango” states Marcos Galvez, president of CRIDPES, a local community development organization ...
... and 117 of the Municipal Code of El Salvador which outline the process for community consultations to be legally binding.
Under these regulations, municipalities are obliged to hold a poll on ...
... as I have witnessed in the Philippines*, Guatemala, and El Salvador, the presence of mining corporations invariably brings conflict and death to previously peaceful municipalities. Responsible mining should ...
... our country. Areas of strategic importance in the region, including the Trifinio Natural Reserve will also be affected. Approximately 650,000 people living in the area distributed among 45 municipalities ...
... 15 that combines artistic and cultural activities including painting, dance, and special speakers and is held in the plaza in San Isidro. People come from all over the municipalities of San Isidro, Sensuntepeque, ...
... in mineral mining buying people off, as well as talk of political interests from the parties on the right, both in the municipalities in Cabañas as well as in the legislative assembly, being suspected ...
... policies in those areas. In Chalatenango, the FMLN maintained control of the majority of municipalities that would be affected by mining (Arctatao, Nueva Trinidad, San José Las Flores, and Nueva Concepción, ...