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21. A year with a bitter taste in environmental matters in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... defenders murdered in Cabañas ", concluded Cabezas. Environmental organizations also claim that the damage to the health of the population and the pollution of the rivers of the Salvadoran coastal areas, ...; Created on 01 February 2018
22. Open letter to Oceana Gold: (Open Letter OceanaGold); ... Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) against El Salvador. It is also the same year when three anti-mining community leaders and an unborn baby were brutally murdered in northern El Salvador, ...; Created on 30 November 2017
23. The fight for the environment in El Salvador gets recognition in Los Angeles: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and - according to her - even death. Three community leaders who pressed against these projects were murdered in 2009: Marcelo Rivera, Ramiro Rivera and Dora Alicia Sorto. Law against mining However, ...; Created on 14 November 2017
24. In Mining-Affected Communities, Water Is Becoming More Precious Than Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Sorto, who was eight months pregnant, were murdered. Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, also from the Cabañas Environmental Com-mittee, was killed in June 2011. In 2013, OceanaGold rescued Pacific Rim from near-bankruptcy ...; Created on 26 June 2017
25. How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... deadly. Several anti-mining activists were murdered in the state of Cabañas, where the company planned to mine. OceanaGold’s case was heard by an international tribunal overseen by the World Bank. In ...; Created on 26 June 2017
26. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Fora Another lesson for our interviewees was the importance of taking the case into international institutional spaces. When five anti-mining activists were murdered between 2009 and 2011, the El Salvador ...; Created on 23 June 2017
27. El Salvador Passes Historic Law To Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... activists and community leaders were murdered. After the vote, representatives, activist leaders, and Church officials took a moment to honor the memories of Marcelo Rivera, Ramiro Rivera Gómez, Dora Alicia ...; Created on 16 April 2017
28. In El Salvador, OceanaGold Must ‘Pay Up and Pack Up’: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Committee and community activist Dora Alicia Recintos Sorto, eight months pregnant, were murdered. Then, in June 2011, Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, also from the Cabañas Environmental Committee, was killed. ...; Created on 03 March 2017
29. Alejandro Guevara: “It was the communities who built the resistance against metallic mining”: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Peace and Integrity of the Creation of the Franciscan Friars in El Salvador (JPIC), considered the murdered environmentalists as a true example of life in the defense of natural resources and the life ...; Created on 03 January 2017
30. El Salvador Lessons for the TPP Fight: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the national poverty line and where activists faced constant threats. The same year Marcelo Rivera was murdered, two other anti-mining activists, Ramiro Rivera and Dora Alicia Recenos, were also assassinated. ...; Created on 10 November 2016
31. Bishop Rauda: Mining is not a question of right or left, it is a question of life or death!: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... then we repopulated Santa Marta and we lived in peace until the Pacific Rim arrived. What's more shocking is that environmentalists were murdered, even a pregnant woman. It was very hard for us, we're still ...; Created on 10 November 2016
32. PRESS RELEASE: Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Conflict: OceanaGold and the El Dorado Foundation in El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... and 83.9% in municipalities affected by the proposed project. Between 2009 and 2011, four local environmental activists were murdered in Cabañas. Since then, several local organizations have also received ...; Created on 23 March 2016
33. El Salvador: ‘We will never lose our faith’: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... indignation and sadness at Berta’s murder. I cried a lot and felt pain. And it is not a unique case. Through this decade many others have been murdered in Honduras for defending their lands. Here in ...; Created on 19 March 2016
34. Yes to life, no to mining! – Report Back Delegation to El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... these is Marcelo Rivera, murdered in 2009. At the organization ADES we meet Miguel Rivera for an interview; he is the brother of the victim. Marcelo had stood up against mining projects in many different ...; Created on 03 February 2016
35. In the Keystone Suit, It’s Big Oil vs. Democracy: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... to mining were attacked, including Miguel Rivera’s brother Marcelo, who was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered. Miguel himself has been the target of threats and intimidation. As extreme as the corporate ...; Created on 02 February 2016
36. Justice delayed: Environmentalists assassinated in Cabañas remembered: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... he travelled; and six days later, Dora Alicia Recinos Sorto and her unborn child were also murdered in La Maraña. Later, in June 2011, Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, a volunteer with the Cabañas Environmental ...; Created on 07 January 2016
37. Resistance against the bloodsucker: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... I wondered how I would explain that to our mother”. Marcelo Rivera was not the only local anti-mining activist who was murdered in Cabañas between 2009 and 2013. Four more were murdered, all of who had ...; Created on 03 January 2016
38. Communities Oppose Mining Project: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... that they are responsible for approving the laws”, argues Pineda.During the protest, local residents reported that members of associations fighting the mining industry were murdered under circumstances ...; Created on 30 September 2015
39. ADES demands further investigation into the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Luis Martinez to work efficiently to find the masterminds who currently walk the streets free, with impunity... my brother was kidnapped and tortured before he was murdered... we want an in depth investigation ...; Created on 12 July 2015
40. Stop the Suits Tour: (Stop the Suits: 2015 Canada Tour); ... been murdered between 2009 and 2011 in apparent connection with their activism. The ICSID suit, taking place far beyond any democratic process or court system, aims to put a chill on important project ...; Created on 07 May 2015

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