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1. Conservative candidate Carlos Calleja against mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Translated from Ultima Hora Carlos Calleja, the candidate to the presidency for the Republican Nationalist Alliance, ARENA party, considers himself to be a true environmentalist and has declared he is ...; Created on 14 November 2017
2. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... violent displacement during the civil war. Among the allies the water defenders won over were a legislator from the conservative ARENA party who led a key committee in El Salvador’s Congress, a prosecutor ...; Created on 23 April 2021
3. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and strong coalition. We learn that a right-wing environmental minister, Hugo Barrera, handed the water defenders an essential bit of legal strategy, and a conservative archbishop became an anti-mining ...; Created on 11 April 2021
4. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... killed in El Salvador’s civil war. It thus took a great deal of courage for the water defenders to reach out to ARENA, as well as to the ultraconservative archbishop of San Salvador, the nation’s capital, ...; Created on 05 April 2021
5. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... assassinated. These water defenders won over the most unlikely of allies, like a conservative archbishop alarmed by the dangers of cyanide. They even flew in a governor from the Philippines, who spoke ...; Created on 28 March 2021
6. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); The World Joyce A new book describes how environmental activists in El Salvador brought conservatives and progressives together to institute a nationwide ban on metal mining in 2017. The World’s ...; Created on 22 March 2021
7. From Mining to Water: 25 years of Community Solidarity and Organizing: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... mining ban passed, El Salvador’s conservative ARENA party proposed their own water law, with the technical guidance of El Salvador’s National Association of Private Companies (ANEP). The regulatory entity ...; Created on 24 August 2018
8. In Mining-Affected Communities, Water Is Becoming More Precious Than Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... allies, includ-ing the archbishop of El Salvador, head of the country’s conservative Catholic Church. Effective opposition kept Pacific Rim from meeting the regulatory requirements to obtain the permits ...; Created on 26 June 2017
9. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... good news: The environment minister and other individuals in the then-conservative government of President Tony Saca listened to the communities and convinced the executive branch to halt new mining licenses ...; Created on 26 June 2017
10. El Salvador Church Leaders Fight for Ban on Mining Exploitation: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... forward in the Congress, and the latest proposal is likely to continue to face an uphill battle in the conservative-dominated assembly. In 2013, a national coalition against metals mining presented a ...; Created on 10 February 2017
11. A dirty gold fever: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... ago the then-head of state of El Salvador Antonio Saca refused to grant mining rights to the mining company Pacific Rim for a vein of gold in the Department of Cabañas. The president and its conservative ...; Created on 02 February 2016
12. Save Our Water, End Investor Rights: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... moratorium was declared in 2008 when then-President Antonio Saca of the conservative ARENA party agreed not to issue new mining permits. Three successive Salvadoran Presidents have maintained the moratorium. ...; Created on 18 May 2015
13. A corporate warning to El Salvador: Give up your gold or pay $315 million: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... in 2006, under the conservative administration of President Tony Saca, the rate of granting exploitation permits suddenly dropped. The result of fears of contamination from mining activity and years ...; Created on 06 August 2014
14. El Salvador, violence and impunity: (Mining and Human Rights); ... right-wing ARENA party in San Isidro’s municipal elections. ARENA and the conservative PCN have dominated Cabañas since the 1979-92 civil war, when the area was held by the army with support from paramilitary ...; Created on 13 February 2014
15. Why we are shouting out against mining injustice: (2013 International Support for Mining Ban); Why we are shouting out against mining injustice BY BRENT PATTERSON and MEERA KARUNANANTHAN JUNE 18, 2012 In the next decade, the Conservative government predicts over $500 billion in investments ...; Created on 27 June 2012
16. Varios Países Rechazan Mecanismos de Arreglo de Disputas entre Estados e Inversionistas: (FTAs & ISDS); ... investor-state-changes-trade-deal-us-implementation-rushed-be Submitted by Janet Eaton on Mon, 2012-03-19 20:33 [3] South Korea conservatives win parliamentary poll, boost for Park http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/12/us-korea-politics-election-idUSBRE83A19R20120412 ...; Created on 10 May 2012

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