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1. Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); 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 ...; Created on 04 April 2023
2. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to defeat a lawsuit by OceanaGold, a multinational firm that argued the Salvadoran government did not have the right to prohibit mining. How Salvadorans achieved such major wins against enormous odds ...; Created on 05 April 2021
3. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); CISPES On September 24, the government of Nayib Bukele named a new official to head the National Aqueduct and Sewer Administration (ANDA), the autonomous institution charged with the management, treatment, ...; Created on 01 December 2020
4. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); Global Voices One of the most essential aspects of COVID-19 prevention is regularly washing your hands; however, hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans are facing COVID-19 without reliable access to water. ...; Created on 11 September 2020
5. Salvadorans Reinforce Commitment to Sustain Historic Mining Ban on its First Anniversary: (Media Releases); April 4th, 2018 A year since El Salvador's legislature unanimously approved a law prohibiting all metal mining activities in the country, Salvadoran organizations including the National Roundtable ...; Created on 06 May 2018
6. Pressure Mounts on El Salvadoran Legislature to Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); By Sebastian Rosemont - Photo: Genia Yatsenko Pressure continues to mount on Salvadoran legislators to ban metal mining in El Salvador. On February 7th, mayors from the Department of Chalatenango, accompanied ...; Created on 13 February 2017
7. Salvadoran Civil Society Confronts World Bank on Pending Lawsuit on Mining: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Bank is based on the fact this multilateral institution plays a key role in the Salvadoran struggle against mining: the ICSID (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes), an agency of ...; Created on 27 October 2015
8. Salvadorans Warn Canadians About World Bank's Kangaroo Cour: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... World Bank’s little known investor-state arbitration tribunal that could force El Salvador to pay Canadian mining firm OceanaGold US$301 million, a Salvadoran delegation is in Canada to discuss how this ...; Created on 18 May 2015
9. Salvadoran Deputy Ombudswoman for the Defense of Environment rights begins a tour in Canada on the case of OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... mining corporation which has sued the Central American country for 301 million dollars for denying an operating permit. Cortez and Marcos Galvez, president of the Salvadoran NGO CRIPDES will visit Montreal, ...; Created on 13 May 2015
10. Salvadoran Indigenous leader Shandur Kuátzin Makwilkali: (Mining and Human Rights); Salvadoran Indigenous leader Shandur Kuátzin Makwilkali BY ROBIN LLEWELLYN • NOV 6, 2012 "This is not Cabañas," said Shandur Kuátzin Makwilkali, gesturing around the room and out the window at the wooded ...; Created on 19 November 2012
11. The Salvadoran Government Proposes Suspending Mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); The Salvadoran Government Proposes Suspending Mining in El Salvador On August 7th, the Ministry of the Environment (MARN) and the Ministry of the Economy (MINEC) presented a bill to the Legislative Assembly ...; Created on 09 August 2012
12. Salvadoran Mining Fights Spark International Lawsuits: (FTAs & ISDS); Salvadoran Mining Fights Spark International Lawsuits By Roger Bybee Friday April 13, 2012 1:20 PM Activists struggle against free-trade provisions, as USW challenges mining industry goals Despite ...; Created on 27 April 2012
13. Salvadoran Mining Struggles are Pertinent to Wisconsin: (Commerce Group); Salvadoran Mining Struggles are Pertinent to Wisconsin by A. David Dahmer, April 25, 2012 Jan Morrill, of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining, is on a national tour talking about ...; Created on 27 April 2012
14. Salvadorans Pressure the Attorney General to Ensure Justice: (Mining and Human Rights); Salvadorans Pressure the Attorney General for Justice On April 25th the civil society organizations and communities that make up the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining (the Mesa in Spanish) ...; Created on 26 April 2012
15. Pac Rim CAFTA Challenge of Salvadoran Environmental, Mining Safety Policies Given Go-Ahead by Tribuna: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Pac Rim CAFTA Challenge of Salvadoran Environmental, Mining Safety Policies Given Go-Ahead by Tribunal August 3, 2010 Initial Win for Corporation in Trade Agreement Attack on Environmental Policy Poses ...; Created on 05 March 2012
16. Salvadorans in Solidarity with Panama: (Mining and Human Rights); Salvadorans in Solidarity with Panama On Friday, February 10th, as the clashes between the government of Panama and indigenous groups facing hydo-electric dams and mining projects on their territory ...; Created on 20 February 2012
17. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... the law. Despite the president’s popularity, mostly due to his hard-line approach to gangs and crime, the Salvadoran economy is failing and the government is in desperate need to attract foreign investment. In ...; Created on 08 April 2023
18. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... prohibition is facing new threats. On January 11, the Salvadoran government ordered the arrest of five prominent anti-mining activists and water defenders: Miguel Ángel Gámez, Alejandro Laínez García, ...; Created on 06 April 2023
19. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... for Policy Studies) “We call on the international community to join in the Salvadoran people’s fight to protect water, defend the environment and secure the right to life that is gravely threatened by ...; Created on 03 April 2023
20. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Common Dreams Jessica Corbett Critics warn that the Salvadoran government is "desperate for revenues" and trying to "demobilize potential grassroots opposition" to reversing a historic nationwide ban ...; Created on 20 January 2023

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