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1. Mining prohibition El Salvador: (Category); Created on 09 July 2013
2. Social Organizations demand compliance with the Prohibition of Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Gloria Silvia Orellana - Co Latino "Two years after the Law on the Prohibition of Metal Mining was passed, its application is yet to be implemented," expressed Rodolfo Calles from CRIPDES / ACAFREMIN. ...; Created on 26 December 2019
3. The dilemma of artisanal miners after the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Commerce Group); ... left, artisanal miners began their operations working in small groups (called panas) that average 10 to 20 members per operation without meeting any legal requirements established in the pre prohibition ...; Created on 07 May 2018
4. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... be overshadowed by a current electoral campaign that threatens to reverse the legislative balance of power in favor of the prohibition in the short term, and the executive government´s in the mid-term. ...; Created on 08 February 2018
5. OceanaGold announces it will stay in El Salvador despite prohibition: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); P. Cabezas Members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining demanded the immediate removal of Australian/Canadian OceanaGold mining company of El Salvador after the Attorney General's Office ...; Created on 27 July 2017
6. Political parties give assurances that they will support the prohibition of Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Beatriz Calderón / ACAN-EFE A march led by archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas arrived at the Legislature demand the prohibition of metal mining. A group of Salvadorans marched today to demand that ...; Created on 09 March 2017
7. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... anniversary of the historic mining prohibition, approved unanimously by the Legislative Assembly in 2017, there are signs that the government of President Nayib Bukele is creating conditions to overturn ...; Created on 08 April 2023
8. 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
9. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Bukele has shown no interest in implementing pending aspects of the mining prohibitions of 2017, like environmental remediation and reparation for the victims of the mining conflicts." "On the contrary," ...; Created on 20 January 2023
10. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...: (Cerro Blanco); ... International Treaties signed by Guatemala related to international waters. iii. Likewise, we exhort the government of El Salvador not to backtrack on the prohibition of metal mining in Salvadoran territory. ...; Created on 12 June 2022
11. Communique: Community organizations fear the return of metal mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... convinced that the country is not prepared for the repeal of the Law of Prohibition of Metallic Mining. It is clear that the ecological conditions why metallic mining was banned have not been overcome ...; Created on 16 December 2021
12. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... with the Ministry of the Environment in the assessment of mining and quarry exploration proposals. The new law mentions only once the existing Law of Prohibition of Metallic Mining, stating that “the ...; Created on 14 December 2021
13. La Mesa releases a memoir of their collective struggle to ban mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Despite of the success of the campaign and the fact that the mining prohibition has been in force for the last four years, La Mesa affirms that there has been no commitment on the part of the Salvadoran ...; Created on 29 June 2021
14. Green group supports ban on open-pit mining, protection of 'no mining zones: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... by lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc. “Local 'no mining zones' and a legislated prohibition of the destructive open pit method will allow us to conserve our mineral resources until such time a genuine ...; Created on 27 May 2021
15. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... for investments; and discriminatory or arbitrary conduct. Prohibition on uncompensated expropriation: Expropriation is the taking of an investment by a state. The taking can be direct, such as seizing ...; Created on 06 January 2021
16. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of the area. To date, the law only specified the prohibition of metallic minerals, but no support has been generated to provide for alternative, sustainable development initiatives for the local economy ...; Created on 05 January 2021
17. Agriculture, a sustainable economic alternative to mining: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the closing of artisanal mines, to ensure compensation for the damages caused by the industry and finally to comply with the mandate embodied in the Law on Prohibition of Metal Mining, approved in March ...; Created on 26 December 2019
18. The Salvadorean State has a pending debt with land defenders criminalized by mining companies: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the struggle, but also as Salvadorans, as members of the communities in Cabañas, we are celebrating the prohibition of mining, a great victory against the mining companies. A victory that has been recognized ...; Created on 26 December 2019
19. The PPDDH presents a report that addresses the socio-environmental impacts of the San Sebastián Mine: (Commerce Group); ... banned metal mining in all its forms. But the problem of the San Sebastián mine, which for decades has been exploited by artisanal miners, is still unresolved. In fact, according to the mining prohibition law, ...; Created on 26 December 2019
20. Environmentalists Denounce that Central American governments favor mining companies and criminalize activists: (Regional News); ... Law on the Prohibition of Metal Mining, approved by the Legislative Assembly in 2017. Also, environmentalists are concerned about attempts to reform the regulations to open the doors to mining companies. ...; Created on 26 December 2019

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