... of the town in which they requested that the city council call a community referendum against mining operations in the area.
In this country there exists the Law on Mining, regulating the industry’s activity ...
... to ban mining through local referendum in El Salvador.” Said Felipe Tobar, mayor of San Jose Las Flores, during the ceremony.
67% of local community members listed in the official National Electoral ...
... mining held in El Salvador. Three municipalities have already voted NO – and almost unanimously so. Therefore the expectations for the referendum in Arcatao are high from the beginning. “Of course this ...
... free from mining after holding local referendums. The last one to be held was in the municipality of Arcatao, Chalatenango.
Abandoned theme
In the Legislative Assembly there are seven shelved proposals ...
... In Arcatao a vote was held, an official referendum to know whether people agree with “projects for the development and mining of metal raw materials” in their territory – as stated on the ballot.
On the ...
... process of calling a referendum.
Then, the referendum takes place. The elections take place publicly, and the voters can come and participate throughout the day. Such elections are not difficult to organize, ...
... cannot be a gold mine in their region. This is the 4th referendum within the last few months to take place in the smallest Central American country, through which its people have expressed their opposition ...
... these marked "No" on the ballot for the referendum to "defend" against metal mining in the municipality of Arcatao, Chalatenango.
Santos comes from a small valley in the canton of Teosinte, Arcatao. At ...
Marina Bonneti
Successful referendum puts Municipality of Arcatao among the few official Mining-Free Territories in El Salvador
On Sunday, November 8th Arcatao became the fourth Municipality in the ...
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CRIPDES has accompanied the Stop Mad Mining campaign of the Christian Romero Initiative, CIR, in Germany since the beginning of 2015. In March, CIR reported on the third local public referendum in the ...
... level. Another referendum is scheduled to take place in Arcatao, in the Department of Chalatenango, on Sunday November 8th, 2015.
With the support of many organizations, CRIPDES, CORDES, and CCR, these ...
Consultations, or municipal referendums in which the voting population asserts their preference on the issue. The first three Consultations took place in 2014 in San Jose Las Flores, San Isidro Labrador, ...
... was declared free of mining after 98.74% of the registered voters who cast a ballot in a referendum held on Sunday November 23 said no mining.
This is the second municipality to hold a local mining consultation ...
... results of the municipality of San Jose Las Flores community consultation on mining.
The community referendum was highly organized and a good example of transparency and accountability. As observers, ...
... is that El Salvador needs to pass a constitutional reform that would allow referendums. Then there should be a referendum on population’s opinion on a mining ban. He said he would not vote on the issue ...
... to ban mining, but they are deadlocked over whether or not to allow the construction of hydro-electric dams. The government is proposing a referendum for the next elections, but the indigenous groups ...