By Armando Jacinto : TVES
On February 6th, the Catholic Church presented the Legislative Assembly a legislative proposal to prohibit metal mining in El Salvador.
Next Thursday, March 9th, the Catholic ...
A recently published essay by Phd candidate Rachel Nadelman looks at the role of the Catholic Church in the anti-mining struggle in El Salvador.
Abstract:
"A majority of Salvadoran citizens and ...
... to an Oxfam America study, Dirty Metals, "When it comes to toxic emissions, metal mining is one of the leading industries."
Given this reality, broad based social coalitions, together with the Catholic ...
... the proposal supported and elaborated by the Catholic Church and environmental organizations.
"We hope that it will not remain in the garbage, because it is something highly developed, so that people ...
... El Salvador's conservative ARENA [National Republican Alliance] party found common ground with former rebel leaders and Catholic Church officials to ban mining?
Luis Parada Basically, they, like all the ...
... President Rodrigo Duterte he should not renew the contract of the firms to run the Didipio and Runruno mines here. In a letter to the President dated Dec. 9, 2020 and co-signed by Bayombong Catholic Bishop ...
... in shifts to keep 24-hour watch over the access gate to the “El Tambor” gold mining project. Catholic masses, community meetings and cultural activities have punctuated this nearly decade-long vigil along ...
... of them will have a voice, even if the last decision is made by the Government,” expressed the archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alas.
The head of the Salvadoran Catholic Church maintained ...
... part of the Catholic Dioceses of San Cristóbal de las Casas.
MODEVITE has been fighting to stave off construction of a mega-highway to stimulate tourism from San Cristóbal to Palenque, given that it ...
... Forum, environmental groups, local water boards, the Catholic Church, the Jesuit-run Central American University José Simeón Cañas (UCA), protestant churches, the National University, the Office of the ...
... other mines in Guatemala had caused, including the destruction of the environment and the impacts on health. The communities were also inspired by the teachings of the Catholic Church, and began to form ...
... a counter water proposal presented by the Universidad Centro America Simeón Cañas (UCA) also in 2017, with supported by the Catholic Church, places regulatory control firmly in the hands of the state. ...
Catholic News Service
SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR — El Salvador's bishops urged lawmakers to discard any plans for privatizing water in the Central American country, saying the poor could not afford to ...
... to submit information and discuss the water laws, including a joint request by the Catholic Church and Central American University that had submitted its own proposal for a water managing institution, furthermore, ...
... accompanied by the Catholic Church, environmentalists, academic institutions, broad-based social movements and a variety of other actors.
Mining in El Salvador. Video by ACISAM
Bills to prohibit ...
... presented by the Central American University UCA, published in 2017, indicated that almost 70% of Salvadorans did not agree with mining exploration and exploitation.
The Catholic Church joined the public ...
... of seismic activity.
They presented draft legislation to the government to prohibit mining. Other powerful institutions joined in, including the Catholic Church, which countsabout 60 percent of the country’s ...
... this path. In El Salvador, we witness a practical example of such involvement, especially of the Catholic Church up the top of its highest hierarchy: the Archbishop of San Salvador, Monsignor Escobar (other ...
... with other communities, the full participation of the community, unity and the accompaniment of the Catholic Church.
"We have been accompanying the community for 31 years. When companies attempted to enter ...