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1. Santa Marta Community Leaders Are Persecuted in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... offices in the municipality of Guacotecti, according to a statement published by the Committee for Human Rights in Latin America (CDHAL). These community leaders were arrested by means of a judicial ...; Created on 19 January 2023
2. Public statement from social movement organizations on the detention of members of the Santa Marta community and ADES in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... arrested Miguel Ángel Gámez, Alejandro Laínez García and Pedro Antonio Rivas, members of the Santa Marta community, a repopulated community made up of exiles and ex-combatants of the civil war, located ...; Created on 13 January 2023
3. URGENT COMMUNIQUE: To the people of Asuncion Mita, the national and international community: (Cerro Blanco); Urgent Communique from the Municipal Commission Specific to the Consultation on Mining The members of the Commission recognized and designated by the Municipality of Asuncion Mita, Jutiapa to organize ...; Created on 23 September 2022
4. Communique: Community organizations fear the return of metal mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); Communique: Community organizations fear the return of metal mining El Salvador San Salvador December 16, 2021 - Only four years have passed since El Salvador banned metal mining in all its forms. ...; Created on 16 December 2021
5. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... which began under Pan American Silver’s watch, as well as dangers related to the instability of its tailing impoundments. The same question was posed concerning the community of La Colorada, Mexico, ...; Created on 17 May 2021
6. Pan American Silver Pressured to Shut Down Community Interference in Guatemala: (Mining and Human Rights); ... nearly 4,000 people are calling on the Vancouver-based company to halt all community activities in the Central American country. In mid-April, activists delivered a petition to Pan American Silver urging ...; Created on 12 May 2021
7. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); The State Sammy The reality of living near a gold mine is a worrisome thing, says Angel Estridge, whose family owns property less than a mile from a pond full of nasty mining waste. She fears that ...; Created on 02 April 2021
8. Anti-mining community, Gina Lopez awarded as heroes for the environment: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... the community suffered air and water pollution as well as damages to the forests, forsaking the locals’ livelihood and health. In a statement, local environmental group Alyansa ng Novo Vizcayano para ...; Created on 07 October 2020
9. From Mining to Water: 25 years of Community Solidarity and Organizing: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Development Association’s (ADES) 25th anniversary. The sister organizations hosted a joint community arts festival to mark two and a half decades of solidarity, support, and dedication to participatory ...; Created on 24 August 2018
10. Community of San Sebastian still endures Commerce Group’s legacy of contamination.: (Commerce Group); By Sebastian Rosemont - Photo by: Genia Yatsenko Little has changed in the community since Commerce Group Corporation (CGC) abandoned mining operations in El Salvador in 2006 after its mining permits ...; Created on 13 February 2017
11. Community of San Jose Las Flores commemorates 11th anniversary of the defeat of a mining company.: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); By P. Cabezas As the morning sun rises on the town of San Jose las Flores, members of the community prepare for the annual pilgrimage to the Urbina Hills, the site that once was the main exploration ...; Created on 27 September 2016
12. Bringing Community perspectives to investor-state arbitration: the Pac Rim case: (ISDS); ... organization, La Mesa, a coalition of community organizations, research institutions, and non-profit organizations advocating against metals mining in El Salvador in this investment dispute. http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/12579IIED.pdf? ...; Created on 30 April 2016
13. Undermining the Land: the defense of community rights and the environment in Mexico: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Project Newsletter The value of gold has soared due to the recent financial crisis making it a very profitable industry. However, the extraction of these resources is a source of conflict among affected ...; Created on 23 April 2016
14. Arcatao Community Consultation: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... 4 - 10, 2015 Community Consultation, Arcatao, Chalatenango, El Salvador El Salvador has been at center stage in a decade-long struggle against gold mining since the early 2000’s when the rising price ...; Created on 30 September 2015
15. International community responds massively in support of El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... was organized IPS, CIEL, OXFAM and was supported by as many as 18 unions, faith groups and Salvadoran community organizations in the US. “This case (OceanaGold Vs. El Salvador) exemplifies what is wrong ...; Created on 29 September 2014
16. International observer delegation statement: Community consultation on Mining in San Jose Las Flores, Chalatenango, El Salvador.: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... 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, ...; Created on 23 September 2014
17. Central American community groups work together on mining issues: (March 2013 North American Tour); ... “mesa” of community groups, she’s talking about the struggle in her country to ban metals mining. Vidalina’s group, the Santa Marta Association for Economic and Social Development (ADES), is among ...; Created on 18 March 2013
18. Governments of Guatemala and El Salvador forced to respond to community concerns regarding the Cerro Blanco mining project: (Cerro Blanco); ... by a delegation of five community leaders from Metapan and other regions affected by mining in El Salvador stated that pollution from the mine would have immediate impacts on the health and economic wellbeing ...; Created on 28 February 2013
19. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... law was passed in the a law to create a Directorate of Energy Mines and Hydrocarbons. Community leaders in Cabañas have also denounced the presence of employees of mining companies offering long-term leases ...; Created on 08 April 2023
20. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... military, no military member has been prosecuted there. This had led people in Santa Marta, a community with a strong anti-mining legacy, to decry the attorney general’s double standards, as there are ...; Created on 06 April 2023

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