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. ...
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 ...
... remain at risk. Those who survive are forced to endure the daily anxiety of state persecution, and the harassment of their friends, neighbors, and family.
Finally, the study supported by three international ...
... four consecutive governments of the pro-business ARENA party. During 20 years, Salvadoreans endured the dollarization of local currency and the signing of free trade agreements designed to facilitate ...
... endures floods as well as rapidly drying lakes, rivers and aquifers.
Decades of mining, forest destruction and unsustainable agricultural practices have atrophied the soil here, resulting in severe ...
... (the Philippines endured U.S. colonization as well), and both have been brutally victimized by an Australian mining company called OceanaGold.
For the past 12 years, Salvadoran communities, social organizations, ...
... and was hit by a gun shot during the ambush.
Despite of all the hardship he has personally endured, Mr. Guevara does not ask for much, “all we want is to enjoy our basic freedoms... that OceanaGold leaves ...
... Guevara and our strongest condemnation at the continued persecution that our members endure in El Salvador.
On Thursday, October 3, 2013, Alejandro Guevara, leader of the community La Maraña, was attacked ...
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. According to ...