... the Department of Chalatenango, where in the past November almost 100% of the inhabitants voted against mining. Though the process in Washington has blocked a final decision since years.
For Pacific Rim, ...
... for Santa Ana and Chalatenango. The office also informed that it has not received applications since 2010, the latest company to ask for an exploration license was Brett Resources El Salvador, SA de CV. ...
... government”.
He therefore welcomes it when Salvadorans take a stand against gold mining and foreign tribunals. Just as in Arcatao, in the northern Department of Chalatenango, by the border with Honduras. ...
By Carmen Rodriguez: Cipamericas
Since 2014, organized farmers from several municipalities of the department of Chalatenango, located in the north of the country, have expressed their full rejection ...
... Department of Chalatenango to be declared a Mining-Free territory. A public referendum revealed that the large majority of the population rejects the idea of exploration and exploitation projects in its ...
By Marvin Diaz: Gato Encerrado - Translation: P. Cabezas
Various social organizations in collaboration with the Municipality of Arcatao, Chalatenango, unveiled a plan for the fourth referendum on metal ...
... department of Chalatenango, in which an overwhelming majority in the Municipality of Nueva Trinidad voted against the establishment of mining projects. Through an informative campaign targeted to 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 ...
... and Nueva Trinidad in the northern department of Chalatenango, and now the fourth Consultation will take place in the municipality of Arcatao on November 8th.
International Observer Delegation, Nov. ...
... El Pepeto, Gualsimaca, Las Vegas, and the town itself, all belonging to the Municipality of Arcatao, in the Department of Chalatenango, presented a package of signatures collected in their communities ...
... are beginning to rebuild sovereignty from the ground up with municipal plebiscites to declare themselves free of mining. Three municipalities in the department of Chalatenango declared themselves a mining-free ...
... system. In response, communities are beginning to rebuild sovereignty from the ground up with municipal plebiscites to declare themselves free of mining. Three municipalities in the department of Chalatenango ...
Juan Carlos Jimenez - Upside Down World
Nueva Trinidad, an agricultural town in the department of Chalatenango in El Salvador, became the third municipality in the country to declare itself a “Territory ...
... in El Salvador have decided to move ahead of the national debate and have already set out their position on mining.
At the beginning of March, the municipality of Nueva Trinidad, in Chalatenango, became ...
... of Cabañas, followed by Chalatenango, Santa Ana and culminating in a forum in the capital San Salvador.
"In this forum we want to know the position that politicians and candidates about environmental ...
... tell us that more than 10 municipalities are directly affected by proposed mining projects in the department Chalatenango” states Marcos Galvez, president of CRIDPES, a local community development organization ...
... state and OceanaGold's legal teams laid out their final arguments at the ICSID, the municipality of San Jose Las Flores, in the department of Chalatenango, voted overwhelmingly to ban mining in their territory. ...
P. Cabezas
Anti mining activists poised to organize at least ten more consultations in the Chalatenango region by the end of 2015.
September 21st, marked another historic day for San Jose Las Flores, ...
... Las Limas, Llano Verde, Hacienda Vieja and the village, all part of the municipality of San José Las Flores in Chalatenango, who had organized a petition with the signatures of over 500 registered voters ...
“CHALATENANGO FREE OF MINING”
Community Consultations on mining in El Salvador
September 2014
Communities in the department of Chalatenango have been at the forefront of organized opposition to ...