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21. Transnational mining company loses the battle, but the war continues.: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... San Isidro, in the northern department of Cabañas. Later governments, led since 2009 by the leftist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), have maintained the policy. "Our fear is that the ...; Created on 05 January 2017
22. PRESS RELEASE: Permanent Alert against Metallic Mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... its activities through its subsidiary Minerales Torogoz and the El Dorado Foundation in San Isidro, Cabañas. These actions range from giving away promotional items in favor of mining, promoting excursions ...; Created on 04 January 2017
23. Alejandro Guevara: “It was the communities who built the resistance against metallic mining”: (Mining and Human Rights); ... and human life. "We in the communities are against OceanaGold and its El Dorado Foundation, they have set up their operations in San Isidro, Cabañas, knowing well that we reject this type of industry in ...; Created on 03 January 2017
24. Fifth referendum on mining is called in Cinquera, Cabañas: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Alfredo Carias : Contrapunto Arcatao, San José las Flores, San Isidro Labrador and Nueva Trinidad in Chalatenango have already carried out referenda on mining. Citizens of the municipality of Cinquera ...; Created on 03 January 2017
25. MUA calls on Australians to support campaign against OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... death threats. In June 2009, Marcelo Rivera, a school teacher, community leader in San Isidro and outspoken opponent of the mine was kidnapped. About two weeks later his body was found with visible signs ...; Created on 28 September 2016
26. PRESS RELEASE: Not to the blackmail of Pacific Rim Mining/Oceana Gold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... at the ICSID; and to allow the exploitation of gold and silver in San Isidro, Cabañas. It is also known that the company has sought the approval of metal mining in the country by lobbying senior state ...; Created on 26 September 2016
27. Staying alert for the ICSID resolution: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Pacific Rim, later acquired by Australia's OceanaGold, sued El Salvador for $300 million as compensation for not allowing the exploitation the El Dorado mine in San Isidro, Cabañas. The company claimed ...; Created on 26 September 2016
28. Research reveals that right wing parties collaborate with mining companies in the department of Cabanas.: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... added that the El Dorado Foundation provided the current mayor of San Isidro with transportation and flags during the last municipal elections. Manuel Perez Rocha from the IPS lamented that El Salvador ...; Created on 07 March 2016
29. “El Dorado Foundation” develops misleading social programs: Jennifer Moore: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... from government institutions, as well as interviews with residents of San Isidro; members of the National Roundtable against Mining, and local government officials during two visits made in February and ...; Created on 07 March 2016
30. Justice delayed: Environmentalists assassinated in Cabañas remembered: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... activist Marcelo Rivera went missing. His body was found two weeks later in the town of San Isidro, hidden inside a water well, with signs of torture. The community of La Maraña also experienced its ...; Created on 07 January 2016
31. Resistance against the bloodsucker: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Isidro in 2009: “We had imagined something different for our Municipality, we wanted to implement green tourism”, Miguel Angel Rivera said. The strong man with collapsed shoulders talks about the cruelest ...; Created on 03 January 2016
32. New Laws Seek to Limit Mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... no. Now, there are 2,658 residents of four municipalities of Chalatenango (San José Las Flores, Nueva Trinidad, San Isidro Labrador and Arcatao) who have expressed their rejection of mining at the ballot ...; Created on 02 January 2016
33. A blunt NO to mining in Arcatao, Chalatenango: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... registered in the system to vote residentially. Arcatao has become the fourth municipality, with its neighbors San Jose Las Flores, San Isidro Labrador and Nueva Trinidad, to become an exclusive area ...; Created on 11 November 2015
34. Municipality of Arcatao calls for a referendum on mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... companies have decided to establish bylaws to prohibit mining in their localities. The municipalities of San José las Flores, San Isidro Labrador and Nueva Trinidad in Chalatenango have had referenda ...; Created on 30 October 2015
35. Salvadoran Civil Society Confronts World Bank on Pending Lawsuit on Mining: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... if the referenda are successful. So far all the referenda, held in San José las Flores, San Isidro Labrador, and Nueva Trinidad, have had overwhelming support for the mining prohibition at the local ...; Created on 27 October 2015
36. Arcatao Community Consultation: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); 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, ...; Created on 30 September 2015
37. Communities Oppose Mining Project: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); By: Oscar López -CoLatino / Translated by: Marco Melloni People of different communities in the San Isidro municipality, region of Cabañas, manifested their opposition to a metal mining project in the ...; Created on 30 September 2015
38. Arcatao: the next municipality to hold a referendum on mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Isidro Labrador and Nueva Trinidad – have held successful referenda that saw the participation of more than 62% of the electorate. Out of these voters, 99% expressed their will of banning the mining projects. ...; Created on 29 September 2015
39. ADES demands further investigation into the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Mining and Human Rights); ... for the welfare of Salvadoran society are not able to find truth" said Miguel Rivera a community member of San Isidro Cabañas and brother of Marcelo Rivera during a press conference at the Attorney General ...; Created on 12 July 2015
40. Nueva Trinidad: 3rd Municipality in El Salvador to Declare Itself a “Mining Free Territory”: (Territories Free of Mining); ... of San Jose Las Flores and San Isidro Labrador in rejecting the presence of mining exploration and exploitation in their territories. The former guerrilla stronghold in North Chalatenango has fought to ...; Created on 18 April 2015

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