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21. Anti mining organizations ask for the approval of the General Water Law
(Sample Data-Articles)
... consist of five representatives: two from private enterprise, two from the Corporation of Municipalities Of the Republic of El Salvador (COMURES) and only one representative of the executive government. ...
Created on 21 July 2017
22. In Mining-Affected Communities, Water Is Becoming More Precious Than Gold
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... and continued with the suit despite broadband opposition to mining and plebiscites in five municipalities declaring themselves mining-free zones.  In October 2016, the World Bank’s International Centre ...
Created on 26 June 2017
23. How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... help of local organizations, used the community referendum process as a legally binding tool to take direct political action. Since 2014, five municipalities in key mining zones voted overwhelmingly to ...
Created on 26 June 2017
24. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... from 22 organizations in 12 countries participated in five days of conferences and strategy workshops and visits to mining-affected municipalities in the north of the country. A documentary ‘Gold Or Water‘ was ...
Created on 23 June 2017
25. El Salvador becomes first country to ban metals mining
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... have campaigned for years for an all-out ban on metallic mining in the country, organizing marches, bill proposals, and local actions. Residents of five municipalities in the northern departments of Chalatenango ...
Created on 16 April 2017
26. Communities Call on Local Representatives to Approve Anti-Mining Regulation
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... of natural resources. At the same time, Cinquera is threated by the prospecting (terrain studies) of mining interests located around the municipalities of Potonico, Jutiapa, and Sensuntepeque. This effort ...
Created on 10 February 2017
27. Transnational mining company loses the battle, but the war continues.
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... and legislative elections scheduled for 2018, although the result may also be unfavorable. Four municipalities of the country have held local referenda (consultas populares) on the viability of having ...
Created on 05 January 2017
28. Fifth referendum on mining is called in Cinquera, Cabañas
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... the first municipality of Cabañas that follows the example of the communities in Chalatenango", assured Morales. The municipalities of Arcatao, San Jose Flores, San Isidro Labrador and Nueva Trinidad ...
Created on 03 January 2017
29. Community of San Jose Las Flores commemorates 11th anniversary of the defeat of a mining company.
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... struggle. In 2005 workers of Canadian mineral exploration company Au-Martinique set up exploration sites through various municipalities in the region licensed under the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador.  ...
Created on 27 September 2016
30. PRESS RELEASE: Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Conflict: OceanaGold and the El Dorado Foundation in El Salvador
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... and 83.9% in municipalities affected by the proposed project. Between 2009 and 2011, four local environmental activists were murdered in Cabañas. Since then, several local organizations have also received ...
Created on 23 March 2016
31. Yes to life, no to mining! – Report Back Delegation to El Salvador
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... mining held in El Salvador. Three municipalities have already voted NO – and almost unanimously so. Therefore the expectations for the referendum in Arcatao are high from the beginning. “Of course this ...
Created on 03 February 2016
32. El Salvador: 49 exploration permits were once approved
(Background and reports )
...  Meanwhile the country continues without an updated mining law, nor a decision in relation to mining prohibition. Public rejection of mining has led to four municipalities to declare themselves as territories ...
Created on 07 January 2016
33. New Laws Seek to Limit Mining in El Salvador
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
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 ...
Created on 02 January 2016
34. A blunt NO to mining in Arcatao, Chalatenango
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... land, that has precious metals in the ground, is completely protected" he said. The mayor also considered that with the closure of mining activities in neighbouring municipalities of San Jose Las Flores, ...
Created on 11 November 2015
35. Arcatao: participatory democracy defeats mining
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... a total of four consultations in the Department of Chalatenango. In order to assure the complete coverage of the whole region, other six referenda of the sort should be set up in neighboring municipalities. ...
Created on 11 November 2015
36. Municipality of Arcatao calls for a referendum on mining
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... of Chalatenango and if mining becomes a reality in our municipalities, the first affected will surely be the people of San Salvador and our communities," said the mayor. The official lamented the poor ...
Created on 30 October 2015
37. Arcatao Community Consultation
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... using the national Municipal Code in a constitutionally-recognized process to legally say NO to mining in their territory.  For the first time ever, municipalities in El Salvador are holding Community ...
Created on 30 September 2015
38. Arcatao: the next municipality to hold a referendum on mining in El Salvador
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... in defense of territories threatened by mining. It does so through processes of petition and public referenda established in the Municipal Code. So far, three Municipalities – San José las Flores, San ...
Created on 29 September 2015
39. IUDOP: 77% of the Salvadorean population asks for metal mining to be prohibited
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... Perceptions toward Metallic Mining in El Salvador", seeks to give a voice to people who live in the 23 municipalities of the country where permits have been for the exploration for metallic mining have ...
Created on 17 July 2015
40. Salvadorans Warn Canadians About World Bank's Kangaroo Cour
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... 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 ...
Created on 18 May 2015
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