... after community, majorities voted to impose bans within their borders.
The anti-mining movement was able to bridge deeply partisan divides and rally supporters with the slogan “No to Mining! Yes to Life!” ...
... vote to ban mining.
But the push for a mining prohibition remained strong. To support the anti-mining coalition, Carlos Padilla, Governor of Nueva Vizcaya in the Philippines, visited El Salvador to share ...
... for the Executive and Legislative authorities to create the legal regulations that allow the ban of metallic mining,” advocated Luis González from the Mesa Nacional Frente a la Minería.
The anti-mining ...
... mining activity in their jurisdictions, with support from the anti-mining movement, and the vast majority of voters have opposed it.
As a result of these consultations, they adopted municipal ordinances ...
... were read aloud and flowers were laid to honour their lives:
June 18, 2009 - Gustavo Marcelo Rivera. A community leader and anti-mining activist, Rivera was disappeared. Less than two weeks later his ...
... anti-mining activists who have paid a painfully high price for their resistance, it was a measure of justice.
One of those activists is Miguel Angel Rivera. In June 2009, his brother Marcelo, a prominent ...
... that it be granted US$314 million in compensation after being denied a permit to drill for gold. But anti-mining activists, arguing that the Oct. 14 decision offers only a temporary reprieve, plan to use ...
... 14th, the eve of Independence Day in El Salvador, to commemorate the day the company was expelled. Residents of San Jose Las Flores are perhaps the most seasoned veterans of the Salvadorean anti-mining ...
... El Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alas, the different sectors, institutions, organizations and individuals who support the anti-mining struggle, the people of the communities affected by mining projects, ...