... of them will have a voice, even if the last decision is made by the Government,” expressed the archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alas.
The head of the Salvadoran Catholic Church maintained ...
San José, February 27, 2020.- Today, the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) argued before the Honduran Court of Appeals that the deprivation of liberty of seven defenders of the Guapinol ...
... to carry a consultation with local indigenous populations of San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc, before the implementation of the project.
Since 2011, women, children and men have engaged in ...
... and San José de Golfo, north of Guatemala City. The suspension remains in effect, pending a final decision from the Constitutional Court. Even after the Supreme Court ordered the suspension, the company ...
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Residents from the communities of San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc -- an area known as La Puya -- have been fighting against the Progreso VII Derivada-El Tambor gold ...
... America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR).
We join in solidarity with the residents of San Pedro Ayampuc and San José del Golfo who are deeply concerned about the grave threat the mine poses to water ...
... Forum, environmental groups, local water boards, the Catholic Church, the Jesuit-run Central American University José Simeón Cañas (UCA), protestant churches, the National University, the Office of the ...
... San José del Golfo. A week later, on June 6, the Public Ministry launched a series of raids against the company offices as part of their investigation. The investigators located 76 bags of concentrate ...
... reads: “The water is ours, it is not the private companies’” (Photo by author).
The events speakers included the Monseñor José Elías Rauda, Bishop of San Vicente, Ana Milagro Guevara, the Environmental ...
... metallic mining in El Salvador had been presented in 2006 and 2013, but had been largely ignored by legislators. In 2016, experts on water and mining from the Jesuit-run Central American University, José ...
... rally we name the courageous people whose blood was spilt in defence of their community.
Marcelo Rivera
Ramiro Rivera
Felicita Escheverria
Dora Alicia Recinos Soto and her unborn child
Jose Duran ...
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The archbishop of San Salvador, Jose Luis Escobar Alas, points to Blessed Oscar Romero’s portrait on a shelf in his office. “Blessed Romero, is, without a doubt, a role ...
... outcry and played an active and fundamental role in the approval of the law. Monsignor José Luis Escobar Alas, archbishop of San Salvador, said that the law against metallic mining should not be repealed ...
... devastation that the San Sebastián mine wreaked on the people and environment, and participated as an international observer in the first local mining referendum, in San José Las Flores. An overwhelming ...
... of the risk that the law could be repealed.
The archbishop of El Salvador, Jose Luis Escobar Alas, a fierce proponent of the prohibition declared during his Sunday March 25th press conference that ...
... the community in San José Las Flores, Chalatenango.
In the community of Los Prados, in the municipality of La Laguna, Chalatenango, CRIPDES held a forum on "Cross border mining in El Salvador". The ...
... Ombudsman Office, the Central American University, and the Catholic Church, through Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar, joined the chorus and asked to be part of the discussion to ensure that legislators commit ...
... to privatize the water.
The Water Forum, the Human Rights Ombusdman Office, the Alliance for Governance and Justice, as well as the Central American University José Simeón Cañas, and the Catholic Church, ...
... and 77 percent has demanded that the government take immediate measures to close the door to this industry, according to surveys by Central American University José Simeón Cañas.
It was in this context ...
... few months, the church threw its weight behind the ban. In February, the Archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alas, delivered the bill for the Law to Ban Mining to the Legislative Assembly. In ...