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21. Environmentalists Denounce that Central American governments favor mining companies and criminalize activists: (Regional News); ... During the meeting, taking place in the municipality of Ataco, Ahuachapán, attendees shared experiences with anti-mining activists of Peru who talked about the struggles, policies, social and environmental ...; Created on 26 December 2019
22. National Roundtable against Metal Mining Demands technical closure of mines and compensation for environmental damage: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Morales the authorities of the MARN must explain the legal situation of OceanaGold mining company in the department of Cabañas. The Anti-Mining Law established that the Guiriceros had two years to abandon ...; Created on 18 September 2019
23. More than one hundred organizations reject the unjust payment of USD $31 million to Canadian mining company Bear Creek: (Regional News); ... Illacutipa, one of the other people prosecuted following the Aymarazo, who said that they are continuously labelled as “radicals, anti-mining, anti-system, anti-development” and that this is outrageous. ...; Created on 16 September 2018
24. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... The second consists of "media smear campaigns, via radio, television and online, in which we are labeled as anti-mining terrorists, environmental terrorists, or as being anti-development." Lauracio spoke in ...; Created on 28 August 2018
25. From Mining to Water: 25 years of Community Solidarity and Organizing: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... incurred along the way, including the unresolved assassinations of four anti-mining activists in 2009. Morales reminded those present that “We cannot talk about the 25th anniversary of Radio Victoria and ...; Created on 24 August 2018
26. El Salvador: first anniversary of the mining ban A cause for celebration, but the new law faces dangers: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Andrés McKinley - UK LAB On March 29th, 2017, the small country of El Salvador became the first nation in the world to exercise its sovereign right to say “no” to metallic mining after carefully analyzing ...; Created on 22 June 2018
27. Central Americans Demand to be Consulted About Mining Projects: (Regional News); ... on the way to the mine. Other transit points have also been blocked by the “resistance”, as the anti-mining protesters refer to themselves. “The first thing we want, for God’s sake, is for them ...; Created on 09 May 2018
28. Threats to the Law Against Metallic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... extractive activities in Guatemala or Honduras. Vidalina Morales, a member of ADES and an anti-mining activist involved in the movement since its beginnings, stressed that the mining industry is harmful ...; Created on 07 May 2018
29. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... In 2005, the various local anti-mining groups formed the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining. They were joined by a mix of other national organizations and eventually came to a consensus that ...; Created on 07 May 2018
30. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in mind the “anti-mining movement conducted its successful opposition to mining as the defense of water for the defense of life” Said Vidalina Morales from the Association for the development of El Salvador, ...; Created on 08 February 2018
31. Can Victory Over Irresponsible Mining in Central America Spur a Win in the Philippines?: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); John Cavanagh, Robin Broad : RAPPLER OceanaGold was stunningly defeated in El Salvador last March. Can it be defeated in the Philippines by 2019? In March 2017, the small nation of El Salvador took ...; Created on 01 February 2018
32. Open letter to Oceana Gold: (Open Letter OceanaGold); ... Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) against El Salvador. It is also the same year when three anti-mining community leaders and an unborn baby were brutally murdered in northern El Salvador, ...; Created on 30 November 2017
33. In El Salvador, a moment more precious than gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and 187 homes had been bulldozed and burned in the process. In 2011, the human rights ombudsperson called on the central government to suspend OceanaGold's permit to mine, and was refused. Two anti-mining ...; Created on 26 June 2017
34. How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... deadly. Several anti-mining activists were murdered in the state of Cabañas, where the company planned to mine. OceanaGold’s case was heard by an international tribunal overseen by the World Bank. In ...; Created on 26 June 2017
35. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... was arrogant and made mistakes. It helped that El Salvador’s Human Rights Ombudsman embraced environmental rights as human rights, and stood up for the communities after several anti-mining supporters ...; Created on 26 June 2017
36. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... World Bank case, but also look at some aspects of the simultaneous effort to support the anti-mining struggle on the ground in El Salvador. The international legal case was just one of a range of intervention ...; Created on 23 June 2017
37. El Salvador Passes Historic Law To Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... 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!” ...; Created on 16 April 2017
38. El Salvador Votes for Water over Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... 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 ...; Created on 16 April 2017
39. Letter Submitted to the Legislature to Demand the Return of the Proposed Law Banning Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... 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 ...; Created on 10 February 2017
40. Transnational mining company loses the battle, but the war continues.: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... 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 ...; Created on 05 January 2017

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