Everything has to do with Pacific Rim and the company’s longing to exploit the gold found underground in the department of Cabañas. Almost from the time that the company set up in said zone, conflicts began, whose biggest opponent is the resistance of the communities to sell their land, and prevent the negative environmental impacts […]
The President of the Republic, Mauricio Funes, assured on January 12th that his government would investigate the assassinations of the environmentalists in Cabanas in depth, and reiterated that he would not permit mining projects in the country. “We promise our friends in the environmental movement that we are going to investigate the four assassinations of […]
Join our allies from Voices on the Border in a Fact Finding Delegation to the municipality of Cabanas from February 6-14th 2010. Since June 2009, three anti-mining activists have been assassinated, and numerous others have been attacked or received death threats. To date, the police have failed to appropriately investigate the attacks and threats, or […]
New act of violence against environmentalists in Cabañas Saturday, December 26, 2009 Diario Co Latino, San Salvador, El Salvador Ivan Escobar Diario Co Latino staff Less than a week after the murder of the environmentalist Ramiro Rivera in Cabañas, today another murder was reported, this time a woman who was also a member of the […]
The National Roundtable Against Mineral Mining San Salvador, December 27 2009 The assassinations of those opposing mining projects continue. The environmentalist Dora Alicia Sorto Rodriguez, was assassinated yesterday at 3:30 in the afternoon, in the town of Trinidad in Sensuntepeque (Cabañas). This crime occurred only a week after the murder of Ramiro Rivera Gomez, another […]
The press release below was issued on December 22, 2009 by the National Coalition Against Mineral Mining in El Salvador. It places responsibility on Pacific Rim mining company, for creating a context of growing tension and conflict, and the Salvadoran legal system for not punishing the perpetrators of previous crimes. Original Spanish below. PRESS […]
All of us need to stay updated about the coup in Honduras. Check out the following resources about the Coup and then TAKE ACTION. To see a graphic history of the coup in Honduras, take a look at: The Honduran Coup: A Graphic History To read about the U.S. Position on […]
Tita Colunga of ProVida, a member of the MPR-12 Alliance, gave this speech to the CRIPDES-PROGRESO assembly in Suchitoto on December 9th. Looking back at this year, there have been so many successes that we cannot forget. On March 15th, we elected our new government. And now, with our new government, how many people have […]
On October 15th the Mesa was recognized internationally for their human rights work. Five representatives from the Mesa traveled to Washington D.C to receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award from the Institute for Policy Studies. The award was presented by Congressman Michael Michaud, who has been a supportive ally of human rights work in […]
December 2, 2009 By the Communications team of the National Roundtable against Mineral Mining On November 27 Mariano Abarca Roblero, a leader in the Mexican Network of the Affected by Mining (REMA), was assassinated. During the criminal act, Orlando Velásquez was also gravely injured. Orlando was a friend of the environmentalist that was riddled with […]