August 10th, 2012 Source-stopesmining.org On August 7th, the Ministry of the Environment (MARN) and the Ministry of the Economy (MINEC) presented a bill to the Legislative Assembly that would temporary suspend all mining activity in El Salvador. The bill states that there are not the necessary conditions for mining in El Salvador. If passed, the suspension […]
Chicago-Cinquera Sister Cities A sustainable development and friendship project with El Salvador May 6, 2012 Immigration Taskforce for Central America c/o Jose Artiga SHARE Foundation 2425 College Drive Berkeley, CA 94704 Dear Immigration Taskforce for Central America: This letter is submitted to express our support for the campaign to secure legal permanent residency […]
On June 27th, about two hundred people from around El Salvador, gathered in front of the Honduran embassy in San Salvador to denounce the coup in Honduras and demand an end to U.S. support for militarization in Latin America. After the rally and press conference in front of the embassy, protesters marched down to the […]
June 6, 2012 As the clock ticked towards five pm on Friday, June 1st, the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) released its ruling in the Pacific Rim vs. the Government of El Salvador case. The ICSID tribunal, a wing of the World Bank, ruled that it did not have jurisdiction under Central […]
Dana Frank May 22, 2012, June 11, 2012 edition of The Nation In some ways, it was just one more bloody episode in a blood-soaked country. In the early hours of the morning on May 11, a group of indigenous people traveling by canoe on a river in the northeast Mosquitia region of Honduras came […]
Scroll down to read: Bangor Daily News: Irving Addresses Maine Mining Interests at UMFK Forum Madison Times: Salvadoran Mining Struggles are Pertinent to Wisconsin April 25, 2012 by A. David Dahmer The recent mining controversy in northern Wisconsin was far more complex than people would have you believe, says Jan Morrill as she stopped in […]
Scroll down for more El Salvador Anti-Mining News: Who Decides for El Salvador: The People or Pacific Rim? Pacific Rim Accuses those who Defend National Sovereignty of Being “Anti-Development” April 25th, 2012 San Salvador On April 25th civil society organizations like CRIPDES and communities that make up the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining in El […]
Moments of Inspiration from the Mofga-Chicago Delegation fromShira Hammann, Chicago-Cinquera Sister Cities Many moments from the January delegation stand out in my mind: The staff of the community radio station Radio Sumpul telling us how, in the mid-’90s, they prevented a police shutdown of the radio by ringing a bell in the early […]
1. The Costs of ICSID Arbitration and the Consequences for Social Rights in El Salvador (See Below) 2. Salvadoran Activists Hold Protest in Solidarity with Indigenous Mining Resisters in Panama By Jan Morrill, International Allies Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador On February 10th, as clashes continued between the government of Panama and indigenous groups […]
Keynote Address at the Salvadoran Consulate of New England on January 16, 2012 by Jim Wallace, Cambridge-Las Flores Sister City The Boston area has a long history of solidarity with El Salvador: U.S.- El Salvador Sister Cities, CISPES and the Sanctuary Movement of the 1980s. We had three church communities participating in the Sanctuary movement. During […]