To Whom It May Concern: The MOFGA-El Salvador Sistering Committee is concerned with the U.S. government’s actions on the second Millennium Challenge Corporation Funds. We are worried that this will be used against the current policy of purchasing Salvadoran non-transgenic seeds distributed as part of the Family Agriculture Plan by El Salvador’s Ministry of […]
June XX, 2014 Dear Secretary Kerry; We were heartened by your comments following the election of El Salvador’s new president, Salvador Sánchez Cerén, which expressed your commitment to maintaining a strong relationship between our two governments. More than two decades after the country’s Peace Accords were signed, El Salvador is now a mature and stable […]
Agricultural Cooperatives feel our local economies threatened by the intrusion of the United States Government Over 3 years, the agricultural cooperatives have managed to develop the technique of seed production of both corn and beans. This method produces high quality produce which has been certified with the technical and financial support of the Ministry of […]
On July 4th,the Movement of Popular Resistance (MPR-12) and Confederation of the Agrarian Reform (CONFRAS) held a rally and press conference in front the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly demanding the assembly pass a Food Sovereignty Law with a gender equality focus. The MPR-12 is a coalition conformed unions, organizations of farmers and poor urban folks and […]
From May 10th to 13th, thirty activists from 12 different countries, including Canada, the U.S., Germany, Mexico, Ecuador, Guatemala and Honduras, participated in a fact finding mission in El Salvador to investigate the effects of gold mining on the environment, public health and social cohesion. The delegation was organized by the National Rountable Against Mining […]
The State of Mining in El Salvador · According to Salvadoran Mining Law a company must obtain both an exploration and exploitation permit in order to open a mine in El Salvador. · There are currently 29 active exploration permits and 73 applications. They are for areas in the Northern region of El Salvador, which […]
On Wednesday, April 14 in San Salvador, representatives of community organizations, indigenous communities and environmentalists from Mexico and Central America participated in an International Forum entitled: Mining Companies in Mesoamerica “Sustainable Development or a Threat to Sovereignty?.” Out of the agreements reached at the International Forum we make the following declaration: Companies from Canada […]
Source: Voices on the Border Congressman Michael Michaud (D-ME) and 106 other members of Congress recently introduced the TRADE (Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment) Act of 2009, which calls for a reevaluation of international trade agreements. The bill would in part require existing and future trade agreements to include a ban on investor-state dispute […]
By Sebastian Dario Last week the Canadian company Pacific Rim Mining Corp escalated their tactics for putting pressure on the Salvadoran government to administer exploitation permits for open-pit cyanide gold mining in El Salvador by filing a Notice of Intent (NOI) against the Salvadoran government under the Central American-Dominican Republic-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA). […]