On April 12, 2017, years of community resistance, tireless organizing, and persistent political pressure by the people of El Salvador resulted in a total ban on metallic mining in the country, the first of its kind in the world. The heroes in this victory are clearly the women and men who for more than a […]
by P. Cabezas, originally appears on www.stopesmining.com Members of the National Roundtable against Mining in El Salvador, La Mesa, announced the presentation of the Pacific Rim-OceanaGold case in this week’s Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held in Geneva, Switzerland. The tribunal, organized as part of the International Week of Actions to Stop Corporate Impunity, “provides an opportunity to the victims of […]
June 24th was the one year anniversary of the assassination of Salvadoran anti-mining activist, Marcelo Rivera. In San Isidro, Cabañas, the murders of Rivera and fellow community leaders Dora Alicia Sorto Recinos and Ramiro Rivera – crimes which has so far gone unsolved and unpunished – were commemorated by nearly two hundred people with musical […]
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 […]
San Salvador, El Salvador. One hundred and eight international organizations sent a letter to the Interim Attorney General, Ástor Escalante Savaria, this Friday (July 24, 2009), demanding an exhaustive investigation into the kidnapping and brutal assassination of activist Gustavo Marcelo Rivera Moreno. In the letter the organizations categorically rejected the declarations that the district attorney […]
Last week, the body of Anti-mining activist Marcelo Rivera, who had been missing since June 18th, was found at the bottom of a well in the town of San Isidro. The body showed visible signs of torture. While the local Police and Attorney General’s office have called this a case of common delinquency, community members […]