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21. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in suits” drilling for gold. In the early 2000s, Pacific Rim Mining Corporation—acquired by OceanaGold in 2013—started drilling exploration wells in Cabañas Department, about 40 miles northeast of San ...; Created on 11 April 2021
22. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... spectrum? Luis Parada: Marcelo Rivera was the first activist that sounded the alarm about the danger of metallic mining in the province of Cabañas, where he was from. And he's the one that started educating ...; Created on 22 March 2021
23. NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... from multinational mining company Pac Rim appeared in their home province of Cabañas. This ignited a people’s fight against corporate power that would last for over a decade. In The Water Defenders: How ...; Created on 14 January 2021
24. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); * Angélica Cárcamo / Norma Ramírez - ARPAS In 2000, the Pacific Rim mining company intended to employ 450 families in the Department of Cabañas, north of El Salvador. Although the mining project was ...; Created on 05 January 2021
25. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... from the small town of San Isidro, Cabañas, who died due to his relentless opposition to the El Dorado mining project, owned by Canadian Pacific Rim/Oceana Gold mining company. The death of Marcelo, ...; Created on 15 July 2020
26. Agriculture, a sustainable economic alternative to mining: (Mining and Human Rights); ARPAS The mining industry does not provide enough income to cover the employment, food, and quality of life needs of the communities in the department of Cabañas. Thus, reflecting on alternatives that ...; Created on 26 December 2019
27. The Salvadorean State has a pending debt with land defenders criminalized by mining companies: (Mining and Human Rights); ACAFREMIN Every year the inhabitants of the communities of Santa Rosa, Trinidad and La Maraña in the Department of Cabañas, fervently commemorate the life of land defenders Ramiro Rivera, Marcelo Rivera ...; Created on 26 December 2019
28. Social Organizations demand compliance with the Prohibition of Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... exploitation permit at the El Dorado mine, in San Isidro, Cabañas. These events allowed the Legislative Assembly, in March 2017, to unanimously pass the prohibition of metal mining in the national territory. ...; Created on 26 December 2019
29. Marcelo's Legacy: The environmentalist who fought against metal mining in El Salvado: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Cabañas, El Salvador to plant the seeds for our fight and environmental defense. Remembering was the key word of environmentalists and social organizations commemorating the tenth anniversary of the ...; Created on 18 September 2019
30. 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
31. Global protest launched against OceanaGold mine in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... also organized in Cabanas Department in El Salvador, where its communities also faced threats to their sovereign water and mineral resources from Oceanagold. “For a long time organizations from the Philippines ...; Created on 02 September 2019
32. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court: (Regional News); ... operations in El Salvador in 2002, and quickly identified a gold reserve along the Lempa River in the department of Cabañas. In accordance with the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), the company ...; Created on 27 August 2018
33. REPORT: Golden opportunities for profits, corporate plunder for OceanaGold Corporation: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... civil society continue to be essential. Community-level organisations and groups play an essential role in voicing out resistance. In Cabanas in El Salvador, the grassroots media group Radio Victoria has ...; Created on 24 August 2018
34. From Mining to Water: 25 years of Community Solidarity and Organizing: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); by J. Alejandro Artiga-Purcell * - SHARE Cabañas, El Salvador – This Saturday, in Victoria, Cabañas, over 900 people gathered in the blazing hot plaza to celebrate Radio Victoria and the Social Economic ...; Created on 24 August 2018
35. Solidarity Statement to the People of El Salvador on the day of OceanGold's AG: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... were in Melbourne. We arranged for Vidalina Morales of ADES from Cabañas in El Salvador who had been at the forefront in the fight against mining to visit Australia. Vidalina gave radio interviews and ...; Created on 04 June 2018
36. It is urgent to permanently close the dark chapter of metallic mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... Associations and Foundations, this foundation works as a façade of the for the OceanaGold mining company and remains active in some communities in Cabañas while it has modified its mandate to work at the ...; Created on 31 May 2018
37. Threats to the Law Against Metallic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... still companies in the country that could benefit from mining exploitation, such as Torogoz Minerals or the El Dorado Foundation. Both subsidiaries of OceanaGold to influence the population of Cabañas ...; Created on 07 May 2018
38. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of Chalatenango and Cabañas, highly organized communities where land had been granted to the residents after the civil war. The first confrontation happened in Chalatenango where the Canadian Au Martinique ...; Created on 07 May 2018
39. Salvadorans Reinforce Commitment to Sustain Historic Mining Ban on its First Anniversary: (Media Releases); ... that have yet to be fully investigated. This effort is dedicated to these environmental defenders, the martyrs of Cabañas, who were murdered for their convictions,” stated Vidalina Morales a member of ...; Created on 06 May 2018
40. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... At a recent event organized by the National Roundtable Against Mining to commemorate those who lost their lives in Cabañas during the struggle, leaders from communities that were most affected by mining ...; Created on 08 February 2018

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