Hope and Frustration in Murder Trials of Salvadoran Environmentalists
Organizers flyer the Pacific Rim Mining Company sign in Sesutepeque, Cabañas. Photo courtesy of stopesmining.org On April 11, 2012 the trials for the murders of two environmentalists in in Trinidad,...
View ArticleA Call to Action
Everyone came out to support the cause because everyone deserves to grow up in a healthy environment. SAN SALVADOR OCT 4th: The gritty battle to shut down mining in El Salvador continued during H2O...
View ArticleADVOCACY ALERT! Petitions Against Mining in El Salvador
We challenge you to stretch your activist muscles now that those hazy holidays have come to a close by signing two petitions, one for organizations to sign and the other for individuals, to fight...
View ArticleRadio Victoria Broadcasts for the People, despite Threats
The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador (the Mesa) needs international support in order to make demands of the affected populations of El Salvador heard by policy-makers. Please...
View ArticleMining: Stop Contaminating My Home!
Representatives want to see long-term change in mining practices, not temporary solutions The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining (Mesa) and the International Allies Against Metallic Mining...
View ArticleCreative Protest Calls for Ban to Cerro Blanco Mine
“We are calling on the Guatemalan government to stop this mining project and on the Salvadoran government to guarantee the rights of Salvadorans!” Over 150 enthusiastic members of the Mesa (National...
View ArticleAction Alert: In Solidarity with Honduras
Since the 2009 coup, the situation in Honduras increasingly mirrors El Salvador in the 1970´s, with growing militarization, repression, and violent murders of activists and community leaders. In...
View ArticleStop Mining in El Salvador!
New Law Proposed by Mesa Nacional Frente al Mineria “We demand approval of the Law that Prohibits Metallic Mining” On Tuesday, September 17th the Mesa Nacional Frente la Mineria Metalica (MESA), or...
View ArticleQue Viva la Democracia! Moving forward on Mining Ban
Photo Cred: International Allies Against Mining in El Salvador The municipality of San Jose Las Flores in Chalatenango, one of El Salvador’s northern departments bordering Honduras, historically has...
View ArticleHope for the Environment: Elections 2015
Yesterday, February 19th, the Environmental Alliance, a coalition of anti-mining, food sovereignty, and water protection organizing bodies, invited legislative candidates across all parties to take...
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