“Unethical, unjust and irresponsible ways of mining”
2017 Septiembre América Latina
Dear Prime Minister,
I read with interest the news of your audience with Pope Francis in Rome this past May, during which you discussed many issues,...
The Rancho Grande experience: Environmentalism in rebellion
2017 Agosto Nicaragua
On October 12, 2015, the mining project of B2Gold, a Canadian transnational mining company, in the Cerro Pavón area of the municipality of Rancho Grande,...
The anti-mining law is a historic victory over the “dazzle of gold”
2017 Junio El Salvador
On March 29, 70 legislators from all political stripes in El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly passed the Law to Prohibit Metal Mining. The vote was unanimous...
“Let’s say a huge NO to mining”
2015 Julio Nicaragua
The Bishops’ Conferences throughout Latin America, especially here in Central America—Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua—have always opposed...
There’s no such thing as a mine that doesn’t pollute
2014 Marzo Centroamérica
In the 16th century, when King Ferdinand of Spain was defining the priorities for the conquest of the New worl, he gave clear instructions: “Get the...
The new Left’s extractive model isn’t leading to development
2013 Diciembre América Latina
Any contemporary discussion about development is intimately bound to environmental issues. This linkage is particularly intense in South America, particularly...
Mining is one of savage capitalism’s prime features
2013 Noviembre Centroamérica
We learned from our seminar on mining, held on September 17-19 in San Salvador, that the fight between populations willing to resist to keep our region...
“We declare that the mining industry is criminal”
2013 Octubre Centroamérica
We, the institutions, organizations and representatives of peoples in resistance who have participated in the Central American Seminar to analyze “The...
Mining exploitation is as harsh as the dictatorship
2013 Octubre Honduras
In western Honduras a hard-fought struggle is going on between those who apply the law of the jungle to impose their will and those looking for an impartial...