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1. Water 2.0 - Salvadoreans take to the streets to battle renewed attempts to privatize water resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... government, the Catholic church and civil society organizations that have taken their battle back to the streets, suggest that privatization won’t be easy task for ARENA. The month of June has seen new ...; Created on 24 June 2018
2. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and communities without access to this vital liquid, the source of all life, are taking to the streets. Metal mining is a threat to water due to enormous consumption and contamination with toxic materials, ...; Created on 14 December 2021
3. The Duterte era: A state of nature under attack: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... over this widely unpopular policy fast-tracking amid the utter failure to effectively respond to the pandemic. Instead of pouring thousands of health workers into the streets, we are seeing police and ...; Created on 25 July 2020
4. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... in front of court, government offices, or in city streets to be seen and heard. Even before the pandemic, the lives of water and land protectors have been increasingly at risk from legal persecution or ...; Created on 23 July 2020
5. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Duterte has responded to by mobilizing police and military to the streets rather than health workers—environmental defenders on the ground are left with little hope. At least nine human rights defenders ...; Created on 04 October 2019
6. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court: (Regional News); ... communities, who formed the La Puya encampment at the entrance of the mine to block any machinery from arriving to the site. An hour north of the busy, chaotic, streets of Guatemala City sits the municipality ...; Created on 27 August 2018
7. From Mining to Water: 25 years of Community Solidarity and Organizing: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... El Salvador (UES), environmental groups, and labor unions have filled the streets of San Salvador. Protestors have taken over highways and airwaves of public and mainstream news outlets. The recurring ...; Created on 24 August 2018
8. Founding statement: National Alliance against Water Privatization in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... the main streets of San Salvador to make the public launch of the National Alliance against the Privatization of Water in El Salvador, as a space for coordinating the popular struggle against the threat ...; Created on 25 June 2018
9. El Salvador: first anniversary of the mining ban A cause for celebration, but the new law faces dangers: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the devastating impact that mining would have on El Salvador´s scarce freshwater resources, took to the streets and marched to the to the Legislative Assembly in support of the bill; and policy decision-makers ...; Created on 22 June 2018
10. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... That, Cabezas says, was a wake-up call for the Salvadoran leaders: “They stopped the workers from coming, did a lot of education, blocked the streets. They simply didn’t allow the company to come in.” ...; Created on 07 May 2018
11. Community of San Jose Las Flores commemorates 11th anniversary of the defeat of a mining company.: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... waged against Au Martinique. “I can tell you that we almost started an insurrection. We placed barricades on the streets and did not let their trucks bring equipment to the exploration sites, and when ...; Created on 27 September 2016
12. ADES demands further investigation into the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Luis Martinez to work efficiently to find the masterminds who currently walk the streets free, with impunity... my brother was kidnapped and tortured before he was murdered... we want an in depth investigation ...; Created on 12 July 2015
13. Social organizations demand the approval of Food Security Legislation in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); By Gloria Orellana, Colatino Translated from: http://nuevaweb.diariocolatino.com/organizaciones-exigen-la-aprobacion-de-ley-de-seguridad-alimentaria/ Social organizations took to the streets of San ...; Created on 20 October 2014
14. Media coverage of the International Month of Action: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... DC hit the streets outside the World Bank to protest the OceanaGold mining corporation’s $301 million lawsuit against the government of El Salvador (Check out news coverage here from the Washington Post ...; Created on 29 September 2014
15. News Summary international campaign against OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... September 15, as Central American nations celebrated Independence Day, the Salvadoran community in Washington, DC hit the streets outside the World Bank to protest the OceanaGold mining corporation’s $301 ...; Created on 25 September 2014
16. Municipality of San Jose Las Flores declared the first territory free of mining in El Salvador: (Territories Free of Mining); ... waged against Au Martinique. “I can tell you that we almost started an insurrection. We placed barricades on the streets and did not let their trucks bring equipment to the exploration sites, and when ...; Created on 24 September 2014
17. Protest: World Bank’s ICSID Hearing Lawsuit Against El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Join Institute for Policy Studies’ Global Economy Project and other allies on El Salvador's Independence Day for a demonstration to "yes" to life, "no" to mining by protesting the free trade agreements ...; Created on 04 September 2014
18. La Mesa: Our life will be at risk if metal mining projects are allowed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... under the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining took to the streets to reiterate their full rejection to metal mining in the country. On this occasion members of la Mesa participated in a simultaneous ...; Created on 22 April 2014
19. Fight for water legislation intensifies in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); An estimated ten thousand people hailing from different parts of the country marched through the streets of San Salvador today to demand that the Environment and Climate Change commission of the Legislative ...; Created on 22 August 2013

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