Mining prohibition El Salvador - Thursday, 6 April 2023 - 12:04 PM
Jacobin Owen Schalk Following its failed crypto scheme, authoritarian president Nayib Bukele’s cash-strapped government is making moves to reverse El Salvador’s metal mining ban. Its reintroduction would be a disaster for the nation’s already contaminated water supply. Unlike many Latin American countries that...
Mining prohibition El Salvador - Tuesday, 4 April 2023 - 12:04 PM
The GuardianNina Lakhani Activists worry the arrests are a move by the cash-strapped government to open the country to now banned metals miningFive prominent environmental defenders who played a crucial role in securing a historic mining ban in El Salvador have...
Mining prohibition El Salvador - Monday, 3 April 2023 - 12:04 PM
Mongabay Maxwell Radin El Salvador banned all mining of metals in 2017, but environmentalists are concerned that the government is preparing to reverse the decision and bring in international investment. The government has created a new agency to oversee extractive industries and begun...