Meeting in the early days of 2025, in some location in Central America, this group from the Salvadoran civil society, composed of women and men committed to democracy, who respect and adhere to the Salvadoran Constitution, the compliance of international law, the...
A group of residents from a rural area in El Salvador and members of a community organization held a symbolic blessing ceremony for the Lempa River, the longest in Central America, this Saturday. They demanded that the state protect it from mining activities in the...
The General Law of Metallic Mining was sanctioned by President Nayib Bukele on the same day it was approved by the Legislative Assembly, December 23, 2024, according to the Official Gazette published this week dated December 23. The decree was also endorsed by the...
Attorney Ingrid Escobar has become the face of the fight by the Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (Legal Humanitarian Aid), a human rights organization that has denounced both nationally and internationally the alleged abuses committed during the enforcement of the state...
The president of the republic, Nayib Bukele, approved the legislative decree containing the metal mining law, which revives the exploration, extraction, and processing of minerals in El Salvador, as stated in Official Gazette number 245, volume 445, dated December 23,...
Specialists from the University of El Salvador (UES) held a discussion on the impacts that the implementation of metal mining would have in a territory like El Salvador. The experts pointed out that the prohibition of metal mining in 2017 was based on a United Nations...
