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21. El Salvador: Vote Against Gold
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... water. The damages caused by metallic mining can be observed in the Department of La Union, about 120 km to the East. In Santa Rosa de Lima lies the San Sebastian mine, which used to be the biggest in ...
Created on 02 January 2016
22. The negative legacy of mining in El Salvador continues after 100 years
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... plant because of mining. The most complex abandoned site was found to be the San Sebastian mine in Santa Rosa de Lima,  La Union, where the population are facing the consequences of acid drainage that ...
Created on 11 November 2015
23. Arcatao Community Consultation
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... San Sebastian 11:30am – Lunch in Santa Rosa de Lima, La Union 12:30pm - Visit to the San Sebastian mine, a mine abandoned by US based Commerce Group that highlights the toxic legacy of mining in El ...
Created on 30 September 2015
24. Media coverage of the International Month of Action
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... Pensilvania, en Washington, para denunciar que sus parientes residentes en la zona de Santa Rosa de Lima, en La Unión, cerca de la mina de San Sebastián, no volvieron a recuperar el río que irrigaba la ...
Created on 29 September 2014
25. News Summary international campaign against OceanaGold
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... en Washington, para denunciar que sus parientes residentes en la zona de Santa Rosa de Lima, en La Unión, cerca de la mina de San Sebastián, no volvieron a recuperar el río que irrigaba la zona a causa ...
Created on 25 September 2014
26. Mes de solidaridad
(International Month of Action)
... de obtener la aprobación de su licencia.  A nivel local en Cabañas, PacificRim lanzo un desastrosa campaña de relaciones comunitarias que engendró graves conflictos en las comunidades que rodean su proyecto ...
Created on 04 September 2014
27. Resistance against metallic mining in El Salvador commemorates International Day Against Open Pit Mining
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... impact on the environment and the country already has experienced these consequences as the San Sebastian in Santa Rosa de Lima, La Union, has killed the river running through the mining project," he said. ...
Created on 05 August 2014
28. Ángel Ibarra: “We will promote environmental sustainability in the country”
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... change is a factor that defines the country’s economy. We will make a good team with Lina Pohl, who has served as Deputy Minister to Herman Rosa Chavez. We will deepen and implement an environmental ...
Created on 28 May 2014
29. El Salvador, violence and impunity
(Mining and Human Rights)
... victims disappeared for good. But if the shadows of obscurity had parted in this instance, they were soon to return. Forty-eight hours after the body’s discovery, Berrios called Dr Juan Carlos Monterrosa ...
Created on 13 February 2014
30. EVENTS LISTING
(Water no Gold)
... St., Fairfield CONTACT: Paula Sanchez 0402 709 028; Sean Cleary 0403 434 512   Community meeting DATE: Monday 10th November, 2013 - 7:30-9pm LOCATION: Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Parish, ...
Created on 08 November 2013
31. International delegation confronts mining in El Salvador
(2013 Fact Finding Mission)
... Santa Rosa de Lima, a municipality of La Unión to see first-hand the environmental damage caused by the Commerce Group's San Sebastian Mine project. San Sebastian Mine: Billions extracted, leaving only ...
Created on 08 July 2013
32. Experts Will Assign Responsibility in Mining Case
(FTAs & ISDS)
... in Spanish can be found here A team of specialists, made up of seven people, will investigate the cause of the cyanide and iron pollution coming from the San Sebastian gold mine (Santa Rosa de Lima, ...
Created on 24 October 2012
33. Mining for Gold: A “Pact with the Devil”?
(FTAs & ISDS)
... that, in turn, flows into the Santa Rosa river. Along the way, the water is used by many before it enters the Gulf of Fonseca far to the south and continues its journey.     The technical term for the ...
Created on 30 August 2012
34. PRESS RELEASE:ICSID rejects request by Commerce Group to extend trial against El Salvador due to failure to pay
(Media Releases)
... Sebastian River and other irreversible ecosystem impacts. The San Sebastian River, located at the foot of the mine in the municipality of Santa Rosa de Lima, today suffers alarming levels of pollution ...
Created on 12 August 2012
35. Solidarity from 3,000 Miles Away
(2013 International Support for Mining Ban)
... Social Pastoral Committee of the Santa Rosa de Lima Parish, El Salvador February 14, 2012 In El Salvador, we understand very well what the impacts of mining are.  We have seen the effects of open pit ...
Created on 26 July 2012
36. The MARN Confirms the presence of cyanide and iron in the San Sebastian River, La Unión
(Commerce Group)
... Resources (MARN), which were collected two thousand five hundred meters from the bed of the San Sebastian River, in the area of the hamlet of El Comercio in Santa Rosa de Lima, confirmed the presence of ...
Created on 16 July 2012
37. LPG: Investigations into pollution in the San Sebastian River
(Commerce Group)
... by Jan Morrill  Original Version in Spanish Specialists from the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) took water samples from the San Sebastian River, in Santa Rosa de Lima, contaminated ...
Created on 05 July 2012
38. Delegation participants
(2013 Fact Finding Mission)
... Advisor-City of Newark, NJ Lita Trejo USA Salvadorean Comm Activist Tania Arosamena Panama Centro de Incidencia Ambiental Omar Martinez USA Latin American Working Group ...
Created on 27 April 2012
39. While There is a Slight Increase in Water Quality, the Situation is still Critical
(Commerce Group)
... aquatic life. The head of the MARN, Herman Rosa Chazez, said that improved water quality can be attributed to the work done by the ministry in sewer and other waste treatment; for example collecting ...
Created on 31 March 2012
40. Yes to Life, No to Mining
(Commerce Group)
... damages produced by are the process still being felt, the most emblematic case being the San Sebastian River in Santa Rosa de Lima. The new gold fever began in 1995, with the enactment of the current ...
Created on 23 March 2012
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