El Salvador – Green Social Thought https://www.greensocialthought.org Produce less. Distribute it fairly. Create a greener world for all. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 04:47:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.greensocialthought.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-ggef_logo_small-1-32x32.png El Salvador – Green Social Thought https://www.greensocialthought.org 32 32 Who Killed Oscar and Valeria: The Inconvenient History of the Refugee Crisis https://www.greensocialthought.org/biodiversity-biodevastation/who-killed-oscar-and-valeria-inconvenient-history-refugee-crisis/ Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:49:39 +0000 https://gst.riz-om.network/reprint/who-killed-oscar-and-valeria-inconvenient-history-refugee-crisis/ by Ramzy Baroud

History never truly retires. Every event of the past, however inconsequential, reverberates throughout and, to an extent, shapes our present, and our future as well The haunting image of the bodies of Salvadoran father, Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and his daughter, Valeria, who were washed ashore at a riverbank on the Mexico-US border cannot be understood separately from El Salvador’s painful past.]]> by Ramzy Baroud

History never truly retires. Every event of the past, however inconsequential, reverberates throughout and, to an extent, shapes our present, and our future as well

The haunting image of the bodies of Salvadoran father, Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and his daughter, Valeria, who were washed ashore at a riverbank on the Mexico-US border cannot be understood separately from El Salvador’s painful past.

]]> El Salvador Makes History: First Nation to Ban Metal Mining https://www.greensocialthought.org/biodiversity-biodevastation/el-salvador-makes-history-first-nation-ban-metal-mining/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 13:45:16 +0000 https://gst.riz-om.network/reprint/el-salvador-makes-history-first-nation-ban-metal-mining/ by Ricardo Navarro and Sam Cossar

El Salvador made history last week by becoming the first country ever to ban metal mining. The success of this decades long struggle is proof that people can take on corporate interests and win. This is the story of how the people of El Salvador took on mining giants. Mining has a dark history in El Salvador. Years of unregulated, pro-investor policies coupled with rapid industrialization has led to the widespread contamination of rivers and surface water, poisoning people and destroying farm lands.]]> by Ricardo Navarro and Sam Cossar

El Salvador made history last week by becoming the first country ever to ban metal mining.

The success of this decades long struggle is proof that people can take on corporate interests and win.

This is the story of how the people of El Salvador took on mining giants.

Mining has a dark history in El Salvador. Years of unregulated, pro-investor policies coupled with rapid industrialization has led to the widespread contamination of rivers and surface water, poisoning people and destroying farm lands.

]]> A Huge Mining Conglomerate Wanted to Poison This Country’s Water. After a Long Fight, They’ve Finally Lost. https://www.greensocialthought.org/biodiversity-biodevastation/huge-mining-conglomerate-wanted-poison-countrys-water-after-long-fight-theyve-finally-lost/ Sun, 11 Jun 2017 14:35:11 +0000 https://gst.riz-om.network/reprint/huge-mining-conglomerate-wanted-poison-countrys-water-after-long-fight-theyve-finally-lost/ by Pedro Cabezas

The people of El Salvador and their international allies against irresponsible mining are celebrating a historic victory. After a long battle against global mining companies that were determined to plunder the country’s natural resources for short-term profits, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly has voted to ban all metal mining projects. The new law is aimed at protecting the Central American nation’s environment and natural resources. Approved on March 29 with the support of 69 lawmakers from multiple parties (out of a total of 84), the law blocks all exploration, extraction, and processing of metals, whether in open pits or underground. It […]]]> by Pedro Cabezas

The people of El Salvador and their international allies against irresponsible mining are celebrating a historic victory. After a long battle against global mining companies that were determined to plunder the country’s natural resources for short-term profits, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly has voted to ban all metal mining projects.

The new law is aimed at protecting the Central American nation’s environment and natural resources. Approved on March 29 with the support of 69 lawmakers from multiple parties (out of a total of 84), the law blocks all exploration, extraction, and processing of metals, whether in open pits or underground. It also prohibits the use of toxic chemicals like cyanide and mercury.

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