Una lucha que duró 12 años

About this episode

The episode discusses a 12-year struggle to implement a mining ban in El Salvador and the ongoing interest from mining companies.

This episode is a recording of a webinar panel hosted by International Allies Against Mining, moderated by Yvette Borja, with Vidalina Morales, President of the Association for Social and Economic Development of Santa Marta, John Cavanaugh, Senior Advisor at the Institute for Policy Studies, and Luis Parada, Senior Counsel for Sovereign Arbitration Advisors. They discuss the 12 year long fight to pass the historic 2017 metals mining ban and the continued interest that mining companies have demonstrated in El Salvador. Support the podcast by becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Read Yvette and Jorge's article describing their experience observing the Santa Marta 5 criminal trial: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5q43k0hp Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

People in this episode

Host: Yvette Borja

Guests: Vidalina Morales, John Kavanaugh, Luis Parada

Topics covered

• mining ban
• El Salvador
• social justice
• environmental policy
• community activism

Keywords

• mining ban
• El Salvador
• social justice
• environmental policy
• community activism
• webinar
• International Allies Against Mining

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: International Allies Against Mining, Institute for Policy Studies, Sovereign Arbitration Advisors

Places: El Salvador

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