The country banned all metals mining above ground and below in 2017 in order to protect the small country's water resources ...
Catholics have been expressing their criticism of President Nayib Bukele’s plan to resume mining in El Salvador.
The Roman Catholic Church has called on the president of El Salvador not to lift the country's ban on gold mining.
Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas asked President Nayib Bukele not to reverse the ban, which has been in place since 2017. “It will damage this country forever,” Msgr. Escobar Alas said in a ...
Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas asked President Nayib Bukele not ... President Rodrigo Chaves at the presidential palace in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. Credit: AP/Jose Diaz ...