El Salvador

Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, membre du Comité environnemental de Cabañas (CAC), a été tué le 4 juin 2011, et son corps a été identifié plus de 10 jours après sa disparition. Il est le quatrième activiste écologique assassiné à Cabañas.

Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, del Comité Ambiental de Cabañas, fue asesinado el pasado 4 de junio y su cuerpo fue reconocido hasta más de 10 días después de su desaparición. Es el cuarto ambientalista asesinado en Cabañas. 

Juan Francisco Duran  Ayala, member of the Environmental Committee of Cabañas, was killed on June 4th and his body was identified more than 10 days after his disappearance. It is the fourth environmental activists to be killed in Cabañas.
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(Ottawa) Yet another anti-mining activist has been murdered in El Salvador. Canadian civil society organizations are calling for a full investigation into the murder of Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, the fourth such death in two years that local organizations believe are linked to the presence of Vancouver-based Pacific Rim Mining in the department of Cabañas.
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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Monday, July 19, 2010

Contact: Alexis Stoumbelis, Executive Director of CISPES – 202-521-2510

International Community Demands Thorough Investigations
into the Violence against Environmentalists

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA:

El Salvador: Mining the Resistance

Gabriel Zucker

Resistencia contra la minería y represas es expresión

del movimiento social

Iván Escobar
Daniel Trujillo
Redacción Diario Co Latino

Des enquêtes à hauts risques : Déforestation et pollutions"

Publié le 3 juin 2010

June 1, 2010

Contact: Alexis Stoumbelis, (202) 521-2510 ext. 205

Landmark hearing begins at World Bank arbitration center

Environmental scientists and trade policy specialists refute Vancouver-based Pacific Rim Mining’s claims in $77 million lawsuit against El Salvador