Catholic church calls on president of El Salvador not to lift ban on gold mining

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El Salvador archbishop blasts mining law change, says it will cause 'irrevocable damage'

Catholic leaders in Central America expressed alarm over the idea of repealing a national prohibition on extractive activities in El Salvador — putting the church in opposition to the country's popular president.

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Catholic Church in El Salvador calls on president to maintain ban on gold mining

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador. / Credit: Presidencia SV ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 3, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Catholic Church in El Salvador has asked President Nayib Bukele not to repeal the 2017 law that prohibits the mining of metals,... [...]

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Church in El Salvador calls on president to maintain gold mining ban

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador. / Credit: Presidencia SV ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 3, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Catholic Church in El Salvador has asked President Nayib Bukele not to repeal the 2017 law that prohibits the mining of metals, including gold, following the president’s announcement of his intention to lift the measure in order to tap into those resources.“We hope that our authorities will reconsider and not repeal the law that …

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Church opposes president’s plan to resume mining in El Salvador

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Catholics have been expressing their criticism of President Nayib Bukele’s plan to resume mining in El Salvador, a Central American nation where the exploitation of metal deposits has been illegal since 2017. In a series of posts on X on Nov. 27, Bukele claimed El Salvador “potentially has the world’s gold deposits with most density per square kilometer.” He said that studies show the volume of gold under the nation’s soil ma…

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Catholic Church in El Salvador Calls On President to Maintain Ban On Gold Mining

Courtesy photo Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador. The archbishop asked for God’s light 'to find ways to economic development without harming the life and health of our people, the Salvadoran people.'

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San Salvador. On Monday, civil organizations in El Salvador asked President Nayib Bukele “not to yield to the pressures” of mining companies seeking to extract gold in this Central American country. The exploitation of gold is not “for the benefit of the impoverished sectors” in El Salvador but “to protect the interests of the rich countries,” according to a statement by 13 groups, among Oeneges, social movements and the Jesuit Universidad Centr…