VOA Spanish: El Salvador faces challenges mining gold, silver under new law, expert says
The expert who defended El Salvador in international litigation against mining companies speaks to VOA about the risks the nation faces with a new law on gold and silver extraction, after international rulings pushed for the prohibition of that activity in 2017.
El Salvador lawmakers overturn mining ban in win for president
El Salvador's legislature overturned a seven-year-old ban on metals mining on Monday, a move that President Nayib Bukele had pushed for to boost economic growth, but that environmental groups had opposed.
El Salvador mining ban rescinded
El Salvador’s Parliament voted to overturn a ban on metals mining, a win for controversial-but-popular President Nayib Bukele but a defeat for environmental groups. The country banned mining in 2017, a move Bukele called “absurd”: His party holds 57 out of 60 seats and overturned the ban easily.
El Salvador Congress Votes To End Ban On Metal Mining
El Salvador's Congress on Monday approved a bill promoted by President Nayib Bukele to roll back a ban on the mining of gold and other metals, dismaying environmentalists.
El Salvador's Congress approves ending ban on metals mining
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador's Congress approved Monday a law that would lift the country’s seven-year-old ban on mining for metals. The law, proposed by President Nayib Bukele and passed on a 57 to 3 vote, would allow mining everywhere ...
El Salvador president proposes bill to overturn metals mining ban
El Salvador's Congress will begin debating a bill on Saturday from President Nayib Bukele that would overturn a 2017 national ban on metals mining, the head of the president's bloc in Congress said on Friday.
El Salvador Lifts Metals Mining Ban: Economic Growth vs. Environmental Concerns
El Salvador's government has overturned a national ban on metals mining, previously enacted in 2017. The decision, supported by President Nayib Bukele, aims to stimulate economic growth despite environmental opposition.
El Salvador's Congress approves end to ban on metals mining
El Salvador's Congress has approved a law that would lift the country's seven-year-old ban on mining for metals.
El Salvador lawmakers overturn national mining ban
El Salvador's legislature overturned a national ban on metals mining on Monday, backing a key item on President Nayib Bukele's agenda for boosting economic growth amid criticism from environmental groups.
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Metals mining ban lifted in El Salvador after approval by Congress
The El Salvador Congress has approved a law that ends the country's seven-year prohibition on mining for metals, despite ...
El Salvador Eyes $3 Trillion Gold Mine Beneath Its Soil
According to President Nayib Bukele, the nation sits atop a deposit of gold that could radically transform the small ...
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Mexico And El Salvador Ponder Different Mining Stances
Meanwhile, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is pushing to go in the opposite direction. In 2017, his predecessor ...