El Salvador

The Northern Triangle’s drugs-violence nexus

November 2012
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Liza ten Velde

The countries of the Northern Triangle are experiencing much higher rates of violence and increasing Drug Trafficking Organization (DTOs) activity than Mexico which has occupied the limelight when it comes to media attention. To what extent is the drugs trade responsible for this violence?

Golden Lie: Resistance against mining in Guatemala

November 2012
Lyda Fernanda Forero

Peasant communities have denounced Canadian company Radius Gold Inc for mining without consent on their territories and appealed for international solidarity.

Audio: Farmers speak out to defend land sovereignty

October 2011
Radio Mundo Real

Social movement representatives are in Rome this week for the final UN negotiations to adopt voluntary guidelines that would regulate the use and possession of land and other natural resources.

Mining for El Salvador's Gold... In Washington

August 2010
Manuel Perez Rocha

An international tribunal gives the green light to a lawsuit brought by two companies attempting to overcome strong public and government resistance to their destructive gold mining.