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'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El Salvador mining ban rescinded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.The bill to bring back metal mining was approved by 57 deputies out of a total of 60,
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.
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Iran, S. Africa, Botswana, El Salvador withdraw from 2025 World Expo in Osaka
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El Salvador Raises Daily Bitcoin Purchase Elevenfold for Two Days As BTC Reserves Soars to Over $574,000,000
The government of El Salvador raised its daily Bitcoin (BTC) purchase by elevenfold on two separate days in the past week.
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In El Salvador and Mexico, Popular Isn’t the Same as Democratic
The leaders of El Salvador and Mexico are popular. Their supporters are conflating that with the strength of democracy in ...
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El Salvador to Shut or Sell Chivo Crypto Wallet as Part of $3.5B IMF Deal
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Regional court faults El Salvador for denying a mother's access to abortion, violating her rights
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has found El Salvador’s government responsible for violating the rights of a young ...
Killed in Dallas, man from El Salvador is laid to rest in his homeland
José Isaac Hernández Marroquín, 23, was driving eastbound on I-30 when he was shot and crashed into a pole. His body was ...
MS-13 gangster wanted for murder, terrorism in El Salvador arrested living illegally in NJ
A known MS-13 gang member wanted for years for murder and terrorism in El Salvador has been busted living illegally in New ...