Cabanas Department

María Sandra De La O : El Salvador

0 of $750 raised. Started raising funds on Nov 25, 2009 María Sandra de la O is 43 years old and resides in Sensuntepeque, in the Cabañas State. She lives with her three children who are studying in school. María has a store...

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Víctor Manuel Hernández Hernández : El Salvador

175 of $575 raised. Started raising funds on Oct 23, 2009 Víctor Manuel Hernández Hernández, who is 28 years old, lives with his wife and 5-year-old daughter. He is originally from the Cabañas district, where his family still...

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Who Killed Marcelo Rivera?

Prominent Anti-Mining Activist Murdered in El Salvador by Dominique Jarry-Shore The Dominion - http://www.dominionpaper.ca A close up of Marcelo Rivera's eyes on a mural painted in front of the cultural center that he founded...

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Galileo De Jesús Gómez Villegas : El Salvador

100 of $650 raised. Started raising funds on Sep 29, 2009 Galileo de Jesus Gomez Villegas is 33 years old, and lives in Sensuntepeque with his wife and eight-year-old son. He works as a peddler, selling various products such as...

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María Marta Alicia Morales : El Salvador

0 of $550 raised. Started raising funds on Oct 4, 2009 María Marta Alicia Morales, 32 years of age, lives in the department of Cabañas together with her husband and three children. María helps her husband with the family...

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Cruz María Iraheta Iraheta : El Salvador

100 of $550 raised. Started raising funds on Sep 29, 2009 Cruz Maria Iraheta is 39 years old and libes in Sensuntepeque with her two children who are 10 and 12 years old and are students. Cruz Maria works selling clothes for...

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Rosa Cándida López Hernández : El Salvador

25 of $1,075 raised. Started raising funds on Sep 2, 2009 Rosa Cándida López Hernández lives in Sensuntepeque in the Department of Cabañas. Rosa is a single mother. She has an only son, Diego, who is 16 years old. He is...

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Urgent Action: Threats and Violence Against Community Leaders in Cabañas, El Salvador

Community leaders from the region of Cabañas and Santa Marta have come under serious threat in the past months. Please help press Salvadoran authorities to make sure the threats and violence are stopped, and make sure Canadian...

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[video & transcript] Gold, impunity, violence in El Salvador

A 37-year-old teacher [Marcelo Rivera], community center founder, and anti-mining activist is found tortured and assassinated in Northern El Salvador [on June 18]. Authorities, despite all evidence...attribute the death to...

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EL SALVADOR/CANADA: Violence Against Anti-Mining Protesters

A wave of violence targeted at anti-mining protesters has ripped through Cabañas in north-eastern El Salvador, and Pacific Rim Mining Corporation, the mid-size Canadian company which has lost millions in its effort to exploit...

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