This weekend residents of Cinquera participated in a popular referendum in order to decide if they are in favor of or against metallic mining. Ninety-nine percent of the people voted against permitting mining projects on their land.
“It is unfortunate that our judicial system is so deficient and unfair that we must wait more than 7 years to punish those guilty of assassinating our environmental defenders,” expressed Margarita Posada, representative from the Forum on Health.
The artistic space driven by ADES and supported by young people, demonstrated the deceptive strategies used by the mining company to win sympathy for the El Dorado project in Cabañas.
With dedication and effort, our young university students culminated another year of higher education at the University of El Salvador. Their degrees are accompanied by community service, organized on the weekends in the communities they live.
ADES, with the support of organizations from Santa Marta, developed a theater forum to reflect on the violence that many women experience in homes across the country.