Ukutshatyalaliswa kokusingqongileyo ukususela kwixesha elidlulileyo kunye nokusebenza kwemigodi yegolide eqhubekayo e-El Salvador, eGuatemala naseHonduras kubangele intshukumo eyoyikisayo yaseSalvador ehlala ifundisa kwaye iququzelela uluntu ukuba luthintelwe ngokupheleleyo ngokuchasene nokumbiwa kwesinyithi e-El Salvador. Ukuphendula, iinkampani ezifana neCanada Pacific Rim kunye neMilwaukee, i-Wisconsin-based Commerce Group ziye zafaka amatyala ezigidi zeedola ngokuchasene norhulumente waseSalvador ozama ukunyanzela ilizwe ukuba lingenise-kunye nokuphuma ekuhlawuleni umonakalo wendalo oye wabangela.
Ityala leQela lezoRhwebo lakhuthaza ukusekwa kweMidwest Coalition Against Lethal Mining (MCALM), iqela elisekelwe eWisconsin elisebenza ukufundisa uluntu kulo lonke ilizwe kunye neMidwest malunga nemiphumo emibi yemigodi yamazwe ngamazwe e-El Salvador. Ukutsalwa kumashumi eminyaka yombutho wobumbano onemvelaphi yawo kwimfazwe yamakhaya yaseSalvador ngeminyaka yoo-1980, iMCALM yadalwa ngamagqala e-US-El Salvador Sister City Network, ngakumbi iProjekthi yesiXeko saseMadison-Arcatao.
Njenge-El Salvador, iWisconsin yasongelwa ngomgodi omkhulu ovulekileyo wentsimbi kufutshane neLake Superior kunye nowona mhlaba mkhulu ushiyekileyo werayisi kuMbindi we-Bad River Ojibwe. Z Magazine, Septemba 2011). I-Bad River Ojibwe Tribe ikhokele inkcaso kwaye yenza umdibaniso wezizwe ezili-11 zaseWisconsin, uluntu lwasekuhlaleni kunye noluntu lwendalo kunye nolondolozo lwendalo. Ngomhla wama-28 kaFebruwari, emva kweminyaka emine yokungahoyi inkcaso evela kwintshukumo yezendalo yaseIndiya malunga nokungenzeki kokwembiwa kwemigodi kwindawo enemigxobhozo ebanzi, uGogebic Taconite wavuma ukuba iprojekthi ayinakwenzeka kwaye watsala iplagi kwisicwangciso somgodi.
Inxalenye enkulu yoxhathiso oluyimpumelelo lwe-Bad River Ojibwe luvela kubuchule babo bokufunda kumava ezinye iintshukumo ezichasene nemigodi efana nenkcaso eyimpumelelo kumgodi waseCrandon eWisconsin (bona โI-Crandon Mine Sagaโ Z Magazine, February 2004) kunye nentshukumo echasene nemigodi e-El Salvador (bona "iSalvador Resist Gold Mining" Z Magazine, ngo-Oktobha 2006 kunye "Ukuchasana ne-CAFTA kunye neMigodi yeMetal e-El Salvador, Z Magazine, ngoMeyi 2010). Ngoncedo lwe-MCALM, i-Bad River Ojibwe yeza u-Kenia Ortez, igqwetha elisuka kuluntu oluncinane lwamafama lwase-San Sebastian, e-El Salvador ukuba athethe namalungu esizwe malunga nokutshatyalaliswa kokusingqongileyo okuvela kumgodi wegolide weQela loRhwebo kwindawo yakhe. โSifuna nje ukutsho kuni ukuba asifuni naluphi na olunye uluntu, okanye nabaphi na abantu, babandezeleke ngoko siye sabandezeleka ngenxa yemigodi.โ
San Sebastian Gold Mine Ungcoliseko
IQela lezoRhwebo lasebenzisa umgodi wegolide waseSan Sebastian ukusuka kwi-1972-1978. Umgodi wahlala uvaliwe ngexesha lemfazwe yamakhaya yaseSalvador (1980-1992). Inkampani iphinde yaqala ukusebenza kwemigodi ukusuka kwi-1995-1999. Abahlali basekuhlaleni bagxeka iQela lezoRhwebo ngokungcolisa uMlambo waseSan Sebastian kunye netafile yamanzi ejikelezileyo kunye ne-arsenic kunye neentsimbi ezinzima kunye nokuguqula umlambo umbala wejusi ye-cranberry.
Ngo-2012, uMphathiswa wezokusiNgqongileyo waseSalvador wafumanisa ukuba uMlambo iSan Sebastian unomda ophindwe alithoba owamkelekileyo wecyanide kunye newaka eliphindwe kaliwaka lomgangatho osemthethweni wentsimbi emanzini ukuze asetyenziswe ngabantu. Ukungcoliseka kwalo mlambo kunyanzelise abahlali bolu luntu lungathathi ntweni ukuba bahlawule iindleko zokukhwela amanzi okusela. Nangona uninzi lweentsapho zingaseli kulo mlambo, kukho ezinye iintsapho eziphila kubuhlwempu obugqithisileyo kangangokuba azinandlela yimbi ngaphandle kokusebenzisa umlambo. Eminye imithombo yamanzi aphuma emaquleni nayo ingcolisekile. Ngenxa yoko, amalungu oluntu afumana izinga eliphezulu lokungaphumeleli kwezintso kunye nezinye izifo ezinxulumene ne-arsenic kunye netyhefu yesinyithi. Ukuguquka kombala wamanzi kubangelwa yi-acid mine drainage-ukusabela kweekhemikhali eziveliswayo xa i-sulfides kwinkunkuma yamatye evezwe emoyeni nasemanzini ukuvelisa i-asidi ye-sulfuric kunye nokukhupha isinyithi esinzima njenge-arsenic, ilothe kunye ne-mercury kumphezulu kunye namanzi aphantsi komhlaba. Umsele womgodi weasidi kuMlambo iSan Sebastian uphuma kumlambo ongentla kwelali yaseSan Sebastian, kufutshane nomgodi wegolide ongasasetyenziswayo apho inkampani yalahla inkunkuma yasemgodini (iintsila).
IQela lezoRhwebo limangalela "Iinzuzo ezilahlekileyo"
Ngo-2006, i-El Salvador yarhoxisa iimvume zokumbiwa kweQela leCommerce ngokusilela ukuthobela umthetho wemigodi welizwe kumgodi wegolide waseSan Sebastian. Ukuziphindezela, iQela lezoRhwebo lifake isimangalo kurhulumente wase-El Salvador phantsi komtyalo-mali wangaphandle "ukhuseleko" oluqulethwe kwiSivumelwano soRhwebo ngokuKhululwa kwe-Central America (CAFTA), efuna i-100 yezigidi zeerandi kwimbuyekezo kurhulumente waseSalvador, kubandakanywa "inzuzo elahlekileyo". โ Le nkampani ikwafuna ilungelo lokuphinda uvule lo mgodi ngokuchasene neminqweno karhulumente.
Nangona kunjalo, ngokutsho kwamaxwebhu afakwe kwi-US Securities and Exchange Commission, inkampani yayisele iyekile ukusebenza e-El Salvador ngaphambili, ngoDisemba 1999, ikhankanya iingxaki zemali, kuquka ukubhanga, njengeyona nto ibalulekileyo kwisigqibo sokumisa ukusebenza. I-MCALM ibize eli tyala njengelinge eligxekayo lenkampani engaphumelelanga lokuxhaphaza izivumelwano zorhwebo zamazwe ngamazwe ukwenza imali abangakwaziyo ukuyenza ngeendlela ezisemthethweni.
NgoMatshi ka-2011, i-World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) yalichitha ityala leQela loRhwebo kuba inkampani yayifake amatyala enkundla ngaxeshanye kwiinkundla zasekuhlaleni e-El Salvador. ICommerce Group yabhena kwesi sigqibo kodwa ngoAgasti 2013, inkampani ayizange ikwazi ukuhlawula umrhumo owawufuneka ukuze iqhubeke nokwenza isibheno yaye ityala lavalwa.
Bad River Ojibwe Joyina iQela leZizwe ngezizwe
โSimi ecaleni kwabantu base-El Salvador namhlanje kwaye sibazisa ukuba amazwi ethu ongeziwe kwawabo. Yinkolelo yethu ukuba abenzi bezigqibo zikarhulumente, imithetho, kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo yoluntu kufuneka bahloniphe ukuba ilungelo lokucoca umoya, umhlaba kunye namanzi kubantu lixabiseke ngaphezu kwenzuzo kwabo banamandla. " NgoSeptemba ka-2014, u-Aurora Conley, ilungu le-Bad River eliqeshwe kwisebe lezomthetho lesizwe kunye noSekela Sihlalo we-Environmental Protection Alliance wesizwe wajoyina igqiza lamazwe ngamazwe ukuba lifunde ngelifa elitshabalalisayo lemigodi e-El Salvador, badibana neenkokheli ezichasene nemigodi kwaye bajonge. inkqubo eyimbali yokubonisana noluntu ukuyila imithetho kamasipala evala imigodi. UConley wayewufanelekele kakuhle lo msebenzi. Ebekade engumncedisi olawulayo kuWhite Earth, itshantliziyo laseMinnesota Ojibwe uWinona La Duke iminyaka emithathu kwaye wayeqhelene neziphumo ezibi zokwembiwa kwemigodi kwimihlaba yaseMelika yaseMelika.
Phezu kwayo nje le mvelaphi, wothuswa kukubona ubuhlwempu babantu awayebatyelela eSanta Rosa de Lima, indawo yomgodi wegolide waseSan Sebastian. โAmanzi oMlambo iSan Sebastian anombala o-orenji oqaqambileyo ophuma kumgodi weasidi kodwa ndisabona abantwana bequbha emlanjeni kunye nebhinqa elikha amanzi emlanjeni. Amanzi akwasetyenziselwa ukuhlamba impahla nokunkcenkceshela izityalo. Akukho manzi aphuma ezindlwini zabo. Ndandikhathazeke gqitha xa ndibona imikhwa abasele bejamelene nayo nokuba kubekho inkampani efika itshabalalisa oko kuncinane okuseleyo kungacocwa okanye kujongwe kubomi bomntu. Amanzi bubomi kwaye ungcoliseko lwawo kunye neendawo ezinetyhefu ezisingqongileyo zazibuhlungu ukuqondwa. Kwaye bendicinga ukuba ungcoliseko olunjalo lunokwenzeka kwisizwe sakowethu ukuba asisebenzanga sikuthintele.โ
IProjekthi yePacific Rim El Dorado eCabanas
Indawo yesibini yokumisa igqiza labakhi-mkhanyo bamazwe ngamazwe yayiluluntu lwaseSan Isidro apho ungquzulwano malunga nomgodi omkhulu wegolide ocetywe yiPacific Rim Mining Corporation (Pac Rim), ifemu yaseKhanada esekwe kumazwe ngamazwe, ibangele ingxoxo-mpikiswano yesizwe malunga neziphumo zokusingqongileyo zemigodi. e-El Salvador. ISan Isidro yidolophu ekufutshane nomgodi wegolide wase-El Dorado ocetywayo kwisebe elisemantla eCabanas. Lo mgodi ucetywayo wangaphantsi komhlaba uya kusebenzisa amanzi amaninzi kunye neetoni zecyanide ukukhupha igolide kwiorebody. Uninzi lwabemi baseCabanas ngamafama alimela ukutya axhomekeke kumphezulu ococekileyo kunye namanzi aphantsi komhlaba ukusela, ukuhlamba kunye nokugcina izityalo zabo kunye nezilwanyana. I-El Salvador sele ijongene nengxaki enkulu yamanzi. Ingxelo yeBhanki yeHlabathi yowama-2006 iqikelela ukuba ama-90 ekhulwini amanzi angaphezulu kwamanzi ase-El Salvador angcolisekile, yaye ama-98 ekhulwini amanzi amdaka kamasipala nama-90 ekhulwini alahlwa kwimilambo nemilambo yase-El Salvador engacocwanga. -INgxelo yeSicwangciso esinguNombolo 37689-SV).
Lo mgodi ucetywayo umi kwindawo enamanzi yowona mlambo mkhulu e-El Salvador, iRio Lempa, ubonelela ngamanzi angosulelekiyo malunga nesiqingatha sabantu base-El Salvador abazizigidi ezi-6, kuquka nabemi bekomkhulu, iSan Salvador.
Inkcaso yasekhaya kwiPac Rim yaqala kamsinya nje emva kokuba inkampani iqalise ukugrumba amaqula okuhlola kwindawo yabucala ngaphandle kwemvume. Xa abantu kufuphi nemithombo yokuhlola baqala ukuqaphela amanzi angcolileyo kunye nokunciphisa amanzi okuhambisa izityalo kunye nokusetyenziswa kwabantu, inkcaso yanda.
Ukuba abahlali bengingqi bebefumana ezo mpembelelo zimbi kwinqanaba lophononongo, bebekhathazeke kakhulu malunga nokuba kungenzeka ntoni xa umgodi uvunyelwe. Iinkokeli zoluntu zatyelela imisebenzi yemigodi yegolide eGuatemala naseHonduras kwaye zabona iingxaki zokungcoliswa kwamanzi, ukungabikho kokubonisana noluntu, ukungabikho kwentlonipho kumalungelo abantu bomthonyama kunye nembuyekezo elinganiselwe yezoqoqosho kuluntu lwasekuhlaleni.
Ngo-2005, amalungu oluntu aseka iKomiti yezeNdalo yaseCabanas, edityaniswe neminye imibutho yoluntu kwaye baseka iNational Roundtable against Mining e-El Salvador (La Mesa). Kwi-2005, i-Pac Rim ingenise uvavanyo lwempembelelo yokusingqongileyo (EIA) kurhulumente owayenguMongameli uTony Saca we-right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA). Kodwa uMphathiswa wezeNdalo kunye neMithombo yeNdalo wayikhanyela inkampani imvume kuba iye yasilela ukubonelela nge-EIA eyaneleyo kunye nokuhlangabezana nezinye iimfuneko zokunika imvume yokomba.
Okwangoku, iLa Mesa iququzelele iphulo lesizwe ngokuchasene neprojekthi ye-El Dorado kwaye yatyhalela ukuvalwa kwemigodi yegolide. Eli phulo lafumana uloyiso olubalulekileyo xa iCawa yamaKatolika yase-El Salvador yakhupha isibhengezo ngo-2007 ngokuchasene nokumbiwa kwegolide e-El Salvador, ikhankanya umonakalo onokubakho emanzini, kwizityalo nakwizilwanyana nakwimpilo yoluntu ngokubanzi. NgoMatshi ka-2008, uMongameli Saca wabhengeza ukuba ubeke "umkhenkce wolawulo" kwiimvume zemigodi.
I-Pac Rim imangalela i-El Salvador ngokuSilela ekufumaneni iMvume yoMgodi
Ngo-Epreli 2009, uPac Rim wamangalela urhulumente waseSalvador ngezigidi ezingama-77 zeerandi phantsi kwemithetho yokhuseleko lomtyali-mali yeSivumelwano soRhwebo ngokuKhululwa kwaseMelika (i-CAFTA) ngokungakhuphi iimvume zokuxhaphaza imigodi yenkampani. Isimangalo sanyuswa ngaphezu kwe-300 yezigidi zeedola kwi-2013 xa inkampani yase-Australia i-Oceana Gold yafumana i-Pac Rim. I-El Salvador ixoxa ukuba inkampani ayizange iswele kuphela iimvume zokusingqongileyo zeprojekthi, kodwa yayingenabo, okanye inamalungelo kumhlaba omninzi ogutyungelwe sisicelo sayo semvume. Kodwa esi simangalo asiyongxabano nje phakathi kwePac Rim kunye norhulumente wase-El Salvador. Njengoko uMarcos Orellana weZiko loMthetho wokuSingqongileyo waMazwe ngaMazwe (CIEL) ephawulile kumhlobo wabo wenkundla (amicus curiae) ngokufutshane, โummangali [uPac Rim] usebenzisa le nkqubo ukufumana inzuzo kwinto engeyiyo ingxabano phakathi kwayo. kunye neRiphabliki [i-El Salvador], kodwa phakathi kwayo kunye noluntu oluzimeleyo oluthe lwachasa iiprojekthi zoMbango, oko kukuthi, iLa Mesa.โ Ngapha koko, iPac Rim yinkampani yaseKhanada kwaye ayifanelekanga ukufaka ifayile phantsi kweCAFTA kuba iCanada ayisayiniyo kwiCAFTA. Ukujikeleza esi sithintelo, iPac Rim yafaka iReno, iNevada-based subsidiary ayifumene ngaphambi kokufaka isimangalo. Eli qhinga alizange lisebenze kwaye iZiko laMazwe ngaMazwe lokuHlaliswa kweeNgxwabangxwaba zoTyalo-mali (i-ICSID), inkundla yokulamla eyimfihlo yeBhanki yehlabathi, yalichitha ityala.
Nangona kunjalo, i-ICSID ivumele inkampani ukuba iqhubeke phantsi komthetho wotyalo-mali waseSalvador osele uphelelwe lixesha onike iinkampani ukufikelela kwiinkundla zamazwe ngamazwe. I-El Salvador iye yalungisa umthetho wayo wotyalo-mali kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ifuna ukuba iinkampani ezinezikhalazo zingene kwiinkundla zasekuhlaleni endaweni yeenkundla zolamlo zamazwe ngamazwe. Lo mthetho awusebenzi kwi-retroactively kwaye awunayo impembelelo kwimeko yangoku.
Abaphembeleli base-El Salvador baseLa Mesa baye eWashington, DC ngo-Matshi 19 ukuya kuqhankqalazo kwikomkhulu leBhanki yehlabathi apho i-ICSID iqwalasela ityala eliziswa ngurhulumente wabo ngu-Oceana Gold. UVidalina Morales uthethe egameni likaLa Mesa: โAsizimiselanga ukuvumela urhulumente waseSalvador ahlawule idola enye. Yinkampani yezimayini ekufuneka ihlawule i-El Salvador ngokuphulwa kokusingqongileyo kunye namalungelo oluntu. Ezi nkundla zikhusela kuphela izilangazelelo zamaqumrhu amakhulu, hayi abantu base-El Salvador.โ Isigwebo silindeleke ngoJuni ka-2015.
Umba wokusonjululwa kweengxabano zorhulumente wotyalo-mali (ISDS) uhamba kude ngaphaya kwe-CAFTA kunye ne-El Salvador. Iinkampani zamazwe ngamazwe zicela i-ISDS nanini na zidibana nochaso kwiiprojekthi zokukhutshwa kwezixhobo apho oorhulumente bebanga ilungelo labo eliphakamileyo lokukhusela impilo yabantu kunye nokusingqongileyo. Ngokutsho kwengxelo yakutshanje evela eWashington, DC-based Institute for Policy Studies, ye-137 yangoku yesivumelwano sorhwebo amatyala otyalo-mali olulindelekileyo phambi kwe-ICSID, amatyala angama-43 anxulumene neoli, imigodi okanye igesi (iMining for Profit in International Tribunals: How Transnational Corporations Sebenzisa iZivumelwano zoRhwebo kunye noTyalo-mali njengeZixhobo ezinamandla kwiingxabano nge-Oli, iMigodi kunye neGesi).
Njengoko ulawulo luka-Obama luzama ukwandisa la malungelo equmrhu ngegunya โlokukhawulezaโ kwezivumelwano zorhwebo olukhululekileyo ezaziwa ngokuba yiTrans-Pacific Partnership kunye neTransatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, US Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI) kunye ne-12 House. Iidemokhrasi zazisa i-HR 967: Ukukhusela uMthetho woLawulo lweMelika. Lo mthetho uya kuthintela izibonelelo zokusonjululwa kwengxabano phakathi kwabatyali-zimali norhulumente kwizivumelwano zorhwebo zangaphandle. "Amalungiselelo e-ISDS anokunciphisa impilo yase-US, ukhuseleko, kunye nokukhuselwa kwendalo ukuba baqhubeka beyinxalenye yezivumelwano zorhwebo ezizayo, kuquka neTrans-Pacific Partnership," kusho u-Rep. Pocan.
IPhulo lobuGcisa lobuGqirha eliJolise abachasi bezeMigodi
Emva kokuba i-suit ye-Pac Rim ifakwe, ubundlobongela banda ngokuchasene nabachasi bemigodi e-Cabanas. Umchasi wokuqala wemigodi ekujoliswe kuwo nguMarcelo Rivera, umgxeki ophandle weprojekthi ye-El Dorado kunye nomququzeleli woluntu. UMarcelo waxhwilwa wabulawa ngoJuni ka-2009. Xa umzimba wakhe wabhaqwa ekugqibeleni kwiqula elishiyiweyo wabonisa iimpawu zokungcungcuthekiswa okukhumbuza ukubulawa kweqela lokufa kwiminyaka yemfazwe yamakhaya.
Kwiinyanga ezintandathu emva koko, amanye amatsha-ntliziyo amabini achasene nemigodi abulawa. U-Ramiro Rivera (akukho budlelwane noMarcelo) wahlaselwa ubuncinane ngabadubuli abathathu kunye ne-M-16 yomkhosi we-M-XNUMX ngelixa eqhuba ilori kufuphi nekhaya lakhe. Ngelo xesha uRamiro wayekhuselwe ngamapolisa ngenxa yezisongelo ezininzi zokubulawa. Kungekudala emva koko, uDora Alicia Recinos Sorto wabulawa ngombayimbayi onamandla ngelixa ebuya evasa impahla kwintwasahlobo ekufutshane. Wayeneenyanga ezisibhozo ekhulelwe. Unyana wakhe oneminyaka emibini ubudala naye wenzakala kolu hlaselo.
UDora nomyeni wakhe, uJose Santos Rodriguez, babengamalungu akhutheleyo eKomiti Yemekobume yaseCabanas yaye babehlala kufutshane neRamiro Rivera kufuphi nendawo ekucetywayo ukuba isetyenziswe kumgodi waseSanta Rita eTrinidad. U-Rodriguez wayehlaselwe nge-machete kwi-2008 kwaye walahlekelwa yiminwe emibini kunye nokusetyenziswa kwesandla sakhe sokunene. Ubeke ityala lokubulawa kwenkosikazi yakhe kwiPac Rim. โSasihlala ngoxolo nabamelwane bethu; [IPacific Rim] beza ukuzahlula amaqela, iintsapho, ubuhlobo, kuba bazithengise ngemali encinciโฆsabaxelela ukuba basishiye sodwa. Kodwa basebenzisa amandla. Yonke into ebendinayo, ndiphulukene nayo ngenxa yePacific Rimโ (ecatshulwe kuDamien Kingsbury, โIgolide, Amanzi kunye noMzabalazo wamaLungelo aSiseko e-El Salvador,โ ngoSeptemba ka-2013, e-Oxfam Australia).
I-Pac Rim iyakugxeka ukubulala kodwa iphika naluphi na uxanduva lobundlobongela, ibangela ukuba kukhuphisane phakathi kweentsapho kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho oluqhelekileyo. Okwangoku, izisongelo nokubulawa kwabantu kuye kwaqhubeka. NgoJuni 2011, uJuan Francisco Duran Ayala, ivolontiya kunye neKomiti yeNdalo yaseCabanas wabulawa.
Ngexesha lotyelelo lwakhe eCabanas, uAurora Conley wadibana nabasebenzi beRadio Victoria, isikhululo sikanomathotholo sasekuhlaleni esiseVictoria, eCabanas. Wafumanisa ukuba uPac Rim wayethembise ukuhlawula isikhululo i-8,000 yeedola ngenyanga ngentengiso kunye nobudlelwane boluntu. Esi sikhululo sasichasile ukumbiwa kwegolide kwaye sakhaba eso sicelo. Eso yaba sisiqalo sephulo lokugrogrisa abasebenzi eliquka izigrogriso zokubulawa, ukuhlaselwa kwamakhaya, uhlaselo nokonakaliswa kwee-eriyali zikanomathotholo kunye nezixhobo zokusebenza. โKunzima ukwenza umsebenzi wakho,โ watsho uConley, โxa kukho ootsotsi abaqeshiweyo abafuna ukukubulala ngenxa yokuxela ngomba wemigodi.โ
UNjingalwazi uRichard Steiner kuhlolisiso olwenziwa ngo-2010 kumgodi i-El Dorado weInternational Union for the Conservation of Nature uthi: โKucacile ngokuthetha nabemi basekuhlaleni baseCabanas ukuba ngoku kukho iphulo logonyamelo, izisongelo kunye nogonyamelo. izoyikiso ezijoliswe kwiinkokeli zabahlali kunye nabanye abakuchasayo ukuvulwa komgodi wase-El Doradoโฆ. Abahlali basekuhlaleni banikela ingxelo yokuba amagosa enkampani axelele abasebenzi babo ukuba iinkokeli zendalo zasekuhlaleni, ingakumbi amalungu eKomiti Yezendalo yaseCabanas, zibekekโ ityala ngokusilela kwabo umsebenzi.
Abahlali bavakalisa umnqweno onamandla wokuba imo echanekileyo yawo nawuphi na umbutho phakathi kwenkampani yasemgodini nobundlobongela, nayo nayiphi na enye inkxaso yobukrelekrele kubundlobongela, iphandwe ngamandla yi-ofisi yeGqwetha Jikelele.โ (El Salvado โIgolide, imipu kunye noKhetho: Umgodi wegolide wase-El Dorado, ubundlobongela e-Cabanas, amabango e-CAFTA, kunye neenzame zelizwe zokuvala ukungasebenzi kwemigodi.) Ngelixa abantu abaninzi babanjiwe ngokuthatha inxaxheba kolu lwaphulo-mthetho, i-ofisi ka-AG ayikhange ikwazi ukuchonga ababhali bobu krelekrele. Ukususela ngo-2008 urhulumente waseSalvador uye wanqumamisa zonke iipemethe zemigodi. UMongameli uSalvador Sanchez Ceren, owayesakuba ngumphathi kumkhosi wamajoni (i-FMLN), onyulwe ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, naye ufunge ukuba akayi kuvumela imigodi kweli lizwe. Nangona kunjalo, zonke iinzame zokwenza ukuvinjelwa ngokusisigxina kwimigodi ziye zahluleka kwindlu yowiso-mthetho, elawulwa yiqela elichasayo le-ARENA.
Ngokungabikho kokuvalwa kwelizwe kwimigodi yesinyithi, iLa Mesa iququzelele imimandla ngaphandle kwephulo lokumbiwa kwemigodi ngenkxaso evela kwimibutho yobumbano yamazwe ngamazwe efana ne-International Allies against Metallic Mining e-El Salvador (www.stopesmining.org).
โAsinakukwazi ukuhlala silinde ukuphendula kwiimeko,โ utshilo uMarcos Galvez, umongameli we-CRIPDES, umbutho wophuhliso loluntu ekuhlaleni, โkufuneka sibuyele emva kwaye sakhe umanyano noluntu oluye lwazala kwaye lusisiseko sokuchasa- intshukumo yemigodi kwindawo yokuqala.โ Indawo yokuzalwa yentshukumo echasene nemigodi ise-Chalatenango, inqaba ye-FMLN ngexesha lemfazwe yombango. Iinkampani ezininzi zaseKhanada zemigodi yegolide sele zikuyekile konke ukuhlola kolu luntu.
NgoSeptemba 2014, u-Aurora Conley wayengomnye wabameli be-15 begqiza lamazwe ngamazwe avela e-US, eKhanada, eMbindi naseMzantsi Melika naseNew Zealand ukuze abone iziphumo zokubonisana noluntu malunga nemigodi kumasipala waseSan Jose Las Flores. Xa kwakubalwa iivoti, ama-99 ekhulwini abo bavotileyo bavakalisa umnqweno wabo wokuba ngummandla ongenamigodi.
UConley wachukunyiswa kwinqanaba lokubandakanyeka koluntu kwinkqubo yokubonisana. Amanye kula maxhegwazana ahamba iiyure ezine ukuya kwindawo yokuvota. โLe yayiyimbali, isiganeko esibalulekileyo kwezopolitiko zaseSalvador,โ utshilo uConley. โAbantu abamazwi abo angahoywanga kwinqanaba likazwelonke ngoku baqalisile ukuphembelela ingxoxo yesizwe ngalo mba. Abanye oomasipala bazakulandela lo mzekelo.โ Kungekudala emva koko, iipesenti ezingama-98 zabavoti baseSan Isidro Labrador bathi hayi kwimigodi.
UDavid Morales, igqwetha likarhulumente waseSalvador kumalungelo oluntu, uthe ivoti eSan Jose Las Flores yayingaphezulu kunomfuziselo. โIsiphumo siya kuba kukuba akusayi kunikwa zimvume zokuphononongwa kumasipala, singasathethi ke ngokuxhaphaza,โ utshilo. "Iya kuba luloyiso olubaluleke kakhulu kumlo osemthethweni wokulwa nemigodi e-El Salvador." Enye indlela okanye enye, i-El Salvador inokuba lilizwe lokuqala ukuvala imigodi yesinyithi.
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U-Al Gedicks nguNobhala oLawulayo weBhunga loKhuseleko lweZibonelelo zeWisconsin kunye nelungu elisungula iMidwest Coalition Against Lethal Mining. Iifoto ngu-Al Gedicks.