President’s push to scrap gold mining ban causes outcry in El Salvador …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
An artisanal miner holds ore extracted from the abandoned San Sebastian mine in Santa Rosa de Lima, La Union department, El Salvador, on December 5, 2024.
Photo: Daniela RODRIGUEZ / AFP
Source: AFP
El Salvador’s gang-busting strongman President Nayib Bukele has set out on a new mission: to kickstart his country’s sputtering economy by inviting back the mining companies that were barred seven years ago.
El Salvador was the first country in the world to ban the mining of metals in 2017,…
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