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Read. The.

1:43

True cost of Salvador's new gold

1:45

rush. By then the of Maggie. On

1:52

the afternoon of seventeenth of May. Twenty Twenty

1:54

Three. In the rural is

1:56

some other state of cabanas. Be.

1:58

Belly Now more Alice's Mobile. The long run.

2:04

Her thirty three, your son and

2:06

when puts his voice sounded strange.

2:09

They have me here in the police station he

2:11

said. He'd been arrested

2:13

while playing football with friends on a local

2:16

field. Morales tried to

2:18

bring. These have long

2:20

been home for sphere. That

2:22

her loved ones would be targeted on account

2:24

of her work. Morales

2:28

testified. Is one of

2:30

the most peaceful leaders of the south

2:32

or to an environmentalist movement. About

2:35

five feet tall and slight. With.

2:37

Long black hair wrapped into a

2:39

sensible been. Shelf. And worse,

2:41

the. Blouses and long skirts traditional

2:43

to rural Salvadoran women. As

2:46

a president of a development organization

2:48

in Gabon yes cause, the Association

2:50

for Social and Economic Development at

2:52

Is T. Sosa familiar with the

2:54

Halls of Power. In

2:57

March Twenty seventeen. She and

2:59

her colleagues after years of activism. Won.

3:02

A national ban on metal many. The

3:04

first such bad in the world. Mining

3:07

both an existential threat to the

3:09

Salvadoran water supply. Worldwide.

3:12

The. Industry often have a rights,

3:14

local laws and regulations and

3:16

lives, violence and environmental. Destruction in

3:18

it's like. For. Salvadorans

3:21

about. Unless the only way to

3:23

protect their resources. But

3:26

their victory may. Be. Short list. Since.

3:29

As simpler scored, President Valuable Kelly

3:32

took office in twenty nineteen. The

3:34

have been signs that the government is

3:37

considering allow in mining again. In.

3:40

Twenty Twenty One. That. Ministries and

3:42

created a special public entity

3:44

to oversee extracted operations. And

3:47

joined an international forum that advice

3:49

as countries on mining. These

3:52

moves may Salvadorans food that

3:54

administration would sacrifice natural resources

3:56

in exchange for profit. And

3:59

boost morale is and. Colleagues back into

4:01

their old roles as national faces

4:03

of resistance. After

4:06

she learned that the police had taken her son.

4:08

Morales. Rushed to the station where

4:11

men will was been interrogated. The.

4:14

Officers accused him of being a gang member. But.

4:16

You know me who protested. You.

4:18

Know where I live? You know, like family? It

4:21

didn't matter. They had with

4:23

him to original police hop. For.

4:26

Their into the prison system. Before. Morales

4:28

arrived. She. Admonished

4:30

Inspector and Duty for target the money.

4:34

She. Later recounted at Been Stick To

4:36

insisted that the. Police had a photo of

4:38

him on file. As if

4:40

that were evidence of some wrongdoing. And.

4:43

That people call him by a nickname. As.

4:45

If it must be a gun pseudonym. She.

4:49

Knew many people who had been through

4:51

similar or deals of arbitrary detention. More

4:54

than seventy thousand Salvadorans have been

4:56

arrested under his sectional measures declared

4:58

by Biblical Administration in March. Twenty

5:01

twenty two. Many.

5:03

Of those behind bars have had no

5:05

due process and may be in great

5:07

danger. More.

5:10

Spend and suing hours raising the alarm in

5:12

sent them out back. The

5:14

Tide Needs rural community where she

5:16

has spent her life. Her.

5:18

Son's detention? What's the latest in a

5:20

string of high profile the rest in

5:23

the town. For. Months

5:25

earlier side community leaders have been

5:27

jailed. All. Of them,

5:29

environmentalists like Morales. One.

5:32

Was her colleague Antonio particle. The

5:34

director of that is. Another sounds

5:36

leave us was at is this legal

5:39

advisor. After. They were

5:41

taken cars with tinted windows a

5:43

know numberplates. Locals later discovered they

5:45

were driven by police detectives Began

5:47

passing through the small community at

5:49

odd hours. Harassment.

5:52

Or at least called it. The

5:55

side men were charged with participating. In

5:57

the murder of a woman in Nineteen Eighty Nine.

6:00

During. The country's Civil War. When. They

6:02

were going to fighters paddling the Salvadoran

6:05

military. The. Attorney

6:07

general brother for the cattle. Presented

6:09

little evidence be under testimony of

6:11

an anonymous witness who admitted to

6:13

having know first hand knowledge of

6:15

the three decades of Mordor. The.

6:18

Church A Squirrel The Stranger because

6:20

the supposed to and government has

6:23

long avoided investigating nice crimes. Perpetrated

6:25

during the war. including.

6:27

The massacres and disappearances of thousands

6:29

upon thousands of civilians in the

6:32

Nineteen. eighties. The.

6:34

Vast majority of dose atrocities according

6:36

to the United Nations. Were.

6:38

Committed by descent that were and military

6:40

and police forces. Why

6:43

investigate a single mortar name? What

6:46

did the state have to gain from

6:48

incarcerating the center? Mortified. As. They came

6:50

to be named. What

6:53

Alleys and her at his colleagues

6:55

house press conferences? And rallies. Declaring.

6:58

That they believe the many had been arrested.

7:00

For the sending them Baramidze. Others

7:03

the great. And sixteenth of

7:05

May. Be. You and condemned the

7:07

rest as an apparent attempt to intimidate.

7:10

Those. Who campaign against the negative

7:12

impacts of mining. And stated.

7:14

They. Must be freed. The

7:17

local administration didn't free the Santa Marta

7:19

site. As their supporters hoped. Instead.

7:23

The next day they took a six person or.

7:25

More. Isn't. About.

7:29

Twenty four hours after he was Sagan. My.

7:32

Know was freed without explanation. Morales.

7:35

Was released. But she

7:37

knew this make his case exceptional

7:39

among the many innocent people arrested

7:42

under the new measures, The

7:44

majority aren't so she told me in

7:46

December. On able to finish

7:49

the sentence without breaking down. The.

7:51

Rest of her son triggered past

7:53

traumas. Scenes from the hardest part

7:55

of the first battle against mining

7:57

beginning in their early to tell.

8:00

Then when a canadian fum as he

8:02

did when I write think of ah

8:04

yes I'm tried and failed to establish

8:06

a gold mine in the region. Know

8:09

that Kelly has rebuild the aquatic. Scaffolding

8:11

for mining and lot of leaders

8:13

who mobilized against it more. Alice's

8:16

haunted by memories. She.

8:18

And her colleagues. Sacrificed so much to

8:20

convince the politicians. In the capital

8:22

that. Mining less a disease that would.

8:25

Consume as as I don't

8:27

know all the work my

8:29

colon done incurring incalculable. Losses for

8:31

the land and it's people. Despite.

8:38

His human rights record. Kill

8:41

is overwhelmingly popular among Salvadorans.

8:45

In. February she'd run for second term in

8:47

office. In. Violation of this other

8:49

drawn constitution. And. Retain the presidency

8:51

with more than eighty percent of the vote.

8:55

But. The killers hold on. the country has

8:57

some luck and vulnerability. The economy.

9:00

Little Bit nineteen Pandemic which he

9:02

had just nine months after with

9:04

the last seemed office brought massive

9:07

unplanned expenditures. And also

9:09

millions of dollars allegedly siphoned off

9:11

by high level officials. Beginning.

9:14

In late Twenty Twenty One, the

9:16

administration spend hundreds of millions more

9:19

say dollars buying Bitcoin. It.

9:21

Was behind on payments, Old internally

9:23

and externally. To. Get by.

9:26

It. Has taken loans from a regional

9:28

development bank cause Gabi. And. Graded

9:31

Salvadorans. Pension savings among other

9:33

measures. But. The

9:35

government says has a dire need for gas.

9:38

Around one in three Salvadorans are

9:40

living in poverty. Shortly.

9:44

After to kill became president. Multiple.

9:46

People who lived near the failed

9:48

Nine In project in Gabon yes,

9:51

claim that outsiders usually foreigners. Were.

9:53

To telling them to rent or sell their land.

9:56

Sometimes. At inflated bodies. The

10:00

years go by News reported in private

10:02

meetings that they have been informed by

10:04

the National League Sports and Foreign Investment

10:07

Office process. That will kill it.

10:09

Was bringing money back. In.

10:12

May Twenty twenty one. Book. Can

10:14

join the intergovernmental forum on

10:17

mining. Which advises government's

10:19

on in the suit best practices. Were.

10:22

Seeking to take advantage of the

10:24

benefits that the idea of makes

10:26

available to member countries for training

10:28

and capacity building, The.

10:30

Salvador and Minister of the Economy

10:33

Maria Luisa Dimbleby. Said in

10:35

a press release. That.

10:37

Months later, congress run by populist

10:39

party. Great. Is a new

10:42

public office for hydrocarbons, energy and

10:44

minds. And subsequently allocated enough

10:46

funding to support a hundred and

10:48

forty Sat. In.

10:51

It's center twenty three budget that will

10:53

kill administration Set aside. For. And

10:55

a half million dollars to revise

10:57

and modernize the legislation on mining.

11:04

It's not clear how much money the

11:06

administration believes it would gain from metals

11:09

including gold. But. According to

11:11

best estimates that nearly one point

11:13

four million ounces of gold below

11:15

says that on ground. At

11:18

the current value of more than

11:21

two thousand two hundred dollars browns,

11:23

this represents hypothetical revenue of more

11:25

than three billion dollars for whatever

11:27

mining companies except that material. Such.

11:31

Firms leave a small percentage of

11:34

the profits typically one percent or

11:36

two percent to the host country

11:38

as royalty payments and cause financial

11:41

terms Dan Whitman false other will

11:43

be nowhere near. Three billion Dollars.

11:46

And as environmentalists point out,

11:49

The costs of mining are potentially. Catastrophic.

11:54

Neither the local administration. Price

11:56

and Know The Ministry of Economy

11:58

responded to requests for them. In.

12:05

The early two thousand Pacific Rim

12:07

began searching for building cabinets. Morales.

12:10

Particle and Data Steam. Learned

12:13

of the companies presence after they

12:15

heard whispers about outsiders showing up

12:18

in remote villages. At

12:20

first. It. Seemed to them that the

12:22

mining might be a good thing. The

12:24

natural wealth of their country could be outcome

12:26

iced into better leading for the people. But.

12:30

The potential environmental problems with the city

12:33

twins Glenn. Quickly. Became apparent.

12:36

Minds require high volumes of water to

12:38

function. And. His father does

12:40

not have enough potable water for it's

12:43

population is. According to Undress

12:45

Mckinley. Especially seeing What

12:47

A mining at the University of

12:49

Central America in San Salvador. Gold.

12:52

Mining competes with the human being for

12:54

an essential resource. He said. There.

12:57

Was also the matter of the cyanide

12:59

that Pacific Rim. Would. Just to

13:01

strip calls from rock. Even.

13:03

A minor spill would be disastrous. A

13:06

calming effect of gold mining is sassy

13:08

drainage. Which. Occurs after split

13:10

rock. Deliberates dangerous substances that

13:12

leads into the surrounding area making

13:15

the explained. The

13:17

process is basically impossible to step. And

13:20

it renders. Effective bodies of water on

13:22

usable. No. Human consumption.

13:25

Know. Fishing. Know. Racing animals

13:27

know, watering crops, In

13:31

two thousand and four, Pacific Rim submitted

13:33

a report to the government outlining the

13:35

impact of it's proposed mind. To.

13:38

Analyze their report at this had

13:40

an independent Us geologist Doctor Robert

13:42

More and with more than forty

13:44

years. Of experience. He

13:47

sounded inadequate and not transparent about

13:49

real risks. The part of post.

13:53

Pacific. Rim sent Cel don't

13:55

straight. Later. Said in a

13:57

press release that the company would create the

13:59

single most. Granted mine ever building

14:01

demary guess. When. Considering environmental

14:04

protections, He.

14:06

Promised that any water supply note of

14:08

the proposed mine will be cleaner than

14:10

the waters flowing into it. The.

14:13

Companies to make did that come I knew

14:15

had more than one billion dollars worth of

14:17

gold. And all, the

14:19

Salvador low mandated that the company would

14:21

only lived to percent of the prophet

14:24

to the government as royalty. A.

14:26

Report that Pacific Rim Commission from

14:29

a former solicitor and Finance minister.

14:31

Predicted. The mind would raise the

14:33

gdp of gop ideas by eight

14:36

point four percent and drop extreme

14:38

poverty by twenty three percent. In

14:42

the meantime. At his stance,

14:44

another local leaders had alerted

14:46

their neighbors mostly subsistence farmers

14:48

to Pacific Rim slants. They.

14:51

Began a nationwide education campaign,

14:54

That lobby to protect in Salvador's

14:56

water. By. Two thousand

14:58

And Seven. And national Poll found

15:01

that sixty two point four percent

15:03

of the population oppose Navy. And.

15:05

Got I guess the growing support. Gave.

15:08

Us more strength or else said. Then

15:12

the violence began. The.

15:14

First disappear was Marcello to beta.

15:17

Who. Together with his brother Michelann kid.

15:20

Had founded a community organization that

15:22

often collaborated with Morales and but

15:24

take my that. On.

15:26

Baiting of seventeen of June Two thousand,

15:29

nine. Media Landfill and Marcello

15:31

sat at home to strategize and

15:33

how to test local water before

15:35

any mind built. To. Submissive Bazelon

15:37

quality that the company would have

15:39

to uphold. The. Next

15:41

morning they set out for separate meetings

15:43

with plans to see each other later.

15:46

Marcello. Never arrived. That

15:50

been a family began their own investigation.

15:53

A man told me gallons him. That. His

15:55

nephew had seamless alone a public

15:57

bus the morning he disappeared. Finally,

16:01

some days later, A

16:03

neighborhood shopkeeper phone with the story. She

16:05

had her from a customer. That.

16:08

Marcello had been depicting have a hard

16:10

hit. And. That his body watching

16:12

that dry will in a village cause I

16:15

was Attica. The family reported

16:17

the did to the prosecutor in charge of the

16:19

case for their for their girl. Who. Is

16:21

now this as a two hour an Attorney General. In.

16:24

Late June. Two Thousand Nine. At.

16:26

The most of these else went to I was sad

16:28

cat with marcellus family. They. Will

16:31

was one hundred foot deep. I'm

16:33

at the bottom. They found Marcellus body.

16:37

The police arrested a handful of local

16:39

gang members. And before long. The

16:41

Gather search his theory that merciless shrinking

16:44

with gang member friends when a fight

16:46

broke out. During. Which Marcella

16:48

was killed. The

16:50

rebel family. Roundly, Rejected that Marcello

16:52

would be casually downing beers with

16:54

again. The devil did not

16:56

reply to a request for comment. As

17:00

it a dream said in a statement,

17:02

the company had no involvement in the

17:04

martyr. Pacific. Rim

17:06

is set in an outraged by the

17:08

horrible death of Marcello. To beta the

17:11

statement that. We. Have always

17:13

respected the rise of Marcello and all

17:15

others to participate in the mining debate,

17:18

which he did in a nonviolent enter.

17:21

Let us be very clear. They. Company

17:23

has no knowledge of the can. But.

17:25

welcomes any and all

17:27

investigations. To

17:30

this day. The. States explanation is

17:32

that Rivera Mordor had nothing to

17:34

do with his activism. And

17:37

places the blame for his death on

17:39

gun violence. In

17:41

late July just days after Rebirth

17:43

funeral. A donor lists working

17:45

at that too many to a station by the

17:47

of Victoria. Which. Closely covert

17:49

environmentalists struggle received a

17:52

threat. Is. Others I

17:54

miss Was alone in the office. The

17:56

rest of the staff had gone to cover

17:58

of municipal event when. The phone rang. She.

18:01

Answered and heard a man's voice say

18:03

he sabine. Yes, I

18:05

miss of is. What? Can I do for you

18:07

she asked. Ah, You

18:09

ended up allow my meta. His net. Of

18:12

here outside he said. And I'm

18:14

going to kill these. Groups.

18:17

Of neighbors took turns. Guarding the

18:19

radio victoria else is every night. For

18:22

months thereafter. Some.

18:24

Would sleep on the floor inside the

18:26

Lcs while others patrols outside. We.

18:29

Com because these radio belongs to us.

18:32

One. Woman said at the time. Threats.

18:35

Against the Front men and women of

18:37

their resistance became so frequent that's

18:39

Radio Victoria journalist Elvis of Allah woodward

18:42

a public bus and find people reluctant

18:44

to let him sit next to them.

18:47

List. That be the place and time when he was

18:49

gone down. In.

18:51

Late December. Two Thousand and Nine. In

18:54

the hamlet of to New That

18:56

to more activists were killed the

18:58

first time you know to better

19:00

less Lane on the twentieth of

19:02

December, set a keystroke as it

19:04

crawled along an unpaved road six

19:06

days later. Don't ever seen a

19:08

sort of the wife of the

19:10

local activists spokesman. Eight months

19:13

pregnant and caring for two year old child

19:15

in Homs was shot in the back. For

19:18

tell was hit the lake but survived. The

19:22

message was that any member of our

19:24

families that they could catch they would

19:26

kill Gabi. A Victoria's Journalist of couple

19:29

tried to me though to had six

19:31

children, the oldest of teenager and the

19:33

youngest a toddler. At

19:36

her funeral, they were inconsolable. Throwing

19:38

themselves over her body for morale

19:40

is it was horrifying to absorb

19:43

the fact that the price for

19:45

the groups and biomed to listen

19:47

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19:49

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21:52

A Mind involves a series of

21:54

regulatory steps. Thirst. Companies.

21:57

Apply for permission to exploit the land.

22:00

If they find minerals, they must then

22:02

fulfill a slate of requirements. including.

22:04

A rigorous environmental impact assessment.

22:07

Before requesting to begin mining, Pacific.

22:10

Rim had received. Permission to explore for

22:12

gold. In As Salvador during the

22:14

administration of right wing president Francisco

22:16

Saudis who left houses in two

22:18

thousand and four. The

22:21

next president, Tony soccer less from

22:23

the same conservative party, but he

22:25

announced that for reasons of principle

22:28

she would not grant a single

22:30

apartment. When the left

22:32

wing modi suppleness. Subsequently,

22:34

To the Presidency in two thousand and nine. Cementing

22:37

that policy prohibiting Pacific Rim

22:39

from taken for gold. In.

22:43

Two Thousand and Nine Pacific Rim claim that

22:46

the government's mining ban a month to to

22:48

a breach of contract. And

22:50

that in Salvador. Oh, the company. Seventy

22:52

seven million dollars to make up for

22:54

their losses. Their. Retreat

22:57

into place at the International Center

22:59

for Settlement of Investment disputes. I

23:01

see as Id. At.

23:04

Tribunals in Washington, Dc run by

23:06

the World Bank. After

23:10

deflation began. To some

23:12

revise the amount it sought to upwards

23:14

of three hundred million dollars. Into.

23:17

The Thirteenth. Pacific Rim Founder

23:19

to and was acquired by and swelling

23:21

company called or said a gold. For.

23:24

The suit against his says other

23:26

continued. To.

23:28

So that our government tells as it's

23:30

lawyer be sporadic. Around

23:32

face mad with gray hair and a soft

23:34

voice who had been a captain in the

23:36

So That Are An Army during the Civil

23:38

War. And still carried himself

23:41

like a soldier. Based.

23:43

In Washington, Dc. Better. Than

23:45

his team equated to strategies for

23:48

defending the Salvadoran state. Route

23:52

Arbitration. The Environmentalist movement

23:54

of Guiness, Came up repeatedly, In.

23:57

Her witness statement and official from the

23:59

South. The an ombudsman se said

24:01

that she had. Read. The complaints

24:03

and actions of resistance by the inhabitants

24:05

of barrier as a desperate cry in

24:08

the face of the thread of naming.

24:12

A Salvadoran anti mining coalition

24:14

Argentina court bracing that Pacific

24:16

Rim smiling attempt was illegitimate.

24:19

It. Did not have the right to says that are

24:21

and land. On

24:24

the fourteenth of October, Twenty sixteen describe

24:26

you notice nice the company's. Claims answers

24:29

either side. mood. It

24:31

wouldn't be forced to pay a fine

24:33

companies hundreds of millions of dollars after

24:36

prioritizing It's water over there cause it.

24:39

To victory was an important one in the eyes.

24:41

Yes, I did. tried. you know. For

24:45

corporations prevail. In more than fifty

24:47

percent of cases. Five.

24:49

Months later, the bitterly parties and

24:51

Salvadoran congress unanimously approved a law

24:54

banning all metal mining in the

24:56

country. On the Switzerland

24:58

in the legislature in the. Capital. People

25:01

send out not to ninety

25:03

he estimates. Mining.

25:16

Has not yet returned. Putting cabanas,

25:19

The seers that it may loomed

25:21

large, doing the February presidential and

25:23

legislative elections. For.

25:26

Months beforehand post predicted and see

25:28

lead a for both Kelly and

25:30

his party. Never sea bass. Even.

25:33

Before the election, never see there's had

25:35

their super majority in Congress. A

25:38

power is due to peruse through the administration

25:40

sedan that. Given

25:42

the President's apparent preselection for mining and the

25:45

rest of the sent them are to say.

25:47

The people of God I guess we're

25:50

worried about what was still empty supporters

25:52

would do when the few remaining democratic

25:54

constraints were gun. In

25:57

his for some. The colors campaign

25:59

of nothing. The Restoration tackle the

26:01

controlled that violent gangs held up

26:03

of many communities. The

26:05

subsequent fall into more. To raid get a

26:08

killer popular. But. Somewhere along

26:10

that the crackdown less achieved by

26:12

suspending constitutional rights. That

26:15

ministration became increasingly authoritarian.

26:18

Bringing. All three branches of government

26:20

on their pathetic control and persecuting many

26:22

who spoke out against that the Asus.

26:26

She's. Party also concentrated power

26:28

by erasing seventy percent of

26:30

public elected mayor of and

26:32

congressional seats. To.

26:35

Conquer proclaimed election a loose opposition

26:37

coalition chose this but other the

26:39

lawyer who has represented his says

26:41

i don't in the my arbitration

26:44

as a candidate. But.

26:46

I was forced to conduct and not

26:48

kind of presidential run. Taylor. For

26:50

an authoritarian climate. Campaign.

26:53

Events were low profile. Because.

26:55

People were afraid to be seen as

26:57

supporting a challenge to begin. Companies.

27:00

That might otherwise have donated to his

27:02

campaign. Didn't wonder names on

27:05

unknown buckler roster. Before.

27:08

Entering meetings better than this at his

27:10

own in a signal blocking bench. Defend

27:13

us attacks from spyware which since.

27:15

Quickly became president. has

27:17

allegedly be induced a concern the

27:19

list and democracy activists. But.

27:22

At the had no campaign bank

27:24

account and no campaign headquarters. She.

27:26

Had one paid staff person. He

27:29

paid for sellers himself. And one

27:31

volunteer. Running against

27:34

Kelly was like a chain dog fighting

27:36

a free one but other tommy. On

27:40

election Day, shortly after Pulse opened,

27:42

Reports. Of anomalies began pouring in

27:45

from voting stations around the country.

27:47

Many. Of which were staffed by

27:50

volunteers affiliated with Legacy Das. That

27:53

evening, when the county began, there were

27:55

reports of pilots allocated for Never See

27:57

there's even though they had been more.

28:00

The incorrectly are spoiled. When.

28:02

The time came to submit results the into

28:04

the National digital sees them. To. Support

28:07

duplicated boats in some stations.

28:09

And the internet connection dropped out in

28:12

others. I made the mess

28:14

of problems. Many. Teams abandoned

28:16

the system and instead recorded

28:19

everything on paper. That.

28:22

Night before the count was sentenced.

28:25

Brooklinen. Proclaimed himself when. He

28:28

appeared on the tourist of the National Palace in

28:30

San Salvador. And addressed Thousands

28:32

of supporters gathered below. Railing.

28:35

Against Journalists and the international

28:38

community. Accusing them of

28:40

wishing for Salvadorans outset. But

28:44

other said in an open letter to

28:46

international observers that he had participated in

28:48

the election despite the certainty that he

28:50

would those. Because. He side

28:52

as perhaps the last opportunity before

28:54

the remaining space for democracy shut

28:57

sued. And is Salvador

28:59

goose Food on authoritarian. In

29:08

January a group of Central

29:10

American, Us and Canadian experts.

29:12

Released. A report citing compelling

29:15

evidence that President Kelly decide

29:17

to violate a unanimous to

29:19

to seventeen both in the

29:21

Salvadoran legislature to prohibit meaning.

29:24

A move that would endanger the country's

29:27

water supply and violate the public will.

29:31

The. Expert side to the speculation that

29:33

in addition to economic advantages. One.

29:36

Factor behind brokenness interest in

29:38

mining might be China. China.

29:41

Has invested heavily in mineral

29:43

extraction worldwide. It has

29:45

also funded a series of mega projects

29:47

in the saddle. Including

29:49

a library and then Oceanside theme

29:52

park. And

29:54

Salvador has joined the tiniest belt and

29:56

road initiative. And in November,

29:58

twenty twenty two, that. Governments announced

30:00

they were negotiating a free trade

30:03

agreement. International

30:05

pressure on the southern state over the

30:07

case of the center marked as I

30:09

yelled at a small victory. The

30:12

men were given. House arrest to avoid of

30:14

trial. A

30:16

preliminary hearing is scheduled this week. In

30:20

July. Twenty Twenty Three. Six.

30:22

Months of to decide have been jailed. Members.

30:25

Of the Us Congress Center milk and letter

30:27

to their Secretary of State. and in a

30:29

blink and. Expressing serious concerns

30:32

about the arrest which they

30:34

called politically motivated. More.

30:38

Alistair better. Next round in the mining

30:40

battle will be more harrowing than the

30:42

first. Before we were

30:44

hearing about evidence of activity by

30:46

transnational companies, she said. But.

30:48

Now we are seeing the thread to come

30:50

from the state itself. The.

30:53

States reaching out to companies and putting them

30:55

in. Come to us. Come

30:57

to us. She. Said. She.

31:01

Thinks constantly of the funeral of don't ever

31:03

seen a sort of. The

31:05

mother of six said with her child in

31:07

homes. In. Witnessing dose

31:09

children's gray. More, Alice

31:11

had to face a reality so cruel

31:13

that she sometimes question if she could

31:15

carry on. For

31:17

son is keeping a low profile fearful

31:20

of for the retribution. Thanks

31:26

again for listening to The Guardian! Long read.

31:29

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