President Nayib Bukele pushed for the legislation that will grant government sole authority over mining activitiesEl Salvador’s legislature has overturned a seven-year-old ban on metals mining, a move that the country’s authoritarian president, Nayib Bukele, had pushed for to boost economic growth, but that environmental groups had opposed.El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban all forms of metals mining in 2017. Bukele, who took office in 2019, has called the ban absurd. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/23/el-salvador-overturns-metals-mining-ban
Author : Reuters in San Salvador
Publish date : 2024-12-23 21:14:03
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El Salvador overturns metals mining ban, defying environmental groups
