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Catholic leaders instrumental in pushing El Salvador to ban metal mining

Apr 6, 2017

At the urging of Catholic leaders, El Salvador has passed a law banning metal mining nationwide, making the small Central American country the first in the world to outlaw the industry. The new law, approved overwhelmingly by El Salvador’s congress March 29,...

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