“If mining returns to El Salvador, we will face more criminalization and death”

<p>Historic Salvadoran environmentalist Vidalina Morales speaks plainly about the Bukele administration’s plans to revoke the country’s ban on metallic mining. “We’ve known from the very beginning. Now the signs are clearer,” she says. Facing militarization under the state of exception, communities in Cabañas fear what the future holds for the anti-mining movement.</p>