The Roman Catholic Church has called on the president of El Salvador not to lift the country's ban on gold mining.

Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas asked President Nayib Bukele not to reverse the ban, which has been in place since 2017. “It will damage this country forever,” Msgr. Escobar Alas said in a ...

The country banned all metals mining above ground and below in 2017 in order to protect the small country's water resources ...

President Nayib Bukele's nascent enthusiasm for gold mining would "cause grave, irrevocable damage to people's lives and ...

The Catholic Church in El Salvador has asked President Nayib Bukele not to repeal the 2017 law that prohibits the mining of ...

Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas asked President Nayib Bukele not ... President Rodrigo Chaves at the presidential palace in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. Credit: AP/Jose Diaz ...

Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas asked President Nayib Bukele not to reverse the ban, which has been in place since 2017. “It will damage this country forever,” Msgr. Escobar Alas said in a homily.

Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas asked President Nayib Bukele not to reverse the ban, which has been in place since 2017.

FILE - San Salvador's Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas celebrates Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in San Salvador, El Salvador, Jan. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Luis Romero, File) SAN SALVADOR ...