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El Salvador's San Sebastian river has no fish. The runoff from a gold mine upstream, already shuttered two decades ago, has long killed them all. Now, residents fear the same fate for other rivers -- ...
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — One of Central America’s longest rivers will be the primary beneficiary of El Salvador’s deal to refinance $1 billion of debt with support from the U.S ...
LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - El Salvador has sealed a new-style debt buyback deal where savings generated will be used to fund conservation of the country's main river and its watershed. The deal ...
El Salvador's San Sebastian river has no fish -- a result of decades of gold mining nearby - Copyright GETTY IMAGES/AFP/File Anna Moneymaker El Salvador's San ...
El Salvador's San Sebastian river has no fish. The runoff from a gold mine upstream, already shuttered two decades ago, has long killed them all. Now, residents fear the same fate for other rivers ...
People who relied directly on the river had no option but to buy bottled water for drinking and cooking, it said. The report contributed to El Salvador becoming the first country in the world ...