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RadioActive 3/28/13

Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco

Issue: Environmental and Social Justice

Program Topic: Metallic Mining in Maine and El Salvador

Key Discussion Points:
a) Last legislative session, an effort spearheaded by Irving resulted in legislation directing Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection to over haul state mining laws to make it easier for the exploitation of gold, copper, silver and zinc. Though the impetus is a project at Bald Mountain in Arookstook County, the changes will open up mining at number of locations across the state with metallic metals.
b) The country of El Salvador, based on past experiences within their own borders and the experiences of communities in neighboring countries in Central America, has kept a resurgence of gold mining at bay, through government action, pushed by an unparallelled social movement. Around the globe the effects of mining include water over use, severe water pollution and it’s ensuing health impacts, and the human rights abuses and violence perpetrated against anti-mining activists by myriad factions in support of mining companies.
c) US El Salvador Sister Cities, and it’s local affiliate Power in Community Alliances (PICA), is hosting a speaking tour by Salvadoran anti mining activists. They will present along with Natural Resources Council of Maine staff scientist Nick Bennett, on the parallels between Maine and Salvadoran mining prospects and resistance.

Guest:
Jan Morrill, Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), past US El Salvador Sister Cities staff, and organizer with El Salvador’s National Table on Metallic Mining. She is originally from Maine.

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Common Ground Radio 2/4/13

Producers/Hosts: Cheryl Wixson, MOFGA

Program Topic: Sustainable Agriculture in Central America

Key Discussion Points:
a) What is happening in this area to support sustainable agriculture
b) Why is this important in this region
c) How does this fit into the overall food systems

Guests:
A) Karen & Paul Volkausen US El Salvador sister cities
B) Florence Reed Sustainable Harvest International
C ) Jan Morrill International allies against metallic mining in El Salvador

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RadioActive 10/27/11

Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco

Program Topic: Unprecedented rains in El Salvador; the Nov 6th action to surround the White House in opposition to the Keystone XL Tar Sands pipeline; Occupy Bangor

Key Discussion Points:
The effects of unprecedented rains in El Salvador and the connection to global climate change
The proposed Keystone XL tar Sands pipeline from Alberta, Canada to Texas, and it’s potential to exacerbate climate change
Occupy Bangor before it’s kick off

Guests:
Jan Morril, US El Salvador Sister Cities
Andy Burt, Maine Partners for Coll Communities
Sunny Hughs, Occupy Bangor

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RadioActive 11/12/09

Producers/Hosts: Meredith DeFrancesco and Amy Browne
Audio Contributed by: Adam Lacher
Segment 1: The struggles and violent repression of Honduran civil society during their work for constitutional reform and the restoration of President Zelaya are being supported internationally at the civil society level. A place of particular support is from the social movement in neighboring El Salvador. Rosa Centeno Valle, the national director of CRIPDES, a network of over 350 organized communities in El Salvador, speaks about the need for international solidarity. FMI: www.CRIPDES.net www.elsalavdorsolidarity.org
Disaster Relief Website: www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/doc106?openForm&rc=2&cc=slv&po=0&so=63
Segment 2: The Maine Green Independent Party held an Issues Forum in Belfast on October 25th, featuring their candidate for Governor, Lynne Williams. Today we bring you an excerpt of her talk in which she focused on the issue of who owns Maine’s water

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RadioActive 4/24/08

Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco

Topic: Immigration and it’s Roots in  Free Trade Policy and Inequality in El Salvador
The Peace Accords did not result in the slated economic forum to address inequalities in the country. Instead the government adopted structural adjustment measures, leading to privatization measure and increasing free trade.
The rate of poverty is great in El Salvador.   Free trade policy has increased the crush on small farmers and others. It is difficult for people to migrate to the US, but their impetus is poverty. Ironically, this is perpetuated by neo liberal policies directed and implemented by the United States.

Guests: Lorena Martinez, CRIPDES, the Association for the Development of El Salvador
Pedro Juan Hernandez,  Popular Resistance Movement  of October 12th, (MPR-12)
Katie Sharar, Annunciation  House, El Paso, TX; Casa Marianella, Austin, TX
Lilian- Cabanas, El Salvador

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