Catholic faithful and environmentalists demonstrate as Catholic priests deliver 150,000 signatures supporting a petition for the repeal of the General Metal Mining Law approved in December in 2024 at the Legislative Assembly in San Salvador. On December 23, 2024, at the request of President Nayib Bukele, the Congress dominated by the ruling party approved the law that reactivated mining, which had been prohibited since 2017. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES