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<span style="font-size:12px">Canadian mining company Pacific Rim has announced it will increase to US $315 million its demand against the Salvadoran Government for failing to grant a license to exploit gold in the El Dorado mine in its northern department of Cabañas.  Pacific Rim is suing under Salvadoran Investment Laws after the ICSID tribunal dismissed their case to sue under the US, Central America Free Trade Agreement, CAFTA-DR.<br>

Communities and organizations that make up the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining reject the actions by the company Pacific Rim, because they attempt to undermine the Salvadoran government’s right to practice economic policy based on public interest.  Pacific Rim's announcement also demonstrates its contempt for the will of the Salvadoran population that has time and again exercised their right to say no to metallic mining. Resource extraction is not an option for development in our country due the serious dangers it posses to people’s health and the environment, we are particularly concerned about the impact on our precarious water resources.<br>

 <br>We categorically deplore the hypocrisy of Thomas Shrake, Pacific Rim’s CEO, who insists on portraying the company as a creator of jobs and benefits for the people of El Salvador. As we have stated before, if the true intention of Pacific Rim were to help the democratic, equitable and sustainable development of the Salvadoran population, they should leave the country immediately rather than increasing the amount of the demand filed in 2009. It is a contradiction for a mining company that claims to be interested in the wellbeing of a population, to seek to extort damages for lost profits from a government that has simply acceded to the demands of its population.  In particular, we are concerned about the utilization of tribunals such as the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes(ICSID) to resolve conflicts with the government of El Salvador, such tribunals are undemocratic in nature and are not concerned with protecting the application of human rights nor the environment.<a href="http://stopesmining.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a6208b84fc02ac1ffef5a7b9e&id=842fd7c64d&e=b9dc15b5dc" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)"> Read more...</a></span></div>

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The fact that both the presidents have publicly responded to La Mesa’s demand to close the Cerro Blanco project is a testament to the strength of the Salvadorian anti-mining movement and its allies.<a href="http://stopesmining.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a6208b84fc02ac1ffef5a7b9e&id=7f7ff8bbbc&e=b9dc15b5dc" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)">Read more...</a></div>

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<h4 style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-size:34px;line-height:34.4444465637207px;margin:0px 0px 10px"><span style="font-size:18px">Salvadoran activist takes her case to Canada</span></h4>Cabañas is one of the poorest provinces in El Salvador, Morales said, and mining companies have tried offering jobs to people and making alliances with various local authorities. “That was a part of their strategy to gain the support of the community members,” she said. <a href="http://stopesmining.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a6208b84fc02ac1ffef5a7b9e&id=79b90debf3&e=b9dc15b5dc" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)">Read more...</a></div>

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