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OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK IN DEFENSE OF EL SALVADOR

| 2013 North America Tour
Dr. Jim Yong Kim President, World Bank The signers of this petition are XXX international and national civil society organizations. We are writing out of solidarity with the communities of El Salvador that have been working through the democratic process to prevent a proposed cyanide-leach gold ...

Central American anti-mining activists form coalition in Nicaragua

| 2013 North America Tour
Translated from: http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/nacionales/304281-opositores-a-mineria-centroamerica-formar-coalicion-nicaragua Acan-Efe News Three dozen non-governmental organizations that oppose mining met today in Managua to form a coalition to unify efforts against such projects. "It's a ...

Mining multinationals exploit Central America

| Water no Gold
By: Patrick Weiniger Patrick Weiniger First published in: http://redflag.org.au/article/mining-multinationals-exploit-central-america El Salvadoran anti-mining campaigner Vidalina Morales recently toured Australia to raise awareness about the destruction that OceanaGold, a Melbourne-based ...

El Salvador suffers Australia's maleficent miners

| Water no Gold
By: Andrew Hamilton First published in: http://eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=38560#.Up3TGSemZyp In Australia, as elsewhere, the main business of mining companies is to find and seize opportunities to mine profitably. In order to proceed, they must also persuade governments that their pr...

Australian-Canadian firm OceanaGold bails out Pacific Rim Mining Deal means more punishment for El Salvador

| Water no Gold
(Washington/Ottawa/San Salvador/Melbourne) On November 21, Pacific Rim Mining shareholders are poised to approve sale of the company to Melbourne-based OceanaGold in order to continue suing El Salvador in a World Bank tribunal. Pacific Rim has been suing the small Central American nation for not ...

A plea to Australia: Put life & dignity before gold & profit

| Water no Gold
Edmund Rice Centre: ‘A difficult courageous story from El Salvador – but one that inspires.’ “Courageous and determined,” is how Edmund Rice Centre Education Officer Sean Cleary describes visiting grass-roots environmental advocate from El Salvador, Ms Vidalina Morales. “The story that Vidalina...

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