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Pac Rim Announces Pending ICSID Decision, the Social Movement Responds

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Pac Rim Announces Pending ICSID Decision, the Social Movement Responds  Monday April 30, Pacific Rim announced in a press release on MarketWatch  that the company had been informed by the ICSID that a decision in the jurisdiction round of their case would be released by May 31st.  The press ...

El Salvador: Pacific Rim Mining Co. Shares Up, Tensions Remain High in Cabañas

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El Salvador: Pacific Rim Mining Co. Shares Up, Tensions Remain High in Cabañas Written by Jason Wallach  Friday, 18 September 2009 07:57 At the recent Pacific Rim Mining Company shareholders' meeting in Vancouver, BC, shareholders voted to extend repayment on $6.7 mil...

Pac Rim CAFTA Challenge of Salvadoran Environmental, Mining Safety Policies Given Go-Ahead by Tribuna

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Pac Rim CAFTA Challenge of Salvadoran Environmental, Mining Safety Policies Given Go-Ahead by Tribunal August 3, 2010 Initial Win for Corporation in Trade Agreement Attack on Environmental Policy Poses Complications for Obama Administration as It Tries to Revive Korea FTA WASHINGTON, D.C. – An...

Pac Rim LLC vs. Government of ES Arbitration Details

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Pac Rim LLC vs. Government of El Salvador Arbitration Details (ICSID Case No. ARB/09/12) The mining company Pac Rim LLC is claiming investor rights violations by the Government of El Salvador and demanding a minimum of $77 million in compensation in a case brought in front of the International C...

Pac Rim ICSID Protest

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Protesters Demand that Pac Rim Case be Dismissed December, 2011 On Thursday December 15, 2011 over one hundred people gathered in solidarity with the Salvadoran people in front of the World Bank headquarters in Washington D.C. to denounce the actions of Canadian mining company Pacific Rim.  The...

Oxfam Context of Pac Rim

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A BRIEF CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL SUIT OF PACIFIC RIM MINING COMPANY AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF EL SALVADOR Andrés McKinley, Oxfam America 06/09 Metallic mining in Central America: In the past several years in Central America, mineral extraction, especially of gold, silver and nickel, h...

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