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International observer delegation statement: Community consultation on Mining in San Jose Las Flores, Chalatenango, El Salvador.

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September 22, 2014, San Jose las Flores -Chalatenango We, the International Observer Delegation, comprising of 15 representatives from North, Central, South America and New Zealand, acknowledge the results of the municipality of San Jose Las Flores community consultation on mining. The commun...

Protesters back El Salvador for denying gold mining permit

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Stella Dawson, Reuters WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Protesters rallied on Monday to demand that a World Bank tribunal reject an international mining company’s claim for $300 million from El Salvador over denial of a gold mining license. El Salvador refused to issue OceanaGold Corp ...

World Bank Tribunal Weighs Final Arguments in El Salvador Mining Dispute

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Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON, Sep 16 2014 (IPS) - A multilateral arbitration panel here began final hearings Monday in a contentious and long-running dispute between an international mining company and the government of El Salvador. An Australian mining company, OceanaGold, is suing the Salva...

World Bank Tribunal Weighs Final Arguments in El Salvador Mining Dispute

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Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON, Sep 16 2014 (IPS) - A multilateral arbitration panel here began final hearings Monday in a contentious and long-running dispute between an international mining company and the government of El Salvador. An Australian mining company, OceanaGold, is suing the Salva...

Protesters in D.C. ask for halt to gold mining in El Salvador, say it will endanger ecology

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Pamela Constable Calling gold mining a scourge on the environment of El Salvador, a group of protesters rallied Monday outside the World Bank in the District, where a tribunal is discussing the case of a foreign company that seeks to extract gold from the impoverished Central American country. ...

Inside a secret hearing at a foreign tribunal, El Salvador awaits a verdict

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$301 million and the health of El Salvador’s rivers and people are riding on World Bank arbitration next week. Alex Blair, OXFAM America Next week in Washington DC, right along Pennsylvania Avenue, decisions about El Salvador’s future will be made behind closed doors – almost 2,000 miles away ...

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