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OCEANA GOLD AND EL SALVADOR

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By Vladimir Pacheco (krupuk2000@gmail.com) First published in http://www.mpi.org.au/australia-2/oceanagold-and-el-salvador/ Scars of civil war still fresh in the country’s social landscape. After years of civil war El Salvador remains a fragile country both politically and econom...

A Question of Sovereignty

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On June 1st, the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) ruled that Canadian mining company Pacific Rim would be allowed to continue its $77 million lawsuit against the Salvadoran government by basing its claims in domestic investment law. Yesterday, the National R...

Presentation: We Demand a Law that Bans Metallic Mining in El Salvador

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Presentation:  We Demand a Law that Bans Metallic Mining in El Salvador San Salvador, March 5, 2012 At a forum organized by the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining in March, Dr. Angel Ibarra gave a presentation detailing the dangers and implications of metallic mining in El Salvador.  T...

El Salvador Mulls Total Ban on Mining

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El Salvador mulls total ban on mining By: Robin Oisín Llewellyn, special to mongabay.com October 22, 2012 On hot days the broken stone and dried up silt from the San Sebastian mine in Eastern El Salvador bake in the sun. The slew of refuse is freckled with rock stained bright blue with cyanid...

The Salvadoran Government Proposes Suspending Mining in El Salvador

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The Salvadoran Government Proposes Suspending Mining in El Salvador On August 7th, the Ministry of the Environment (MARN) and the Ministry of the Economy (MINEC) presented a bill to the Legislative Assembly that would temporary suspend all mining activity in El Salvador. The bill states that the...

Mining Ambition Impedes Environmental Justice

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Mining Ambition Impedes Environmental Justice The National Roundtable against Metallic Mining and environmental organizations consider that by allowing mining in El Salvador, the repercussions for the environment would exceed the multi-million debt that the country currently faces in the lawsui...

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