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Media Coverage: Victory of El Salvador Vs Pacific Rim

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
Thanks to the organised opposition to mining in El Salvador at both the national and international level, the resounding legal victory of the Government of El Salvador over OceanaGold(Pacific Rim) generated an incredible amount of media coverage.  Below you will find find a compilation of so...

El Salvador wins arbitration against Oceana Gold/Pacific Rim mining company

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
Press Release: Today, the General Attorney of the Republic of El Salvador offered a press conference in Washington D.C. to share the results of the arbitration, about which he had been notified by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID/ CIADI), with respect to the ...

PRESS RELEASE: Coalition of Groups States “There are No Winners”

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
  After Seven Years and Millions of Dollars, Decision Announced in Pac Rim Mining Company vs. El Salvador: Coalition of Groups States “There are No Winners” Investor-State Arbitration Subverts Democracy  Cabañas, El Salvador / Washington DC / Ottawa / Melbourne – Civil society groups w...

PRESS RELEASE: Release the Verdict Now!

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
RELEASE THE VERDICT NOW! On Friday October 7th, on the eve of the World Bank’s fall meeting, people around the world will demand that a tribunal of the World Bank Group’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) to release a favorable decision for El Salvador on the Pac...

MUA calls on Australians to support campaign against OceanaGold

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
Since OceanaGold acquired Pacific Rim in 2013, members of the the Maritime Union of Australia, along Salvadorean and Filipino residents in Melbourne, have held monthly solidarity actions to demand that the company withdraws from El Salvador and the Philippines.       A rally in sup...

Community of San Jose Las Flores commemorates 11th anniversary of the defeat of a mining company.

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
By P. Cabezas As the morning sun rises on the town of San Jose las Flores, members of the community prepare for the annual pilgrimage to the Urbina Hills, the site that once was the main exploration point for a gold mining project.  Even though mining activity has been idle in over a decade...

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