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PRESS RELEASE: Not to the blackmail of Pacific Rim Mining/Oceana Gold

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
Press release: On September 15, 2016 an ICSID Tribunal closed the arbitration proceedings in the case that Pacific Rim/OceanaGold began on June 15, 2009 (over 7 years ago) against the government of El Salvador. During this time the government has spent more than US$13 million in legal costs in a...

Water Forum of El Salvador: Water law secretly negotiated by goverment and private sector

| Mining and Human Rights
Press release The Water Forum denounces secret negotiation of the General Water Law between the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Economy and ANEP In 2006 the Water Forum delivered the first proposal for a "General Water Law" to the Legislative Assembly, yet our coun...

Across the Pacific: building a global struggle against the free-trade agenda of OceanaGold

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
Leon Dulce: IPCM  The 2016 World Social Forum recently held in Montreal, Canada became an important opportunity to develop an important global undertaking: the forging of an international people's campaign to hold accountable the global harm aggressively spurred by Australian-Canadian mining...

Staying alert for the ICSID resolution

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
Editorial: CoLatino It is expected that in the coming days or weeks, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) will issued its ruling on the request for Pacific Rim-Oceana Gold against the Salvadoran State. The publication of the ruling was delayed because late trans...

Pacific Rim tried to negotiate with the government anticipating and adverse ruling

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
Jose Mejia | Transparecia Activa  Luis Parada, the attorney representing the Salvadoran State in the international litigation initiated by Pacific Rim/Oceana Gold, explained that before an adverse ruling, the company tried to delay the resolution of the award and evaluate whether the governm...

Archbishop of El Salvador reinforces the church´s position against mining

| Mining and Human Rights
During his usual Sunday press conference on April 24th, the Archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alas, called once again on society to remain vigilant and prevent mining in El Salvador. He similarly called policy makers to not allow this economic activity in the country.  Click on ...

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