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TheRealNews
November 12, 2009
After activists block its mining permit, Canadian gold mining corporation is using a US free trade agreement to sue the government of El Salvador
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Gold, impunity and violence in El Salvador
TheRealNews
August 12, 2009
Assassination of anti-mining resistance leader, Marcelo Rivera, sparks campaign of terror against activists.
A 37-year-old teacher, community center founder, and anti-mining activist is found tortured and assassinated in Northern El Salvador. Authorities, despite all evidence to the contrary, attribute the death to common gang violence. In the following weeks, other critics of mining are victims of death threats, attempted kidnappings and shootings. Communities plunged into fear not seen since the Civil War of the 1980s place the blame on the presence of Pacific Rim, a Canadian gold mining company.
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