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1. Communities from Across the Hemisphere Speak out Against Pacific Rim: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Communities from Across the Hemisphere Speak out Against Pacific Rim On October 20th, thousands of people marched in Cabañas, El Salvador to voice their opposition to the proposed gold mining project ...; Created on 31 October 2012
2. Communities from Across the Hemisphere -Front Page: (2013 International Support for Mining Ban); Save the Mining Moratorium Law The state of Wisconsin’s mining legislation is some of the strongest in the country and the world. Their “prove it first” law requires mining companies to show ...; Created on 20 February 2012
3. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... At the beginning of March, protesters pelted Argentinian president Alberto Fernández’s bus over his support for mining in Patagonia. Local and indigenous communities in the southernmost part of the hemisphere ...; Created on 07 May 2021
4. In El Salvador, a moment more precious than gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... environment in the Western Hemisphere. It is the most deforested country in Latin America, with as low as 1 percent of its original forests intact. Over 90 percent of its surface waters are contaminated, ...; Created on 26 June 2017
5. CAFTA Investor Rights Undermining Democracy and the Environment: Pacific Rim Mining Case: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Trade Agreement (CAFTA), demanding hundreds of millions in compensation from one of the hemisphere’s poorest countries. Meanwhile, in El Salvador, the mining debate continues. Intimidation and threats ...; Created on 05 March 2012
6. The Environmental and Social Costs of Pacific Rim in El Salvador: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of the Earth for his efforts to plant trees due to the fact that El Salvador is one of the most deforested countries in the hemisphere. Now most of the trees have dried up from the drought. In the municipality ...; Created on 29 February 2012
7. Oxfam Context of Pac Rim: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... 21,000 square kilometers and the highest population density in the western hemisphere (approximately 300 people per km2) has no sparsely populated or remote areas in the country appropriate for mining. ...; Created on 29 February 2012

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