El Salvador's gold fight goes international

After activists block its mining permit, Canadian gold mining corporation is using a US free trade agreement to sue the government of El Salvador

Produced by Jesse Freeston

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• Pacific
• Rim
• CAFTA
• TLC
• NAFTA
• investor
• Tom
• Shrake
• La
• Mesa
• Nacional
• Frente
• la
• mineria
• cabañas
• mauricio
• funes
• fmln

[Plum369]

These people have the right to make their own laws, even if they don't benefit the US. Imagine that.

[demerc]

BTW, another great report REAL NEWS.

[Ancapagency]

Looks like the message is clear: It's not safe to invest money in El Salvador. I guess I'll be making sure from now on that my micro-investments are in other countries in which I stand to get my money back.

[28guillotine]

just get the point leave el salvador pinches gringos siguen jodiendo el salvador queriendose hacer ricos de los paises pobres y la necesidad de la pobre gente leave leave u dont understand why are this things happening even right now .......

[CuscaKid]

All Pacific Rim cares about is exploiting our resources and earning huge profits. They don't bring opportunities to my country! They bring misery! Low wage jobs under bad conditions. Along with a handful of engineers who will most definitely be foreigners. Sue the gov, I hope they show up with this innocent, simple and humbled woman who will stand up for her people and demand equality and will fight the destruction of our land.

[CuscaKid]

You know what. I wish E.S. went commie! We would've kicked out every single crooked, selfish, imperialistic sob back to the US like Cuba did. And then we would not have this widespread poverty, high crime, poor healthcare, exploitation of our natural resources and we wouldn't be bullied like this. Pacific Rim does not care about the environment, they have proven that time and time again. They dont care about our people and their quality of life as well as the limited water supply we have.

[iem12]

We the people of el salvador, are people with full commitment to defend our land to the point to give our lives, don't push us in to decitions that eventualy will bring a war, which will only bring, certain sad conscuences that have for resoult only, death among poor people, because of the interst of some powerfull staburn people.

Minig is no eccepted by salvadoreans, leave somewhere else.

[JulioV48]

Lovin the Salvadoran spanish accents :)

[hahahaword1]

Muerte al ejo de puta

[Manongrondines]

I am Canadian on my passport but a strong Quebec separatist. It is a shame that this conservative government have killed what Canada used to be progressive, Human right defensor. Shame on Canada ! Viva El Salvador ! Viva FMLN !

[Overdoseplus]

I can't believe a corporation can bully a country like this.

What a sad world we live in.