Pacific Rim, a Canadian mining corporation with operations in El Salvador, has launched arbitration procedures against the Salvadoran government and is demanding millions of dollars in compensation for “failure to fulfill its obligations” under the C...entral America Free Trade Agreement, CAFTA-DR. If the law suit succeeds, other companies that hold exploration licenses covering over 20% of the country’s surface will follow suit. Is CAFTA the new “El Dorado” of Canadian mining companies in Central America? This panel invites you to debate these and other important related topics
Invited speakers:
Bernardo Belloso and William Castillo, Reps of the 2009 Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award Winners: La Mesa Nacional Frente a la Mineria en El Salvador; and
Jorge Velarde, Ph.D. Candidate, Université du Québec en Outaouais
Date: Friday, October 23, 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: University of Ottawa--Colonel By Hall, room B205
This public lecture will be presented in French and Spanish. English translation will be available. A short documentary will be presented to facilitate the discussion.
Event sponsored by The School of International Development and Global Studies, Territorio Libre, SalvAIDE and the Salvadorian Canadian Association of Ottawa
has Pacific Rim Minng been invited to partcipate and if so what was their response?
ReplyDeleteYes they have. Their response is that they are not responsible for the incidents in Guatemala and El Salvador. The fact that Pacific Rim is sueing El Salvador begs the question - is this what a good corporate citizen does?
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