"Protesters in D.C. ask for halt to gold mining in El Salvador, say it will endanger ecology", 15 Sep 2014

Calling gold mining a scourge on the environment of El Salvador, a group of protesters rallied Monday outside the World Bank in the District, where a tribunal is discussing the case of a foreign company that seeks to extract gold from the impoverished Central American country. About 100 protesters…chanted anti-mining slogans under an enormous balloon statue of a fat cat representing wealthy business interests…The rally coincided with El Salvador’s Independence Day..[and s]everal speakers at the protest said demands by the mining company were an affront to El Salvador’s sovereignty and democratic rights…The company, OceanaGold/Pacific Rim Mining Corporation, filed a lawsuit against the government…The case is being heard by the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, an affiliate of the World Bank…Some of the demonstrators called the tribunal a “kangaroo court,” charging that it was biased in favor of corporate interests…