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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="251031914-14102009"><font
face="Arial"><font size="2"><strong><em>Hundreds of people have
already made calls to Pacific Rim Mining Company this week as part of
the International Week of Action against NAFTA and CAFTA! Let's keep
the pressure on -- there's still time to call or email CEO Thomas
Shrake to give him a piece of your mind: that Pacific Rim should
respect the will of the Salvadoran people by
withdrawing its disgraceful lawsuit and closing the environmentally
destructive El Dorado mine. </em></strong><span
class="817433614-14102009"><font color="#0000ff"> </font></span></font></font></span><span
class="251031914-14102009"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span
class="817433614-14102009"> </span><strong><em>Support members of the
Salvadoran National Anti-Mining Round Table who are visiting the US and
Canada this week to build solidarity for their campaign! Make the call
to Pacific Rim today! Read on for more details. </em></strong></font></font></span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"
align="right"><font face="Helvetica" size="4"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 11pt; color: red; font-family: Helvetica;">October <span
class="251031914-14102009"><font face="Arial"> 14 </font></span>, 2009</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"
align="center"><b><i><font color="black" face="Arial" size="5"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-family: Arial;">Tell
Pacific Rim to Drop the $77 Million Lawsuit Against <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>!</span></font></i></b><i><font
face="Arial" size="5"><span
style="font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font
color="black" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">In the department of <st1:city
w:st="on">Cabañas</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:country-region>, communities have been protesting against
a proposed gold mining project by <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place>,
a Canadian mining company. Their concern? That cyanide used to extract
gold would poison <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s largest river, the primary
source of drinking water for millions in the country<i><span
style="font-style: italic;">.</span></i> Their protests were strong
enough to shut down the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El
Dorado</st1:place></st1:city> gold mining site. In 2007, the Ministry
of Environment denied <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place>’s
permit to start drilling for gold.<span class="817433614-14102009"><font
color="#0000ff" size="2"> </font></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font
color="black" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">But <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific
Rim</st1:place> is not listening. Instead, the company is suing the
Salvadoran government for $77 million for “lost profit” (read more
about the <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=496&Itemid=28"
moz-do-not-send="true">Pacific Rim lawsuit</a>). How can they do
this?! The U.S. Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) protects
the “rights” of corporations over national laws that safeguard workers
and the environment. Chapter 10 of CAFTA gives private foreign
investors the “right” to sue for “profit infringement” and extort
millions of dollars from governments like <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<span
class="817433614-14102009"><font color="#0000ff" size="2"> </font><br>
</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font
color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Since the U.S. Congress
voted to approve CAFTA in 2005—by a mere two votes—the cross-border
resistance has continued. The Salvadoran people have successfully
mobilized to block the privatization of health care and water and other
policies tied to this “free” trade agreement.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font
color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font
color="black" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">But death squad violence
in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>
has resurfaced since the passing of CAFTA, specifically targeting trade
unionists, resource rights activists and members of the left political
party, the FMLN (Farabundo Martí Front for National Liberation). In
June 2009, the anti-mining struggle turned deadly when outspoken
community leader <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=610&Itemid=28"
moz-do-not-send="true">Marcelo Rivera was tortured and killed</a>. The
right-wing Attorney General has refused to investigate this as a
political assassination, or to investigate numerous death threats,
kidnapping and assassination attempts in Cabañas.<span
class="817433614-14102009"><font color="#0000ff" size="2"> </font></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font
color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font
color="black" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Pacific Rim’s lawsuit
could devastate <st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>’s
economy, taking state funds out of necessary social programs like
farming, health care and education and putting it in the pockets of
corporate shareholders in <st1:place w:st="on">North America</st1:place>.
<span><strong><em>Call CEO Thomas Shrake and demand that <st1:place
w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place> withdraw its lawsuit and respect the
will of the Salvadoran people by closing the mines!</em><span
class="817433614-14102009"><font color="#0000ff" size="2"> </font></span></strong></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="skypetbinnertext"><b><font
color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"
align="center"><span class="skypetbinnertext"><b><font color="black"
face="Arial" size="4"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;">CALL
Pacific Rim Headquarters today -- </span></font></b></span><b><font
face="Arial" size="4"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;">from
the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> <img
id="_x0000_i1070" src="cid:part3.04020001.09000902@cispes.org"
border="0" height="1" width="1"><span class="skypetbinnertext">1-
(888) 775-7097 or </span>from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place> <span
class="skypetbinnertext">(604) 689-1976 -- and leave a message with
the corporate secretary <i><span style="font-style: italic;">(see call
script on back of page)</span></i></span></span></font></b><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><i><font face="Arial" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-family: Arial;">.</span></font></i></span><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><font face="Arial" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"
align="center"><small><span class="skypetbinnertext"><font
color="black"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;"><font
size="4"><small><i>You can also email CEO Thomas Shrake directly:
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tomshrake@usa.net">tomshrake@usa.net</a></i><br>
</small></font></span></font></span><a
href="javascript:top.opencompose('tomshrake@usa.net','','','')"></a></small></p>
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size="3"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic; font-family: Arial;"><span
class="817433614-14102009"> </span>For more information on local
actions and the anti-mining struggle, please visit <a
href="http://www.cispes.org" moz-do-not-send="true">www.cispes.org</a>:<span
class="817433614-14102009"><font size="2"> </font><br>
</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font color="blue" face="Arial"
size="2"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 11pt; color: blue; font-style: italic; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<ul>
<li><font color="black" face="Symbol" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span><font
face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span></font></span></span></font><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Find out <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=631&Itemid=1">about
actions happening this week </a>in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> and Canadian cities
near you<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li><font color="black" face="Symbol" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span><font
face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span></font></span></span></font><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Check out recent CISP<st1:personname
w:st="on">E</st1:personname>S <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=35&Itemid=28">Updates</a>
and <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=620&Itemid=27">Action
Alerts</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li><font color="black" face="Symbol" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span></span></span></font><span
style="font-family: Arial;">Read the <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/documents/mining_infosheet.pdf">CISPES
lawsuit info-sheet “CAFTA’s Golden SWINDLE”<span
class="817433614-14102009"><font color="#0000ff" size="2"> </font></span></a></span><a
href="http://www.cispes.org/documents/mining_infosheet.pdf"> </a></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"
align="center"><b><i><font color="black" face="Arial" size="4"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"
align="center"><b><i><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-style: italic; font-family: Arial;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"
align="center"><b><i><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-style: italic; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"
align="center"><b><i><font color="black" face="Arial" size="4"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b><font
color="black" size="4"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-family: Arial;"><span
class="817433614-14102009"></span></span></font> <br>
<font color="black" size="4"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-family: Arial;"><span
class="817433614-14102009"></span>Use the following script to contact
Thomas Shrake, CEO and President of <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font color="black" face="Arial"
size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font
color="black" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-family: Arial;"><span
class="817433614-14102009"> </span>To call from the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> dial <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">1- (888) 775-7097</span></b>, or from <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">(604) 689-1976</span></b>,
then leave a message for the corporate secretary:<span
class="skypetbinnertext"><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><font color="black" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><span
class="817433614-14102009"> </span>1. Hello, I am calling to urge
President and CEO Thomas Shrake and the Board of Pacific Rim, to drop
the lawsuit you filed against the government of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Local and national civic organizations have been actively opposing the <st1:city
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El Dorado</st1:place></st1:city> mine
since 2004. Salvadoran environmentalists, economists and social
movement leaders have roundly rejected the mine, and now this
outrageous lawsuit, on a number of grounds.<span
class="817433614-14102009"><font color="#0000ff" size="2"> </font></span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">2.
Choose 1 or 2 of the following points.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
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style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><font color="black" face="Symbol" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<font
face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font></span><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><b><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;">Environmental: </span></font></b></span><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-family: Arial;">Salvadoran community activists and
environmental organizations have consistently denounced the devastating
environmental impacts that would result from the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">El Dorado</st1:place></st1:city> mine. The mine would
contaminate the river that serves as the primary source of drinking
water for the majority of Salvadorans and use over 10,000 gallons of
water a day. All this in a country where 30% of the rural population
lacks access to potable water. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font></span><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><b><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;">Trade justice: </span></font></b></span><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-family: Arial;">The Central American Free Trade Agreement
(CAFTA), the basis for Pacific Rim’s lawsuit, was widely opposed
throughout the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
and <st1:place w:st="on">Central America</st1:place>. Citizen advocacy
groups in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region> charge that CAFTA is
unconstitutional and have brought the case before their Supreme Court.
As CAFTA’s legitimacy itself is in question, <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific
Rim</st1:place>’s lawsuit appears even more bogus.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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class="skypetbinnertext"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><font color="black" face="Symbol" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<font
face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span
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</span></font></span></span></font></span><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><b><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;">Economic: </span></font></b></span><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-family: Arial;">According to economic experts, the mine
provides no long-term economic benefit for <st1:country-region
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>, only for <st1:place
w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place>. The gold mining industry
contributes only 0.04% to <st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>’s
GDP while foreign companies like <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place>
plan to take away millions in profit. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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class="skypetbinnertext"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span
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style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<font
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</span></font></span></span></font></span><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><b><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;">Human rights:</span></font></b></span><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-family: Arial;"> I have heard first-hand accounts of
horrible political violence against community members in Cabañas who
have actively opposed the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El
Dorado</st1:place></st1:city> mine. Even if Pacific Rim did not
directly instigate this violence, the murder of Marcelo Rivera, and the
attempted assassinations of Father Luis Quintanilla and Ramiro Rivera
are undoubtedly a result of <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place>’s
presence. The fact that people are risking their lives to fight against
<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El Dorado</st1:place></st1:city>
shows just how unwelcome gold mines are and how disgraceful this
lawsuit is. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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class="skypetbinnertext"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; text-align: justify;"><span
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style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<font
face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span
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</span></font></span></span></font></span><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><b><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;">Sovereignty: </span></font></b></span><span
class="skypetbinnertext"><font face="Arial"><span
style="font-family: Arial;">This lawsuit infringes upon the rights of
sovereign governments to protect the interests of their people as they
see fit. Each country has the right to determine how its land is used,
as well as the fate of its natural resources. Your lawsuit tramples on
those rights. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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class="skypetbinnertext"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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class="skypetbinnertext"><font color="black" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><span
class="817433614-14102009"> </span>3. It is shameful that Mr. Shrake
is willing to wreak profound economic damage on an entire nation for
the financial gain of his company. These lawsuits will hit the poorest
people in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region> the hardest. If Mr. Shrake
has his way, much-needed funding for social programs like health care,
food and housing will go directly into the pockets of your shareholders.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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class="skypetbinnertext"><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
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class="skypetbinnertext"><font color="black" size="3"><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><span
class="817433614-14102009"> </span>For these reasons, I again urge you
to withdraw the disgraceful lawsuit that Pacific Rim has filed against <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</span></font></span></p>
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