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Friends,</strong></em></font></font></span></div>
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 face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong></strong></em></font></span>&nbsp;</div>
<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&nbsp;this week as part of
the International Week of Action against NAFTA and CAFTA!&nbsp; Let's keep
the pressure on -- there's still time to call or email CEO Thomas
Shrake&nbsp;to give him a piece of your mind: that Pacific Rim should
respect the will of the Salvadoran people by
withdrawing&nbsp;its&nbsp;disgraceful lawsuit and&nbsp;closing the environmentally
destructive El Dorado mine.&nbsp;</em></strong><span
 class="817433614-14102009"><font color="#0000ff">&nbsp;</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!&nbsp; Make the call
to Pacific Rim today!&nbsp; Read on for more details.&nbsp; </em></strong></font></font></span></div>
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 style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 26pt; color: red; font-family: Helvetica;">Action
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 align="right"><font face="Helvetica" size="4"><span
 style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 11pt; color: red; font-family: Helvetica;">October&nbsp;<span
 class="251031914-14102009"><font face="Arial">&nbsp;14&nbsp;</font></span>, 2009</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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 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
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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">Caba&ntilde;as</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>&#8217;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.&nbsp; In 2007, the Ministry
of Environment denied <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place>&#8217;s
permit to start drilling for gold.<span class="817433614-14102009"><font
 color="#0000ff" size="2">&nbsp;</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 &#8220;lost profit&#8221; (read more
about the <a
 href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=496&amp;Itemid=28"
 moz-do-not-send="true">Pacific Rim lawsuit</a>). How can they do
this?!&nbsp; The U.S. Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) protects
the &#8220;rights&#8221; of corporations over national laws that safeguard workers
and the environment. Chapter 10 of CAFTA gives private foreign
investors the &#8220;right&#8221; to sue for &#8220;profit infringement&#8221; 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>
            <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" face="Arial" size="3"><span
 style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Since the U.S. Congress
voted to approve CAFTA in 2005&#8212;by a mere two votes&#8212;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 &#8220;free&#8221; trade agreement.<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" 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 Mart&iacute; 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&amp;task=view&amp;id=610&amp;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 Caba&ntilde;as.<span
 class="817433614-14102009"><font color="#0000ff" size="2">&nbsp;</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&#8217;s lawsuit
could devastate <st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>&#8217;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">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp; <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:&nbsp;
<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">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;</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>
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              <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&amp;task=view&amp;id=631&amp;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&amp;task=blogcategory&amp;id=35&amp;Itemid=28">Updates</a>
and <a
 href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=620&amp;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 &#8220;CAFTA&#8217;s Golden SWINDLE&#8221;<span
 class="817433614-14102009"><font color="#0000ff" size="2">&nbsp;</font></span></a></span><a
 href="http://www.cispes.org/documents/mining_infosheet.pdf">&nbsp;</a></li>
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 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">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;</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>.&nbsp;
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.&nbsp; 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">&nbsp;</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>
            <p class="MsoNormal"
 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>&middot;<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;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
            </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.&nbsp; All this in a country where 30% of the rural population
lacks access to potable water. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"
 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>
            <p class="MsoNormal"
 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>&middot;<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;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
            </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&#8217;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.&nbsp;
As CAFTA&#8217;s legitimacy itself is in question, <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific
Rim</st1:place>&#8217;s lawsuit appears even more bogus.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></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="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>&middot;<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;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
            </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>&#8217;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>
            <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="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>&middot;<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;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
            </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 Caba&ntilde;as 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>&#8217;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>
            <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="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>&middot;<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;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
            </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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></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">&nbsp;</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>
            <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"><font color="black" size="3"><span
 style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><span
 class="817433614-14102009">&nbsp;</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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 face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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