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color=red face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'>ACTION
ALERT<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
color=red face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:red'>Monthly Call-In Day TODAY<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
color=red face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;
color:red'>January 13, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:17.0pt;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=4
face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Tell
Pacific Rim to recognize the social conflict surrounding the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">El Dorado</st1:City></st1:place> mine and to get out of Cabañas!
<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Even
as death threats and assassinations in Cabañas continue to rise,
Vancouver-based Pacific Rim Mining Corporation remains impassive, insensitive
and wholly unaccountable for violence perpetrated against community members
who’ve actively opposed the mine.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>After community organizing efforts successfully blocked
Pacific Rim’s attempts to obtain gold mining permits, the company filed a
lawsuit against the Salvadoran government under CAFTA, the <st1:place w:st="on">U.S.-Central
America</st1:place> Free Trade Agreement for hundreds of millions of dollars
in damages (watch the <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=637&Itemid=1">Real
News video here</a>). <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;color:black'>According to local residents,</span></font><font size=2
color=navy><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'> </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>violence has become a harsh reality for
Cabañas residents since the arrival of the gold mining company <st1:place
w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place>. In recent months, it has proven especially
dangerous to oppose mining in Cabañas, with a steady stream of attacks, death
threats and attempted assassinations and kidnappings against community leaders
and anti-mining activists. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Just before
the New Year, two more community activists and leaders were murdered within a
week, bringing</span></b> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>the death toll for
Cabañas anti-mining activists to three in 2009:</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><font
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>December 26: <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=654&Itemid=1">Dora
“Alicia” Sorto Recinos</a> was <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>shot </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:
black'>to death as she was walking home from the river;</span></font> she was
eight months pregnant and carrying her two-year old child, who was also
injured. Sorto Recinos was a member of the Environmental Committee of
Cabañas, which has been extremely active in educating and mobilizing the local
community against<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font>gold <font
color=black><span style='color:black'>mining</span></font>; her life partner
José Rodríguez is a current board member of the committee and has personally
received a number of recent death threats and survived at least two separate
attempts against his life. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><font
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>December 20: Vice-president of the Environmental
Committee of Cabañas, <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=648&Itemid=27">Ramiro
Rivera</a>, was gunned down in front of his daughter, despite his 24-hour
police protection since being shot eight times in August. His neighbor
Felicíta Echeverría was also killed in the attack.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>June 30: Anti-mining and FMLN activist <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=610&Itemid=28">Marcelo
Rivera</a> (no relation to Ramiro) was found tortured and murdered in an empty
well in Cabañas, after his disappearance eleven days prior.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>One <font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>c</span></font>ommon thread in the two most
recent slayings is Oscar Menjívar. Menjivar is currently awaiting trial for the
attempted assassination of Ramiro Rivera in August and according to <a
href="http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1584/74/">Upside Down World</a>,
attacked José Rodríguez with a machete in May 2008.</span></font><font
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Menjívar’s neighbors report that he
was one of Pacific Rim Mining’s paid “promoters,” though <st1:place
w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place> denies that he has ever been on
payroll. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Just
as it responded to the murder of Marcelo Rivera, <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific
Rim</st1:place> has completely denied any connection between the recent
assassinations of anti-mining activists and its proposed mining projects.
<font color=black><span style='color:black'>According to</span></font> <st1:place
w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place><font color=black><span style='color:black'>,
the Salvadoran mainstream news is reporting that December’s murders are
the result of a</span></font> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>“</span></b><a
href="http://www.pacrim-mining.com/s/Announcements.asp?ReportID=378925">family
feud</a><b><font color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>”.
In fact, many articles in mainstream press like <i><span style='font-style:
italic'><a
href="http://www.laprensagrafica.com/el-salvador/social/82562-comunidad-condena-el-asesinato-de-dora-alicia.html">La
Prensa Gráfica</a></span></i>, quote government officials discussing the attacks
within the context of opposition to mining.</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><br>
According to local residents, this wave of violence began <font color=black><span
style='color:black'>when <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place> came</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font>into Cabañas. The
community and the country have rejected the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">El Dorado</st1:City></st1:place> gold mine as environmentally, socially
and economically unviable<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>. On Friday
January 8, a vigil was held in <st1:place w:st="on">Trinidad</st1:place> for
Alicia Sorto Recinos. People from across the country <font color=black><span
style='color:black'>mobilized to the community</span></font> to pay their
respects and to demonstrate enduring, unstoppable strength of the movement
against mining.</span></b> Yet Pacific Rim remains in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place> – why?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:
italic'>It’s time for <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place> to
heed the message of the Salvadoran and international communities: drop
the lawsuit and withdraw from Cabañas!<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=5
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>TAKE ACTION!</span></font></i></b><font size=5 color=red><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:14.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><br>
<b><font size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Call Barbara
Henderson, Vice President of Investor Relations at <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific
Rim</st1:place> Mining (see sample script below). To call from the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> dial 1- (888) 775-7097, or from <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>
(604) 689-1976, and then press ‘1’.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>SAMPLE SCRIPT:</span></font></b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>“Hello.
I have been following Pacific Rim’s <font color=black><span
style='color:black'>proposed mines in <st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></span></font>
and am extremely disturbed by the recent news of assassinated community members<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>in <st1:place w:st="on">Trinidad</st1:place></span></font>.
These individuals were part of local organizations that have been actively
opposing mi<font color=black><span style='color:black'>ning</span></font> since
2004. <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>I call on
CEO and President Thomas Shrake and <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place>’s
board of directors to recognize the social conflict the mine is causing and to
make the moral decision to:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><i><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Immediately
withdraw from Cabañas and cease all efforts to mine gold from the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">El Dorado</st1:City></st1:place>
site. </span></font></i></b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>The company applied for mining permits and was rejected by the
Salvadoran people and government. <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place>
has no business remaining in Cabañas. <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><i><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Immediately
withdraw its lawsuit against the government of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>.</span></font></i></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> It is absolutely disgraceful for a
company to sue a poor nation like <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>, especially when the
Salvadoran people and government have every right to prevent cyanide gold
extraction from destroying their lands and their communities. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><i><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Cooperate fully
with the official investigations surrounding the murders of Alicia Sorto
Recinos, Ramiro Rivera and Marcelo Rivera, providing full disclosure on all the
people the company has contracted in the region and any other monetary
transactions it has conducted among community members, organizations and local
government officials.</span></font></i></b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'> Violence is tearing apart Cabañas, and <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific
Rim</st1:place> has every obligation to offer its full support to bring to
justice the perpetrators of these murdered community members, all of whom have
openly opposed <font color=black><span style='color:black'>gold mining in the
area</span></font>. <i><span style='font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thank you.”<i><span style='font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-style:italic'>For more information on the recent assassinations:<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Visit the <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><a href="http://www.cispes.org/">CISPES website</a></span></font>
for the latest news and information<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Watch the <a
href="http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/29/anti_mining_activists_killed_in_el">Democracy
Now! interview</a> with CISPES Executive Director, Alexis Stoumbelis<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Check out recent articles by Jason Wallach and
Hector Berríos on <a
href="http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/category/5/36/74/">Upside
Down World</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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