The legal case between Canadian mining corporation Pacific Rim and the country of El Salvador began. Here is a summary of day 1 from the good folks at Voices From El Salvador:

"As Salvadorans spent the day recovering from tropical storm Agatha (please see previous post), the preliminary hearings between Pacific Rim and El Salvador began today in Washington. The hearings are the result of El Salvador’s request that the ICSID tribunal dismiss the majority of Pacific Rim’s claims regarding their inability to secure mining permits in El Salvador."

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