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

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

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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.

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

-Washington Post 9/15/2014