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

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

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