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4:30
pm, Monday October 25<sup>th</sup></span></font></p>
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95
Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA</span></font></p>
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font-family: "Arial Black";" lang="ES-CR"> EVENT
FOR MIGUEL ANGEL RIVERA</span></font></p>
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lang="ES-CR">When: 5:30 pm, directly following the
action</span></font></p>
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lang="ES-CR">Where: Philip Brooks House (northwest
corner of Harvard Yard)</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><font
face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Arial;" lang="ES-CR">Jobs with Justice and
CISPES will be taking action against local investors of
the Pacific Rim Mining
Company. The target will be The Investment Fund for
Foundations (TIFF), which is
the 9<sup>th</sup> largest shareholder of Pacific Rim.
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face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Arial;" lang="ES-CR">In the
department of Cabañas, El Salvador, communities have
been protesting
against a proposed gold mining project by Pacific Rim.
The mine would have devastating effects, which includes
poisoning El Salvador’s
largest river- and primary source of drinking water-
with cyanide. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><font
face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Arial;" lang="ES-CR">Thanks
to successful community resistance, in 2007, the
Ministry of Environment denied
Pacific Rim’s permit to start drilling for gold.
However, the company
countered this resistance by suing the Salvadoran
government for $77 million<b><span style="font-weight:
bold;"> </span></b>in “lost profit” under the
Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Recently,
violence has broken
out in Cabañas. </span></font></p>
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face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Arial;" lang="ES-CR">In June
2009, an anti-mining community leader Marcelo Rivera was
tortured and killed. <b><i><span style="font-weight:
bold; font-style: italic;">Miguel Angel Rivera</span></i></b><i><span
style="font-style: italic;">,</span></i> the brother
of Marcelo, will be in
Boston on October 25<sup>th</sup>. In honor of Mr.
Rivera and his brother, we
will be holding a protest outside TIFF, demanding that
they divest all funds
immediately. </span></font></p>
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face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: Arial;" lang="ES-CR">Following the action,
we
will be holding an event for our guest, Mr. Rivera. Mr.
Rivera will share the
story of his community’s struggle against Pacific Rim
and he will provide
us with more information on the current situation in El
Salvador. The event will take
place near Harvard Square. Specific location TBA.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;
font-weight: bold;" lang="ES-CR">For more
information please contact Jobs with Justice at (617)
524-8778 or Boston CISPES
at (617) 576-1709.</span></font></b></p>
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style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Arial
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IN SOLIDARITY WITH EL SALVADOR!</span></font></p>
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0.5in;" align="center"><font face="Arial Black" size="5"><span
style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Arial
Black";" lang="ES-CR">TELL TIFF TO DIVEST <u>NOW</u>!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;"
lang="ES-CR">Edwin Argueta</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="ES-CR">Immigrant Worker
Rights Organizer</span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="ES-CR">Massachusetts
Jobs with Justice</span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="ES-CR">3353
Washington Street</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="ES-CR">Jamaica Plain,
MA 02130</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="ES-CR">(617) 524-8085
phone</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="ES-CR">(617) 524-8996 fax</span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="ES-CR"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:edwin@massjwj.net"
target="_blank">edwin@massjwj.net</a></span><span
lang="ES-CR"></span></font></p>
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