'El Salvador: Ramiro Rivera Shot to Death in Cabañas':
"Hitmen gunned down and killed our compañero Ramiro Rivera Gomez, Vice president of the Comité Ambiental de Cabañas, [Cabañas Environmental Committee], in the Canton of Trinidad, city of Ilobasco, Cabañas. Rivera was a leader in the resistance against the [Vancouver-based] Pacific Rim Mining Company...He was active in raising consciousness about the company’s actions, and was one of the first persons who suffered attacks by Pacific Rim employees...There is enormous indignation among the various grassroots organizations in Cabañas. The Pacific Rim Mining Company is currently suing the government of El Salvador for [77] million dollars and is initiating a terror campaign against those who oppose the mining project." [Upside Down World]
- No mainstream media has reported on this yet - perhaps when the protestors congregate outside of the Canadian embassy...Also see Media Co-op's coverage.