Mining company OceanaGold vs El Salvador: free trade agreements over national laws

Tuesday, 19 January 2016 - 8:30am to 9:00am
People's power is stronger than people in Power. Here the people rule and the government listens.

Canadian-Australian mining company OceanaGold continues a US$315 million US dollar lawsuit against El Salvador, a small country in Central America. This is possible under the Free Trade Agreement laws. a snapshot of what could come with the secretive TPP. Vidalina Morales speaks about environmental impact in an already fragile country, and about the violence used by mining companies to eliminate activists.

Tuesday 8:30am to 9:00am
A program by and about women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.

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Jiselle Hanna

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