However, the experience of ordinary Salvadorans whose homes sit atop the lucrative minerals in the northern province of Cabanas expanded the definition of development from narrowly defined economic issues to social and environmental ones as well. In visits to neighboring Honduras to look at the impact of mining, they discovered the contamination of rivers by the cyanide used in commercial mining, and encountered widespread health problems. They told me how mining firms like Pacific Rim were eager to win popular favor, so began throwing money around to mayors and to local projects. With this money came conflict.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12033-economic-growth-development-and-the-triple-crisis-el-salvadore-and-gold-mining
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