Personal and Political

Personal and Political

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Do you Really think it Can't happen in Our country?

Infinito Gold is threatening a $1 billion lawsuit against Costa Rica for rejecting

a toxic, open-pit gold mine after massive protests from local citizens.

Tell Infinito Gold to drop its lawsuit against Costa Rica.

Sign the Petition

Infinito Gold, a Canadian mining company, just

slapped Costa Rica with a $1 billion lawsuit because the nation decided to protect

its rainforests rather than host an open-pit gold mine.

Costa Rica’s

rainforest is lauded as one of the most beautiful in the world

, and is home to many endangered species, including the green macaw. Officials considered

approving the gold mine, but the use of toxic chemicals such as cyanide -- which

often leaks into and pollutes nearby lakes and rivers -- was

far too great a risk to allow the project to move forward.

A subsidiary of

Infinito Gold has announced that a massive lawsuit against Costa Rica is “imminent”,

so we need to act now.

 If thousands of us stand together against this toxic mine, we can show Infinito

that Costa Rica and other countries that are defending their natural resources will

not be silently bullied by corporate power.

Tell Infinito Gold to drop its $1 billion lawsuit against Costa Rica.

Open-pit gold mining in Costa Rica would destroy 190 hectares of pristine forest.

 The rainforest houses 5% of the world’s species and has seen tremendous growth in

the ecotourism industry. Over 75% of Costa Ricans oppose mining and have decided

that they cannot take the risk to move forward with gold mining in the country.

And Costa Rica is not the first to be sued by Infinito Gold. In 2001, Infinito Gold

locked Venezuela into a ten-year legal battle over a rejected mine. Fortunately,

Infinito lost.

We can make sure Infinito Gold loses again by standing up to its greedy tactics and

shameful behavior.

 Corporate profits cannot take precedence over the health of the people and the environment.

Stand up for Costa Rica’s rainforests -- tell Infinito Gold to drop the $1 billion lawsuit now.

Thanks for taking a stand,

Kaytee, Hanna, Katherine, Terryn, Kimberly, Jessica, Ledys, Fatah, Marie, Zermina

and the rest of us

P.S. Please help us up the pressure on Infinito by

sharing this petition on Facebook

 or forwarding this email to your friends.

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More information:

All That Glitters

. Corporate Knights, 3 Oct 2013.

Calgary-based mining company suing Costa Rica for more that $1 Billion

. Global News, 4 Oct 2013.

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