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		<title>President Declines to Halt Las Crucitas Mining Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Costa Rican government officially declined to reverse the presidential decree that declares the mining project in Las Crucitas de Curtis as being in the national interest. The decision would seem to clear any legal impediment to the open pit gold mine operation, which the nation&#8217;s highest court (Sala IV) had approved in April. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crucitas Mining Controversy Sparks War on Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social media is decidedly a front on the battle over the Las Crucitas Mining Project, and while the fate of the project is still mired in legal battles the mining company has lost the Internet public relations battle. The Facebook page, The Truth About Crucitas has 531 followers while the group Costa Rica Against The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protest a Mine by Digging a Hole</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Protestors against the open pit gold mine dug a nice hole at the rotunda in front of Mall San Pedro, which a reporter from Eraverde, the university television station called “creative”. The dig on Wednesday was actually a stunt to draw more publicity for the big event on Thursday when protesters marched on the Costa [...]]]></description>
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