Agreed. But given the level of social security in El Salvador it will definitely cause some problems. The problem is the latter: all the money being removed from their economy (as well as the resources, the value of which is only going up). This goes for almost all resource rich countries South of the equator with the exception of Australia and New-Zealand.

Colonialism is far from over, it just wears a corporate suit these days.

The bill is finally coming in the mail for 90s globalism, a dilettante movement with no regard for the future and an eye on stock market profits, the question is who is going to pay for it [1].

It's going to happen again when people realize that making Snapchat one of the most valuable stocks will torpedo the whole market and will make Pets.com look like someone spilled their drink.

[1](I am American and can clearly see that we are the ones who should shoulder this blame, and under Trump the lower half will in one way or another)

A few thousands jobs at very poor and dangerous conditions. While the owners for the foreign companies that exploit the mines get 99% of the profits. Really bad deal.

The question, though, is: will even a bad deal prove to have been preferable to no deal?

Great question. Luckily we have examples by which to judge, e.g.: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/08/usa-mining-lib...

> On Friday, May 8, 2009, W.R. Grace & Co. was acquitted of charges that it knowingly harmed the people of Libby, Montana. It was also acquitted of subsequently participating in any cover-up.

Christ, there really is no justice with these corps.