"The government had denied permits for a gold mining project in northern El Salvador that the company was trying to establish. It sued for unrealized profits."

I laughed when I read that.  I am sure it is more complex, but have we reached the point that a company can sue a government for not allowing that company to establish a business that could have serious detrimental effects on the people and land?  

Oh, capitalism is truly king, or many a god.  If governments, cannot limit or structure what capitalists are allowed to do, who on earth can?  Only other capitalists?