By Tanya Sahni & Erica Wallis
On February 28th, Amanda Grzyb, associate professor of Information and Media Studies at Canada’s Western University gave a talk as part of an ongoing public interest lecture ...
... El Salvador's finances."
"So for Bukele's government, why not arrest key water defenders if you are exploring overturning the mining ban for the revenues that gold mining brings?" he said. "This is the grea ...
... civil society organizations, to assume a vigilant, critical, and participatory position in the face of this economic activity that, far from bringing true development, brings confrontations, instability ...
... with which we started will continue at coming meetings. What we seek, what brings us here to the consultation in good faith, is the right to self-determination of our people and the right to consent… We ...
... that being associated with the Government of Canada abroad brings.”
The Liberals also seem happy to rubber-stamp Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (FIPAs), which are designed to ...
... of relevant, reliable, and up-to-date data help in producing more robust, evidence based studies to support public policy. This brings me to another relevant policy issue.
In 2013, the Philippines joined ...
... company brings a US$300 million arbitration claim against Guatemala to the World Bank´s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) over alleged violations of the Dominican Republic-Central ...
... and two directors from COMURES (a private corporation that brings together municipalities of El Salvador). Both institutions are closely linked with ARENA and add four votes while the executive government ...
... sector and indigenous peoples. Why?, the neoliberal development model only brings exploitation of natural resources, but does provide sustainble development for the people, so women and men have raised ...
... a case yet.
Which brings us back to Keystone.
A Taste of Things to Come
TransCanada, the Canadian firm that wanted to build the pipeline, announced at the start of the new year that it will seek $15 ...
... environmental advocate from El Salvador, Ms Vidalina Morales.
“The story that Vidalina brings to Australia from her community is frightening and outrageous, but also inspirational - to hear how the people ...
... as I have witnessed in the Philippines*, Guatemala, and El Salvador, the presence of mining corporations invariably brings conflict and death to previously peaceful municipalities. Responsible mining should ...
... Indigenous, campesinos and women;
-Mining brings criminalization of dissent and protest of environmental and Human rights defenders;
-Mining brings community division and conflict, and environmental ...
... producing more robust, evidence based studies to support public policy. This brings me to another relevant policy issue.
In 2013, the Philippines joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative ...