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1. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); IPS Beverly L. Longid Indigenous Peoples, advocates and members of IPMSDL call for continuing struggle for self-determination to combat imperialist plunder and state-terror. Credit: Carlo Manalansan, ...; Created on 17 December 2020
2. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala, examines Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (KCA) attempt to strong-arm the Guatemalan government through international arbitration into green-lighting the unwanted ...; Created on 24 August 2020
3. NEWS RELEASE: El Salvador Facing $300m Claim from Mining Multinational under ‘ISDS’: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION Brussels, 15 April 2015 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has described a $300m claim against El Salvador by an Australian/Canadian mining conglomerate as an example ...; Created on 17 April 2015
4. Pacific Rim President's Claim that He Wants to Help El Salvador Leaves Many Unconvinced ...: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Pacific Rim President's Claim that He Wants to Help El Salvador Leaves Many Unconvinced A lengthy article featuring Pacific Rim CEO Tom Shrake published on June 19th by the Toronto based Globe and ...; Created on 03 July 2012
5. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... point: A Nevada-based mining company is suing the Guatemalan government for over $400 million, claiming violations of investor protections in the CAFTA-DR. Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (KCA) argues in ...; Created on 07 June 2021
6. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), who was a former House lawmaker, stated. In an article, Ibon Foundation, an independent think tank, claimed that the government has “exaggerated” ...; Created on 24 May 2021
7. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... an international coalition—paid off at critical moments. In October 2016, the World Bank tribunal where their international partners held protests dismissed the mining company’s claims. Five months later, ...; Created on 23 April 2021
8. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... The company denies any responsibility, claiming that it is a matter for the Peruvian state. Child labour, pollution and a million-dollar ISDS lawsuit against Bolivia In Bolivia Glencore has a particularly ...; Created on 22 April 2021
9. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... his turnaround, from claiming to protect and stop the destruction of forests by destructive mining, to a pro-mining president,” Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM), a coalition of anti-mining groups, said in a message ...; Created on 15 April 2021
10. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... community meetings, a Pac Rim official boasted that cyanide was so safe that he was more than happy to drink a glass of a favorite local drink, horchata, laced with a white power he claimed was cyanide. ...; Created on 11 April 2021
11. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... DeScherer, an attorney with the non-profit Southern Environmental Law Center, said his group wants to ensure there are “sufficient plans and funds in place to safely reclaim the mine site when mining is ...; Created on 30 March 2021
12. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... claiming it had been deprived of its right to start a gold mine. Luis, you helped win that case for El Salvador's government. How big a surprise was that victory? Luis Parada: Well, it was a very hard ...; Created on 22 March 2021
13. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... example, a labor related claim of $10,000 under standard arbitration procedures, the estimated fee would be $1,120 with $392 of that amount paid upon filing, and all fees recoverable as costs by the prevailing ...; Created on 15 February 2021
14. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... risks of the mine, began regular protests and strikes in 2013 while the project was still in planning, leading to conflicts with the police. In January 2018, Tahoe denied claims from local activists and ...; Created on 21 January 2021
15. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... 1. A Wave of Cases Against Latin American States Last year saw a wave of cases against Latin American states, driven in particular, but not exclusively, by a large number of claims filed against Peru, ...; Created on 21 January 2021
16. No renewal for Didipio Mines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... or OGPI. The Nagtipunan municipal government led by Vice Mayor Amel Fiesta expressed support for the Bugkalot-Ilongot tribe’s claim of ancestral domain ownership over the area being mined OceanaGold. OceanoGold’s ...; Created on 08 January 2021
17. Vizcaya gov still opposes Didipio: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... nullify the directive. On July 25, the local court upheld the order. Meanwhile, the Bugkalot indigenous peoples community in the provinces of Quirino, Aurora, Nueva Vizcaya and Nueva Ecija claiming ancestral ...; Created on 08 January 2021
18. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... we first briefly explain what protection under an investment treaty involves before analysing the rise of investment claims in the mining sector in 2020 and its likely continued rise in 2021 and beyond. ...; Created on 06 January 2021
19. Puno: An indefinite strike announced due to mining contamination in the Coata River: (Regional News); Wayka Arsenic and mercury were found in the bodies of people in the districts near the Coata river basin, in the Puno region, which is being contaminated by mining tailings. Local leaders claim that ...; Created on 28 December 2020
20. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... that the claimants were not nationals of Spain when they made investments in Venezuela; they obtained Spanish citizenship only a few years later. Hence, the respondent argued, the treaty protections did ...; Created on 19 December 2020

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