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1. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... more accurately describes Canada – specifically Toronto – as “the belly of the beast.” It is the epicentre of the global mining industry, precisely because the systemic violence that plagues the industry ...; Created on 12 May 2021
2. Varios Países Rechazan Mecanismos de Arreglo de Disputas entre Estados e Inversionistas: (FTAs & ISDS); Varios Países Rechazan Mecanismos de Arreglo de Disputas entre Estados e Inversionistas Por Janet M Eaton, Phd. 12 de abril, 2012 Original in English Parece que hay una conciencia creciente ...; Created on 10 May 2012
3. La Mesa releases a memoir of their collective struggle to ban mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes ICSID. The support of international organizations helped find technical deficiencies in the arguments of mining companies, and also helped ...; Created on 29 June 2021
4. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... who have opposed the mine have been killed, putting its owner, Inversiones Los Pinares, at the centre of a deadly environmental conflict in the mineral-rich Bajo Aguán region. Local communities are concerned ...; Created on 06 May 2021
5. Reactivation of Cerro Blanco Mining Project: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Resources Inc., operates in Guatemala through Entre Mares, S.A. (formerly a subsidiary of the Canadian company, Goldcorp). In addition to the mining license for Cerro Blanco, Entre Mares has 23 mining ...; Created on 06 May 2021
6. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, a staunchly pro-business tribunal that adjudicates disputes between governments and foreign investors. Pacific Rim demanded that El Salvador either allow it ...; Created on 23 April 2021
7. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... The authors also emphasize the absurdity of institutions like the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Much of the tension in The Water Defenders stems from ...; Created on 11 April 2021
8. Mine reappears on list of suspects: Lead source inquiry welcomed: (OceanaGold); ... or fishing tackle in the catchment, or sampling or analytical errors. In a brief media session after a packed public meeting at the East Otago Events Centre on Wednesday, Mr Dyer said that the council ...; Created on 13 March 2021
9. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... and cryptocurrency entrepreneur associated with the Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala. They serve seven-year terms with no term limits. Próspera also has two Council Observers: Rodrigo Quercia, ...; Created on 15 February 2021
10. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... new in the mining sector. Since the late 1990s, nearly 50 cases concerning mining concessions have been brought before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), one of ...; Created on 06 January 2021
11. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... case arising from the corruption scandal, in February 2020, Odebrecht registered a request for arbitration before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) against Peru, in ...; Created on 19 December 2020
12. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); ... a government law or policy has harmed its investment. Peru “This is no doubt going to lead to six arbitration claims against us at ICSID [the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment ...; Created on 01 September 2020
13. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... Carlos Martínez from the Guatemalan Human Rights Lawfirm. “ISDS is evidence of stark asymmetries entrenched through free trade agreements. While they enable transnational corporations to throw their ...; Created on 24 August 2020
14. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... legal grounds on which to operate its mine in Guatemala, KCA has slapped Guatemala with a US$350 million international arbitration claim at the World Bank´s International Centre for Settlement of Investment ...; Created on 03 May 2020
15. Ostúa River contaminated with lead and arsenic from Cerro Blanco mine: (Cerro Blanco); ... that now they have to buy the water. If they do not buy it, they have to get drinking water from somewhere far. The Cerro Blanco mine began its operations in 2007. A project by Entremares S.A., a subsidiary ...; Created on 21 April 2020
16. Global protest launched against OceanaGold mine in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... has supported the people of El Salvador in a gigantic battle that led to a defeat against OceanaGold mining corporation at the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) ...; Created on 02 September 2019
17. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... that has a central role in designing ISDS rules, third-party funding was one of several key issues under discussion. This comes several months after the International Centre for Settlement of Investment ...; Created on 05 May 2019
18. Over two hundred organizations denounce multimillion-dollar suit brought by U.S. mining firm against Guatemala: (Media Releases); ... affected by its project and the decision of the courts. The company filed the suit in December 2018 at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) for alleged violations of the ...; Created on 04 May 2019
19. The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya fights for the right to water: (Regional News); ... criminalization, a win at the Guatemalan Supreme Court, and now a challenge at the Washington, D.C.–based World Bank Group's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. A timeline may ...; Created on 03 May 2019
20. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... released earlier this week by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), Digging for Dividends: The use and abuse of investor-state dispute settlement by Canadian investors abroad. Their report ...; Created on 03 May 2019

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