Edgardo Ayala : IPS News
Environmental organizations are not dropping the guard in their fight against the operations of transnational mining corporation OceanaGold, which has just lost litigation against ...
El Salvador loses on three out of four counts, as anti-environment and anti-development case launched under CAFTA drags on
Todd Tucker, June 4, 2012
El Salvador lost three out of four of its major ...
... from registered voters to request municipal authorities of Asunción Mita to carry out a Municipal Consultation, as per art. 64 of the Municipal Code.
Historically, communities closest to mining projects ...
... report closes demanding that the current government of Nayib Bukele guarantee that the mining prohibition will not be reversed and that the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), and ...
... closest to a significant reform in Canadian law was Bill C-300, which lost in parliament by just 6 votes.”
“It’s all because of a powerful industry lobby. How else can you explain the positive second ...
... Pacific Rim mining company
Reuters (UK):OceanaGold loses compensation claim against El Salvador, also in Business Insider (USA)
Telesur (Venezuela):El Salvador Beats Mining Giant OceanaGold at World ...
... country’s investment law, OceanaGold has been able to sue El Salvador saying that they should be compensated for the profits they should have made at the goldmine. If the country loses the case, they will ...
... for “indirect expropriation” of anticipated profits. Even if Pacific Rim loses the case in ICSID, a court that generally favours corporations, the El Salvadorian public will still end up paying the multi-million ...
... with the World Bank.
El Salvador argues that such a dispute should be settled in Salvadoran courts, not outside of the country.
“If it loses, the case will set a precedent allowing companies outside ...
... “abuse by transnational corporations” in the region.
Karunananthan believes that El Salvador would be wise to follow Ecuador’s lead. “Whether El Salvador wins or loses [the Pacific Rim case], it’s not ...