PROSPECT
Sasha Chavkin
From tropical rain forests to drinkable water, a vast share of the planet’s essential environmental resources are found in developing countries. When growth-oriented governments ...
... protect Canadian mining investments. A March 2017 news release promoting Canada’s mining sector at an industry convention offers one example:
The Canada-Mongolia Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection ...
... offers only a cursory treatment of the first.
The timing and the context of Rivera’s murder make Pacific Rim an obvious suspect: The motive is there. Broad and Cavanagh write that San Isidro Mayor José ...
... experts say some of the extrajudicial killings and forced displacement are byproducts of Canadian mining in the Philippines. In most cases, the Canadian government offers little recourse for those harmed. ...
... insisting with different offers of employment, trips, and the reconstruction of the town, but we refused, " she said.
"For us this is sacred territory, in the land surrounding San José Las Flores, so ...
... that it be granted US$314 million in compensation after being denied a permit to drill for gold. But anti-mining activists, arguing that the Oct. 14 decision offers only a temporary reprieve, plan to use ...
... World Bank disputes body over El Salvador arbitration
The Nation: El Salvador Ruling Offers a Reminder of Why the TPP Must Be Defeated
Truth Out: El Salvador Lessons for the TPP Fight
EcoAmericas: ICSID ...
... and programs for women entrepreneurs are false promises of future employment which are overstated... in interviews we made to the population, we found they have made employment offers conditional to a ...
... in accordance with safe, sustainable and internationally recognized Best-Practice-Standards, offers a sustainable and a decades-long business opportunity for El Salvador”.
Unfortunately he could not comment ...
... to address unsafe and illegal work conditions in the factory.
Whatever the motives, the Clinton-Slim-Giustra-Callejas alliance in El Salvador offers a sobering glimpse into the multi-million-dollar ties ...
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But social opposition from the communities surrounding San Jose Las Flores quickly grew and intensified between 2006 and 2007, despite of the company’s offers of employment and community social projects. ...
... so dangerous to democracy and the environment. We are among the co-authors of this study, titled “Debunking Eight Falsehoods by Pacific Rim Mining/OceanaGold in El Salvador.” The report offers a powerful ...
... to suspend mining operations, a promise kept by current president Mauricio Funes. To prevent further legal cases, which are already draining millions from the country’s coffers, the Salvadoran legislature ...