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21. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... is a field of law made lucrative by the proliferation of some 3,000 international investment treaties and trade agreements that give corporations the right to sue governments for hundreds of millions, ...; Created on 23 July 2020
22. Anglo American responses to AGM queries raise more questions than they answer: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of water at the close of its operations. Finally, it is important to point out that it is not enough to comply with minimum agreements with local communities, nor is it enough to comply with the lax rules ...; Created on 22 July 2020
23. Lack of a Water Law prolongs the historical crisis in the country: (Regional News); ... to comply with international commitments or agreements signed such as the "Escazú Agreement", which contains the recognition of the human right to water and environmental defenders. “The Escazú Agreement ...; Created on 17 June 2020
24. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... South. Indeed, developed countries are increasingly withdrawing from or rejecting ISDS in agreements amongst themselves. For example, the European Union and Australia and New Zealand have reportedly ...; Created on 03 May 2020
25. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... Law Center and MiningWatch Canada. This company´s threat of arbitration should not be permitted either. Ecuador cancelled 16 bilateral investment agreements in 2017, including one signed with China ...; Created on 03 May 2020
26. PRESS RELEASE: Citizen´s proposal for a general water law in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... urgent law. However, we are appalled at the decision to start from scratch, once again, annulling the important agreements and progress made in 2013-2015 by the sitting Commission. Faced with this situation, ...; Created on 20 April 2020
27. Tocoa is declared free of mining, but controversial mining project remains active: (Regional News); ... meeting generated disagreements between political leaders and residents who described the declaration as a demagogic act of the part of the Liberty and Refoundation Party (LIBRE). The open council was ...; Created on 26 December 2019
28. In Guatemala, north american mining company sues in La Puya case: (Kappes Kassiday & Associates Guatemala ); ... other international investment agreements, gives transnational companies a binding resource to a perverse international arbitration system known as Investor Dispute Settlement - State-Investor State (ISDS). ...; Created on 18 September 2019
29. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... story is different. Canada is still part of dozens of economic agreements that include the ISDS system. As our new report, Digging for Dividends,shows, Canadian investors have frequently used the ISDS ...; Created on 05 May 2019
30. Over two hundred organizations denounce multimillion-dollar suit brought by U.S. mining firm against Guatemala: (Media Releases); ... and social opposition. This would be yet another example of the ‘chilling effect’ that agreements like CAFTA-DR have on public and regulatory policies,” remarked Manuel Pérez-Rocha of the Institute for ...; Created on 04 May 2019
31. The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya fights for the right to water: (Regional News); ... as well as the broader campaign against the corporate-friendly investor-rights provisions in "free trade" agreements. Brent Patterson is a political activist and writer. Photo: Peace Brigades International ...; Created on 03 May 2019
32. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... in Free Trade Agreements and other investment protection pacts, laws, or contracts. These allow companies to bypass domestic courts and sue governments before private tribunals of highly paid corporate ...; Created on 03 May 2019
33. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... latter assured that they only granted the licenses, and that they respected private sales agreements or transfer of rights from one company to another. Madre Selva´s activist said that the company would ...; Created on 03 May 2019
34. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... agreements, gives transnational companies binding recourse to a perverse international arbitration system known as Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). ISDS claims are heard in tribunals such as ICSID ...; Created on 26 February 2019
35. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court: (Regional News); ... the mining site. This has included the use of a helicopter to lift the one ton blocks of concentrate from the site. The Dangerous Precedent of Free Trade Agreements KCA has stated that they will challenge ...; Created on 27 August 2018
36. The international dimensions of the fight for water in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... strategy based on the privatization of public services and natural commons, through free trade agreements designed to facilitate the privatization of the national patrimony such as telecommunications, ...; Created on 02 July 2018
37. Water 2.0 - Salvadoreans take to the streets to battle renewed attempts to privatize water resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... four consecutive governments of the pro-business ARENA party. During 20 years, Salvadoreans endured the dollarization of local currency and the signing of free trade agreements designed to facilitate ...; Created on 24 June 2018
38. “Latin American Countries exposed to law suits from transnational comporations: Manuel Pérez Rocha: (Regional News); ... His talk focused on the advances of corporate rights, which through legal instruments such as free trade and investments agreements are strengthening the power of multinational corporations – TNCs, and ...; Created on 10 May 2018
39. Duterte's new warning to mining companie: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... environmentally-destructive open-pit mines. Planting trees is a standard requirement in mining agreements. But, as suggested by President Duterte's warning, it is not one always taken seriously by mining ...; Created on 08 May 2018
40. COMMUNIQUE: The State of the Right to Free Prior and Informed Consent in the CA4 Region: (Media Releases); ... agreements, bilateral investment treaties and multilateral financial institutions that work in partnership with local officials in order to strengthen corporate rights and thus legitimize the dispossession ...; Created on 08 May 2018

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