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We demand from our governments full respect in the exercise of territorial defense in the framework of national legislation and international agreements ratified by our States.
We demand an objective ...
... settlement provisions of international trade agreements and foreign investment laws. This case dragged on for seven years and should never have taken place.
Given this ruling, we support our allies in ...
... water, and bilateral agreements are used to minimize the damages to the towns in border territories.
"El Salvador has already demonstrated that organization and social struggle can obtain good results, ...
... living, as a result of agreements reached with the Attorney General's Office," said Morales, who was surprised to learn about the agreement between the mining company and the government.
According to Morales, ...
... strengthened by three decades of trade and investment agreements among nations, is that environmental and human rights have no standing.11 Further, domestic courts in El Salvador played no role; the company ...
... agreements and they have no obligation to balance these interests with social and environmental concerns.
The El Salvador context was relatively unique. The mining moratorium achieved there in 2009 meant ...
... the proposed El Dorado mine in Cabañas), and the aggressive strategy used by multinational mining corporations that utilize provisions in trade agreements to sue countries that prioritize environmental ...
... (“ISDS”) – enshrined in over 3,000 investor protection agreements today – is such a huge threat to peoples’ self-determination, health, and the environment in El Salvador, Canada and around the world. ...
... and other trade agreements are only in small part about trade tariffs. They are much more about giveaways to fleet-footed corporations, giveaways that further encourage corporations to offshore their production ...