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1. Anglo American files lawsuit against Colombia: (ISDS); Minería Panamericana Anglo American mining company has filed a lawsuit against a ban preventing Colombian coal miner Cerrejón from developing its La Puente project. The latest lawsuit comes after Cerrejón ...; Created on 08 June 2021
2. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the center of ISDS cases involving the mining sector in the region. In addition to Guatemala, mining companies have sued Panamá, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia over regulatory decisions to revoke operating ...; Created on 07 June 2021
3. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... interests in South America include the mining of coal in Colombia and new international actions about this; high levels of conflict at Glencore operations; repression, human rights violations and children ...; Created on 22 April 2021
4. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Rights Global Witness report of 2020 citing over half of all reported killings of rights defenders occurred in just two countries, the Philippines and Colombia, and mining was the deadliest sector with ...; Created on 25 February 2021
5. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... Colombia and Mexico. Based on public notices of intent and speculations surrounding current political developments, this wave is likely to continue in 2021. Peru. The first Investor-State case filed ...; Created on 21 January 2021
6. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... still making the headlines. In Colombia, a national arbitration tribunal in the Ruta del Sol case ruled in favor of the government, and declared an infrastructure contract null and void, concluding that ...; Created on 19 December 2020
7. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); ... cases refused to suspend the proceedings. Water Colombia, Honduras, Paraguay and Argentina have adopted measures that provide direct support to water service users, such as making it unlawful to cut ...; Created on 01 September 2020
8. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... murdered last year. That’s the highest number since the group Global Witness began gathering data eight years ago, looking at the world. Around 40% of those killed were Indigenous people. Colombia was ...; Created on 17 August 2020
9. HONDURAS: Human rights defenders threatened by armed groups during quarantine: (Regional News); CONEXIHON Washington, D.C. (Conexihon) .- Hundreds of national and international civil society organizations called on the government of Honduras and Colombia to guarantee the human rights of defenders, ...; Created on 31 July 2020
10. Anglo American responses to AGM queries raise more questions than they answer: (Mining and Human Rights); ... It must be remembered that a company in which Anglo American has a stake has already been in charge of diverting a river in Colombia to expand its coal operations. This is the diversion of the Arroyo Bruno ...; Created on 22 July 2020
11. Government declares optimism regarding demand for Eco Oro: (Regional News); ... por Eco Oro en contra de Colombia debido a que no pudo explotar metales preciosos en el páramo de Santurbán. “Estoy optimista, creo que ahí nos va a ir muy bien, vamos a seguir defendiendo el páramo” ...; Created on 14 May 2020
12. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... the deadliest country for land and environmental defenders in 2018, when 30 people were killed. Last year, over half of the 212 reported killings worldwide occurred in just two countries: Colombia, with ...; Created on 04 October 2019
13. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... these cases: a Canadian mining company uses ISDS to challenge the environmental policies of a developing country over their alleged harm to its investment. For example, rulings by the Colombian Constitutional ...; Created on 05 May 2019
14. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... that Colombia currently faces over US$18 billion dollars in threatened or pending suits, especially related to protecting Indigenous territory and fragile páramo ecosystems, which provide water to over ...; Created on 03 May 2019
15. ENDORSERS / SIGNATARIOS: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... Humboldt (NICARAGUA) Centro Integral de Base CEIBA (MEXICO) Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular, CINEP(COLOMBIA) CESTA Amigos de la Tierra El Salvador Coecoceiba-Amigos de la Tierra Costa ...; Created on 25 February 2019
16. In Mining-Affected Communities, Water Is Becoming More Precious Than Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... all open-pit mining in 2010. Mining is also outlawed in high-altitude wetlands vitally important to water supplies in Colombia. And at least half a dozen provinces in Argentina have passed bans on industrial-scale ...; Created on 26 June 2017
17. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... years has won restrictions on mining in Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and the Philippines, among other countries.16 The second is the movement to reform the biased investor-state dispute settlement ...; Created on 26 June 2017
18. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... model, it’s too late. Changes to local or national laws result in a barrage of new ISDS cases – Colombia being a good case in point. El Salvador makes very clear that progress on our most urgent environmental ...; Created on 23 June 2017
19. All Endorsers: (Open Letter OceanaGold); ... Germany Grupo de Trabajo Suiza Colombia Informationsgruppe Lateinamerika (IGLA), Austria INKOTA, Germany Institute of Global Responsibility, Poland Kaffeekampagne El Salvador / Infostelle El Salvador ...; Created on 28 December 2016
20. Yes to life, no to mining! – Report Back Delegation to El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Anna Backmann and Christian Wimberger: CIR People taking part in the delegation from the United States, Canada, France, and Germany together with workers of the organization ADES. El Salvador, November ...; Created on 03 February 2016

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