... they have concerns about projects on their land.
In Puno, the struggle will continue. Aduviri is currently working to be reinstated as regional governor and has a promising career ahead of him. The progressive ...
... 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 ...
... affecting the investor's balance sheet or having an impact on cash flow.
What does investment protection involve?
There are more than 2,000 investment treaties currently in force worldwide. The majority ...
... of the area, local organizations began training processes in organic agriculture. Through these activities, more than 1,000 families have been trained during the last seven years. Currently, 250 families ...
... of several lawyers with recognized reputation and long experience in the defense of human rights.
Seven of the defendants are currently in prison in the Yoro, Olanchito: Ewer Alexander Cedillo Cruz, ...
... it was obtained and awarded through corrupt practices. This case is peculiar, however, because it deviates from the current trend in regard to both gathering and assessing evidence of corruption. Regarding ...
... the current administration of Nayib Bukele due to poor management of the autonomous agency and harassment toward community water councils. The COVID-19 emergency also caused many people to stay in their ...
... of millions of dollars in unearned profits.
In its $400 million claim, which is currently proceeding at a World Bank Group tribunal, the Nevada-based KCA argues that the Guatemalan government failed ...
... and indigenous Hondurans have been forcibly displaced, criminalized and killed in conflicts with powerful conglomerates over land and water.
The current struggle dates back to 2011 when the Botaderos ...
... brought the Las Pavas plant to its current condition.
Just by looking at the pictures, I told them, “How can this be? Can you imagine the health damage they have been doing to our people? That's why ...
... of crime; if it’s a man, he is involved in narcotraffic, or maybe he’s part of the gangs, or maras. So, this is a recurrent situation, and we are telling to the world.
Let me tell you something: I became ...
... governments pressured by the lobby of the mining industry seek to silence the protests and use the current crisis to promote changes in national regulations that favor mining activities, at the cost of ...
... the attacks against Yoni Rivas of the Agrarian Platform and the Unified Peasant Movement of Aguán (MUCA), who is based in the Lower Aguán Region is currently unable to leave the area due to the curfew, ...
... greenwashing.
The historic closure of big mines under the late former environment secretary Gina Lopez has been recently announced by current environment secretary and ex-general Roy Cimatu himself as ...
... corporations in the agri-business, finance, energy and other sectors, threatening to divert resources from managing pandemics and other urgent social needs.
Even before the current public health crisis, ...
... Quellaveco project, is located. Moreover, many governments seek to emerge from the current economic crisis by expanding and deepening mining extractivism. In the case of Peru, mining has been a priority ...
... Metallic Mining, mentioned other demands from environmentalists to government authorities: “the technical closing of abandoned mines, the closing of artisanal mining operations that are currently operating ...
... the current conditions to face the Covid-19 health crisis in the Central American country.
The signatories demand from the Salvadoran State "to guarantee access to this vital resource in an equitable, ...
... that without sufficient and good quality water, the current pandemic crisis due to COVID-19 impacting El Salvador and the world will not be addressed properly.
Since this natural asset is essential for ...
... current context, in order to ratify the goal of this alliance of organizations and communities for a Water and Sanitation Law, as a resource of the State and to safeguard this common good. "The deputy Martha ...