... - state arbitration process to undermine the public interest laws and regulatory structures in countries of the Global South.
We stand with the people of El Salvador in their demand that their domestic ...
... located in the neighboring country of Guatemala; this mine threatens to contaminate the Lempa River, the main source of domestic water for 60% of the population of El Salvador.
Canada based Pacific ...
... Group and Pacific Rim then used to sue the Salvadoran government. Complicating things further, the Salvadoran government had already passed domestic legislation during the worldwide structural adjustment ...
... Assembly who are part of the commission reached a consensus to delete three subsections of the current regulations and established that "if disputes or differences which may arise between domestic and foreign ...
... including contamination of their local water sources. Communities are dependent on the local water sources utilizing it for their domestic needs like, washing clothes, drinking, bathing and cooking with ...
... filing lawsuits against the government. The companies claim that their rights as investors are being violated. These suits were filed through investor protection provisions in domestic law and under free ...
... of domestic Salvadoran investment law.
To amplify the demands of the anti-mining movement and its October 20th march in Cabañas, the department where Pacific Rim wants to mine, more than a hundred ...
... government by basing its claims in domestic investment law.
Yesterday, the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining (the Mesa) mobilized over a hundred people to support their urgent demand to reform ...
... shows why this definition of progress is wrong.
El Salvador is poor by almost any economic measure, be it per capita gross domestic product or per capita income. But a rich vein of gold lies buried ...
... as a challenge under El Salvador’s domestic Investment Law.
The lowlights?
-El Salvador lost on three out of four counts, and Pacific Rim's attack on El Salvador's mining policies will proceed. The government ...
... “ The fact that corporate attacks on a sovereign country’s domestic environmental policy before a foreign tribunal would even be possible – much less cost a country millions when a key element of the attack ...