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21. Murdered environmental activists remembered: (Mining and Human Rights); P. Cabezas Lack of protections and reparations for those affected by human rights violations in mining affected communities is regretful states the Human Rights Ombudsman of El Salvador. Several ...; Created on 30 December 2014
22. Media coverage of the International Month of Action: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... vital social and environmental protections that governments have put in place. Case in point: Next week, a mining firm is bringing the government of El Salvador to trial here in Washington for actions ...; Created on 29 September 2014
23. News Summary international campaign against OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... governments, often to override vital social and environmental protections that governments have put in place. Case in point: Next week, a mining firm is bringing the government of El Salvador to trial ...; Created on 25 September 2014
24. The Rights Clash: (Commerce Group); ... How did this happen? In El Salvador, as in many potentially volatile global southern countries, investor protections are billed to help create a stable business environment, which in turn foments investment ...; Created on 15 July 2013
25. Chalk Up Another Victory for "Free Trade": Mining Companies Sue El Salvado: (2013 Fact Finding Mission); ... much to the point, and worth bearing in mind when we consider how Commerce Group and Pacific Rim laid out their cases against El Salvador—specifically, by citing protections the Central American Free Trade ...; Created on 08 July 2013
26. People of El Salvador celebrate World Environment Day: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Salvador, Oscar Luna renewed his call for the Salvadoran Government to implement protections for the right of all Salvadorans to food, water and a clean environment. His speech focused particularly on ...; Created on 06 June 2013
27. Concerned Citizens from Across the U.S. Call on a Milwaukee Company to Act Ethically: (Commerce Group); ... to investigation. In 2009, the Commerce Group, filed a $100 million lawsuit in retaliation against the government of El Salvador under the foreign investor “protections” contained in the Central America ...; Created on 21 November 2012
28. El Salvador loses on three out of four counts, as anti-environment and anti-development case launched under CAFTA drags on: (FTAs & ISDS); ... may still have to pay millions in tribunal and legal costs for the portion that was dismissed. -CAFTA's extraordinary investment protections kick in for existing investments even without a firm making ...; Created on 05 July 2012
29. Fixing Free Trade Agreements: Putting People and the Planet over Corporate Profit: (FTAs & ISDS); ... corporate profits. The agreements include a dispute resolution system that allows foreign corporations to sue governments when they feel that laws and regulations, including environmental protections, ...; Created on 05 March 2012
30. Mining for Profits: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Pacific Rim, is demanding in excess of $77 million in compensation, alleging violations of “investor protections” under the U.S. trade agreement with Central America. For the full article see here. ...; Created on 29 February 2012
31. Commerce Group: (Commerce Group); ... “protections” contained in the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). The Company demanded payment not only for its investments but also the right to reopen the mine against the community's and the ...; Created on 08 February 2012

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