... defend the little water they have left,” said Manuel Pérez Rocha, an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC. “Their country’s hydric stress, that’s water stress, they’re ...
... /ENDS For more information, please contact:
Manuel Perez Rocha, Institute for Policy Studies (U.S.): 240-838-6623, manuel@ipsdc.org
Dylan Penner, Council of Canadians (Canada): 613-795-8685, dpenner@canadians.org. ...
... States
Manuel Pérez Rocha, Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), 240-838-6623, manuel(at)ips-dc.org
Robin Broad, American University, 202-885-1478, rbroad(at)american.edu
John Cavanagh, Institute ...
... only accounts for 14% of ICSID member states, they make up 51% of those nations facing cases related to extractive industries. According to report authors Sandra Anderson and Manuel Pérez-Rocha, the litigations ...
El Salvador is being sued by Pacific Rim Mining, a Canadian based corporation owned by Australia's OceanaGold, before the International Center for the Settlement of Investments Disputes –ICSID-. The ...
... Allies Against Mining in El Salvador, 503-7755-1423, stopesmining@gmail.com
United States
Manuel Pérez Rocha, Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), 240-838-6623, manuel@ips-dc.org
Sofia ...
... commercial treaties because of pressure by investors, and these are binding, hard-law treaties,” explained Manuel Perez-Rocha, an associate fellow at IPS. “So who has more real power? Transnationals assure ...
How transnational corporations use trade and investment treaties as powerful tools in disputes over oil, mining, and gas.
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By Sarah Anderson and Manuel Perez-Rocha
In the ...
... Perez Rocha from the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) spoke of the erosion of local sovereignty due to the impacts of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Bilateral Investment Agreements (BITs) with their ...
... Plenary Session 2– Locating El Salvador in the international struggle against extractive industries.
Pedro Landa, CEHPRODEC, Honduras
Manuel Perez Rocha, Institute for Policy Studies, ...
... its gold mining project.
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An Appeal to Canada to Stand with El Salvador, the First Nation to Halt Gold Mining
By Manuel Perez Rocha
Representatives from IPS and other environmental ...
... Rebecca Dreyfus, and Maneul Perez-Rocha, “Mining for Profits in International Tribunals” 2011.
Signing organizations:
Name
Country
Contact
El Foro Ciudadano de Participación ...
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Carver
USA
Insitute for Policy Studies
Manuel
Perez Rocha
USA
Institute for Policy Studies
Nick
Alexandrov
USA
George Washington University
Jennifer
Moore
Canada ...