... intersection after dropping off the youngest daughter at her school in Tabuk, a city in the Philippines about 450 kilometres north of Manila, nestled in the lush and mountainous Cordillera region. Without ...
... trade court alleging that Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources, SERMANAT, violated Chapter XI of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
In January, the Mexican government received notification ...
... Didipio Gold and Copper Mine (Didipio mine) in the Northern Luzon province of Nueva Vizcaya started open-pit commercial production in 2013. It continues to operate despite a suspension order issued on ...
... foreign minister said the removal of ISDS “strengthened our government’s right to regulate in the public interest, to protect public health and the environment.”
Outside of North America, however, the ...
... and San José de Golfo, north of Guatemala City. The suspension remains in effect, pending a final decision from the Constitutional Court. Even after the Supreme Court ordered the suspension, the company ...
... mine located just north of Guatemala City since March 2010.
The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya, which is made up of members from these communities, has stated, "[The environmental impact assessment] ...
... Earth Northern Ireland
Frères des Hommes (BELGIQUE)
Fundación ALBOAN (ESPAÑA)
Guatemala Solidarität Österreich (AUSTRIA)
HondurasDelegation (GERMANY)
Jordens Vänner (Friends of the Earth Sweden) ...
... of Mataquescuintla set up a similar roadblock along the highway north of the mine to prevent mine-related traffic from accessing the site from the other direction.
The road blocks will not end because ...
... the cost of natural resources, especially water. A few examples:
In the historic case of the plantation, El Espino, just north of El Salvador´s capital city, hundreds of acres of forest and coffee ...
... communities, who formed the La Puya encampment at the entrance of the mine to block any machinery from arriving to the site.
An hour north of the busy, chaotic, streets of Guatemala City sits the municipality ...
... North America has received 4% and Western Europe 8% of the claims: the richest countries receive the lowest amount of demands. This constitutes an instrument of power for corporations based in large financial ...
... of Quiche in northwestern Guatemala.
In Honduras more than 40 open town meetings have been held in which the population of different localities has rejected similar projects, said Pedro Landa, of the Reflection, ...