... threat looms on the horizon. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a mega-free trade agreement between the U.S. and 11 countries in Asia and the Americas, could come before Congress this year. This agreement ...
... because the Congress is still analyzing changes to the law that had been proposed by the Ministries of Economy and Environment.
Meanwhile, all the mining permits that had been granted to multinationals ...
Statement from the Canadian Labour Congress - CLC on the Pacific Rim/OceanaGold law suit against El Salvador.
Friday, June 26, 2015
Given our shared struggle for human rights and corporate accountability, ...
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The new mining legislation is still under discussion in Congress.
“It would set a negative precedent if El Salvador were to lose the case before the ICSID, as other – not only mining – transnationals ...
... interests of foreign investors and their political allies within the country.”
El Salvador’s Congress has already voted in favour of a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to water, but it ...
... recognized Congresswoman Lourdes Palacios, fifth Secretary of the Legislative Assembly and member of the Environment and Climate Change Commission, a she evaluates the progress of the legislature that ...
... corporation OceanaGold—wants to mine gold in ways that could well poison the river system serving over half the Salvadoran population. The Hill:It's time for Congress to investigate corporations, again ...
... the river system serving over half the Salvadoran population.
http://triplecrisis.com/rigged-rules-a-rogue-corporation-in-the-world-banks-rogue-tribunal/
The Hill: It's time for Congress to investigate ...
... expert in mining laws. Pacific Rim abstained from presenting specialists.
Before last week’s proceedings, however, the mining company had sought the support of several US congressmen to try to put its ...
... Portillo, the mayor of Texistepeque, and Reynaldo Cardoza, a federal congressman from Chalatenango, are also allegedly active in the group’s leadership. Insight Crime writes: “Their political links, which ...