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21. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... their water from polluting corporations. In our travels, we’ve seen these fights up close — they’re harrowing, but also inspiring. As we in the United States face similar struggles, we might take some ...; Created on 28 March 2021
22. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... city in South Korea. The charter allows Próspera to operate as a corporation that can contract with private or public actors. One primary contract is with the General Service Provider (GSP), a private ...; Created on 15 February 2021
23. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... mining operations in Peru go far beyond the Bear Creek corporation. The government of Canada estimates that in 2018, Canadian foreign direct investment in Peru totalled $14.2 billion, with most of that ...; Created on 21 January 2021
24. NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... corporations that value profits over the environment and the health of local communities. In 2002, a small group of citizens in El Salvador joined this global community of water defenders when representatives ...; Created on 14 January 2021
25. Vizcaya gov still opposes Didipio: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... expired FTAA by President Duterte. On June 10, 2019, the FTAA of OGPI), a subsidiary of Melbourne-based OceanaGold Corporation, has expired resulting in temporary suspension of OGPI’s operations pending ...; Created on 08 January 2021
26. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... investment vehicle, from its parent corporation – US-based, Clorox International. In the award, the tribunal sided with Venezuela’s interpretation, and held that Clorox Spain prima facie had an investment, ...; Created on 19 December 2020
27. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... government failed to assess and acknowledge the “detrimental effects'' associated with OceanaGold’s acquisition of it. The watchdog lost the case and members say the corporation and the government are ...; Created on 17 December 2020
28. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... million through the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Drafted with input from the U.S. Treasury, the proposal was denounced by labor unions and social and environmental movements as a means to privatize ...; Created on 01 December 2020
29. The hidden connection between a US steel company and the controversial Los Pinares mine in Honduras: (Regional News); ... and without public announcement, the largest steel producer in the United States, the Nucor Corporation, spent at least four years associated with an iron mine in Honduras under fire for its presumed persecution ...; Created on 28 November 2020
30. Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: (ISDS); ... can overrule or punish governments that fail to meet the demands of these corporations. Arbitration suits like this are made possible by international investment agreements, such as the Central America-Dominican ...; Created on 21 October 2020
31. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... his death in 2015. According to Earth Rights International, which is suing the World Bank for investing in the late Mr. Facussé’s Dinant Corporation, the company has been “at the center of a decades-long ...; Created on 25 September 2020
32. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); ... tribunal has ordered Guatemala to pay the US electricity corporation TECO US$21 million. With interest, this award is worth US$36.5 million today. The order had to be confirmed by a US court. Having ...; Created on 01 September 2020
33. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... Carlos Martínez from the Guatemalan Human Rights Lawfirm. “ISDS is evidence of stark asymmetries entrenched through free trade agreements. While they enable transnational corporations to throw their ...; Created on 24 August 2020
34. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... mining corporations will not deliver a future for the Global South that ensures good food, clean air and water, healthy communities, and planetary survival. However, the health-centered struggles and collective ...; Created on 23 July 2020
35. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); By Manuel Perez Rocha - Foreign Policy in Focus Wealthy corporations may use trade courts to keep public health measures from cutting into their profits. The country was in freefall. Formerly middle ...; Created on 23 July 2020
36. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... for Policy Studies, speaks about the inspiration of Marcelo Rivera in the global struggle against mining corporations and the formation of the International Allies against Mining in El Salvador. ...; Created on 15 July 2020
37. World Environment Day with nothing to celebrate: (Regional News); ... Meanwhile, the Movement of Victims Affected by Climate Change and Corporations (MOVIAC) indicates in its statement its concern about the "non-existent Environment policy" in the country. This absence is ...; Created on 06 June 2020
38. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Agreement (USMCA), the pact has some improvements but remains a handout to large corporations. This is particularly evident in the USMCA rules related to investor rights. One of the most controversial ...; Created on 03 May 2020
39. Arrests, harassment of environmental defenders amid COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Didipio Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya. The people’s barricade was set up last July 2019 by indigenous people to stop the operation of the Canadian-Australian owned OceanaGold Corporation. The local people’s organizations ...; Created on 21 April 2020
40. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... established in the 1990s, by intensifying investment in extractive industries by national elites and transnational corporations. These industries have established their operations without adequate consultation ...; Created on 20 April 2020

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