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21. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Agreement (FIPA) is now in force. This agreement provides substantial protections for Canadian investors in Mongolia, where there are already significant Canadian-owned mining assets. These “investors’ ...; Created on 07 May 2021
22. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, a staunchly pro-business tribunal that adjudicates disputes between governments and foreign investors. Pacific Rim demanded that El Salvador either allow it ...; Created on 23 April 2021
23. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... with metals in their blood in Peru; and outsourcing, child and labor, and a million-dollar lawsuit under an Investor-State Dispute Arbitration (ISDS) case in Bolivia. Glencore is one of the world’s largest ...; Created on 22 April 2021
24. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... mainly by nickel demand from China and a high gold price. The precious metal peaked at $2,000 per ounce last August and is expected to average at $1,700 this year as investors seek out a safe-haven asset. ...; Created on 15 April 2021
25. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... has allowed a group of investors from the Washington DC-based firm NeWay Capital to establish an independent governance system as an experiment with privatized jurisdictions. Hondurans are facing a ...; Created on 15 February 2021
26. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... domestic legal system may not provide an adequate remedy. For example, an investor may not wish to settle disputes before a host state's domestic courts for reasons of (i) fear of bias; or (ii) unfamiliarity ...; Created on 06 January 2021
27. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... from the traditional approach to investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS). Our authors did a tremendous job covering and sharing their insights on the most important developments affecting our industry. ...; Created on 19 December 2020
28. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... to shrug off responsibility for the shutdown. During the company’s third quarter investors’ conference call on November 9, Milau suggested that the residents of Carrizalillo, who live next to the mine’s ...; Created on 28 November 2020
29. Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: (ISDS); ... Investor State Dispute Settlement system (ISDS). The report findings demonstrate that: Instead of respecting legitimate community opposition to its gold-mining project, KCA increased its efforts ...; Created on 21 October 2020
30. 5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras: (Regional News); ... For the past 20 years, the Honduran government has sold our ancestral lands to wealthy investors by threatening the Garífuna people to abandon our lands and then selling them under the pretext that they ...; Created on 03 September 2020
31. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); AFTINET A new report by the Netherlands-based Transnational Institute reveals a rush of international arbitration cases against Latin American states by international investors during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...; Created on 01 September 2020
32. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... government. Unwavering community opposition and legal actions halted the project in 2016. With the company’s leadership under criminal investigation and its mine suspended, KCA turned to Investor State ...; Created on 24 August 2020
33. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... projects fueled by foreign investors and the Honduran government. “We are in danger daily — all the leaders of the Garífuna community, all the defendants of the land in Honduras,” says Carla Garcia, international ...; Created on 17 August 2020
34. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... rounded up a delegation to demonstrate to investors that it has local support for its Warintza copper project. The trip was highly controversial. The Shuar Arutam People’s Assembly, the representative ...; Created on 23 July 2020
35. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... in bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and may bring rise to claims in the future by foreign investors.” The Washington, D.C.-based Aceris has won arbitration cases for numerous global corporations. This ...; Created on 23 July 2020
36. Webinar on Extractivism, Human Rights and ISDS: Hard Law vs Soft Law: (Mining and Human Rights); ... El Salvador). With reference to particular examples in Latin America they discussed arbitration suits (Investor State Dispute Settlement) which have been brought by extractive industries in relation to ...; Created on 28 June 2020
37. 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
38. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... and life from the onslaught of mining projects, so must we continue to build solidarity with them and strengthen efforts to bring an end to investor-state dispute arbitration and the agreements that hold ...; Created on 03 May 2020
39. Map reveals Canadian mining company’s environmental, social conflicts: (Regional News); ... Siren Fisekci, vice president of investor relations and corporate communications for Pan American Silver, said in an email to Mongabay. The Environmental Justices Atlas’s Yannick Deniau disagrees. “In ...; Created on 02 March 2020
40. Social Organizations demand compliance with the Prohibition of Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to manipulate or repeal the Law on Prohibition of Metal Mining for economic returns, which eventually will only fill the pocket of investors while affecting the majorities in the communities. “As long ...; Created on 26 December 2019

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