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41. Central American antimining activists gather in El Salvador to discuss joint strategies for action: (Media Releases); ... laws that guarantee investor rights. "The dominance of investor rights has deteriorated the capacity of local democratic institutions to regulate extractive industries in all phases of operations. In ...; Created on 05 May 2019
42. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); Ben Smith : Behind the Numbers (DOWNLOAD THE STUDY HERE)Of the limited changes made to the renegotiated NAFTA agreement—also known as the USMCA—perhaps the most significant relates to the system of investor ...; Created on 05 May 2019
43. The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya fights for the right to water: (Regional News); ... as well as the broader campaign against the corporate-friendly investor-rights provisions in "free trade" agreements. Brent Patterson is a political activist and writer. Photo: Peace Brigades International ...; Created on 03 May 2019
44. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Latin America Program Coordinator at MiningWatch Canada. Transnational corporations have access to the supranational arbitration system as a result of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses ...; Created on 03 May 2019
45. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... Mares, as the main sales card to attract investors. An attempt was made to obtain a response from the authorities of the Ministry of the Environment of Guatemala, on that subject, but there was no answer. ...; Created on 03 May 2019
46. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... agreements, gives transnational companies binding recourse to a perverse international arbitration system known as Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). ISDS claims are heard in tribunals such as ICSID ...; Created on 26 February 2019
47. Solidarity Statement to the People of El Salvador on the day of OceanGold's AG: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... September 2013 PacificRim, the company that had filed an Investor State Dispute Settlement case against El Salvador for $300m had been brought out by OceanaGold, an Australian Canadian company whose headquarters ...; Created on 04 June 2018
48. “Latin American Countries exposed to law suits from transnational comporations: Manuel Pérez Rocha: (Regional News); ... in favor of the public interest", he said.Another important step is to strengthen the preeminence of human rights above investors rights; to establish obligations and responsibilities that guarantee States ...; Created on 10 May 2018
49. Open letter to Oceana Gold: (Open Letter OceanaGold); ... in El Salvador in support of their work to prevent gold mining in their communities since 2009. That is the year when your Pac Rim Cayman subsidiary filed an unjust investor - state lawsuit with the International ...; Created on 30 November 2017
50. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... have been winning most of the lawsuits in these so-called “investor-state” tribunals, but here again El Salvador prevailed. How? Why? What lessons can be learned, and can nations and activists build ...; Created on 26 June 2017

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