When it Comes to Mining, the Canadian Government has a Closed Door Policy, Even to Canadian Citizens
On Wednesday June 13, the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining (the Mesa) held a rally in ...
U.S. and Canadian Press Coverage:
Reuters Canada: El Salvador Says Panel Rejects Complaint from Canadian Miner
Reuters: Canadian Miners Complaint Can Proceed Under El Salvador Law
CNBC: BRIEF-Pac ...
Investor Rights Strip Communities of their Basic National Sovereignty
On the day of the expected Pacific Rim decision, the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining organized a press conference with ...
Is the Commerce Group Case Really Over?
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As the Salvadoran anti-mining movement and its allies across the globe anxiously await a ruling from the International Centre for Investment ...
Fixing Free Trade Agreements:
Putting People and the Planet over Corporate Profit
Today's trade rules are not designed first and foremost to protect workers, the environment or public health. They ...
Pac Rim LLC vs. Government of El Salvador Arbitration Details (ICSID Case No. ARB/09/12)
The mining company Pac Rim LLC is claiming investor rights violations by the Government of El Salvador and demanding ...
... these people are accused of committing a murder during the civil war (1980-1992) and of illicit associations. This last offense relates the case to the narrative of the current government’s “state of exception” ...
... Mita have already exercised their right to be consulted as per the political constitution of the republic and the municipal code, and the overwhelming results should be considered indicative for government ...
... waterways in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. But years of frustrations about the lack of information on the project by government authorities and lack of prior consultation by company officials led ...
... 18th of September in the municipality of Asunción Mita, Jutiapa, Guatemala. The consultation was related to the presence of metal mining projects in Asuncion Mita, home to the controversial Cerro Blanco ...