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21. ENDORSERS / SIGNATARIOS: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... Economy Project Latin America Task Force of Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice (USA) Latin America Working Group (USA) Madison Arcatao Sister City Project (USA) National Lawyers Guild International ...; Created on 25 February 2019
22. Criminalization of the Aymara People - Supreme Court Will Decide on Aduviri Case on October 5th.: (Regional News); ... whether or not to annul the 7-year sentence against him. Aduviri's lawyers and representatives of the Ministry of the Interior were present at the hearing. The hearing lasted for an hour and a half, after ...; Created on 21 September 2018
23. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... watched by social organisations, human rights lawyers and political analysts throughout the country because it could set two legal precedents with implications for many other struggles for indigenous and ...; Created on 28 August 2018
24. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court: (Regional News); ... The case continues the case brought against the mine by lawyers from the Center for Legal-Environmental and Social Action (CALAS), which argued that the mine is illegal, and that the license for the mine ...; Created on 27 August 2018
25. El Salvador: first anniversary of the mining ban A cause for celebration, but the new law faces dangers: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Simeón Cañas (UCA) teamed up with lawyers from the university´s Department of Juridical Sciences to develop a new proposal. The bill was presented to the Legislative Assembly on February 6 of 2017 by an ...; Created on 22 June 2018
26. Central Americans Demand to be Consulted About Mining Projects: (Regional News); ... use other mechanisms that they undoubtedly have, such as referendums,” Sonia Gutiérrez, an expert with the Association of Mayan Lawyers and Notaries of Guatemala, told IPS. The extractive industry has ...; Created on 09 May 2018
27. COMMUNIQUE: The State of the Right to Free Prior and Informed Consent in the CA4 Region: (Media Releases); ... Assembly of the Peoples of Huehuetenango - ADH Association of Mayan Lawyers and Notaries Association At Tenamit / Indigenous Table of Climate Change in Guatemala Madre Selva Collective Mam Council ...; Created on 08 May 2018
28. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... In terms of the [ISDS] lawsuit…the communities and their organizations were able to find common cause together with the State and its defence lawyers; we were all in close coordination.” At the closing ...; Created on 23 June 2017
29. A wake-up call for Trump's trade agend: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... basic requirements for seeking a license. But the investment court, which is part of the World Bank Group in Washington, accepted the case anyway. The tribunal and the lawyers profit from more cases, ...; Created on 03 March 2017
30. Mining company delays complying with the ruling and reaches out to the government of Sanchez Ceren: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... costs, interest should be added to the amount originally established from the date of issuance of the award until it was paid. Foley Hoag's lawyers believe the court forgot to decide on that request from ...; Created on 28 December 2016
31. All Endorsers: (Open Letter OceanaGold); ... Mining Midwest Coalition Responsible Investment MOFGA-El Salvador Sistering Committee National Alliance for Filipino Concerns, NAFCON National Lawyers Guild International Committee National Ecumenical ...; Created on 28 December 2016
32. Solidarity rally in Toronto as decision released in OceanaGold v. El Salvador case: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... agricultural lands in the area." Speakers pointed out that, in the ICSID, it is ultimately corporate lawyers – not judges – who decide whether governments must pay corporations for halting destructive ...; Created on 10 November 2016
33. El Salvador wins arbitration against Oceana Gold/Pacific Rim mining company: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... 13 million dollars payed to lawyers, the tribunal’s resolution says what we all already knew: that Pacific Rim/Oceana Gold’s demand was frivolous and undeserved. The arbitration and the Pacific Rim Company ...; Created on 20 October 2016
34. Pacific Rim tried to negotiate with the government anticipating and adverse ruling: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... lawyers, had heard anything from the Pacific Rim Company," said Parada. Faced with such a request and after the respective institutional consultations, the Attorney General's Office (FGR), who is also ...; Created on 26 September 2016
35. Application of Convention NO. 169 by Domestic and International Courts in Latin America: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... peoples. This is a compilation of judicial decisions that have relied on ILO Convention No. 169 in ten Latin American countries. The information provided in this Casebook will be useful for judges, lawyers ...; Created on 23 April 2016
36. The lawsuit that could put El Salvador in check: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... investor has to comply to the laws of the country in which it has decided to invest”, Luis Parada, coordinator of the US team of lawyers from Foley Hoag firm, that is representing El Salvador, told BBC ...; Created on 30 September 2015
37. The obscure legal system that lets corporations sue countries: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... dubbed the “road to riches”, when influence-peddling became an American growth industry. Parada, a soft-spoken 55-year-old from El Salvador, is one of a handful of lawyers in the world who specialise in ...; Created on 11 July 2015
38. NEWS RELEASE: El Salvador Facing $300m Claim from Mining Multinational under ‘ISDS’: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... over their own economies and legal systems to ISDS, where corporate lawyers can act as judge in one case and prosecutor in the next. The international community needs to confront corporate greed head-on, ...; Created on 17 April 2015
39. The Global Fight Against Corporate Rule: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Twenty years ago, corporate lawyers embedded them in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Today, more than 3,000 trade and investment agreements and even some national investment laws grant ...; Created on 13 February 2014
40. Carta abierta al Banco Mundial: (World Bank Letter); ... National Association of Social Workers National Lawyers Guild Network for Environmental & Economic Responsibility of United Church of Christ Office of the Americas OXFAM America Palm Springs ...; Created on 17 December 2013

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