... prison.”
Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries in the world to defend natural resources and land rights after the 2009 coup ushered in an autocratic pro-business government – which remains ...
... Other corporations settled for hundreds of millions more.
With countries scrambling to survive the global Covid-19 pandemic, many other countries could suffer Argentina’s fate. As economies falter, these ...
... with Latin American Lives and Sovereignty through Supranational Arbitration,” exposes how transnational mining companies file multi-million dollar suits against Latin American countries to challenge key ...
... undermining the sovereignty of the countries of Latin America."There is currently a strong debate about agreements that give TNCs what is left of our public services. These agreements have been negotiated ...
Claire Provost and Matt Kennard - The Guardian
Fifty years ago, an international legal system was created to protect the rights of foreign investors. Today, as companies win billions in damages, insiders ...
Sandra Cuffe: New Republic
Alejandro Guevara hasn’t slept. There was a death in La Maraña, and Guevara, the vice president of the community environmental association, spent the night at the wake. Still, ...
Multiple Countries Rejecting Investor State Dispute Settlement
By Janet M Eaton, Phd. April 12th, 2012
There appears to be a growing awareness that NAFTA-style foreign investor privileges and ...
... would be a disaster for the nation’s already contaminated water supply. Unlike many Latin American countries that court extractive investments from transnational companies, El Salvador has no metal mining ...
... on environmentally destructive metal mining. More than 250 organizations from 29 countries came together Friday to pressure the Salvadoran government to drop the charges against and release five water ...
... suffer the worst consequences. At Cerro Blanco, the company has proposed a filtered tailings storage facility will be built in dangerous proximity to communities that would be banned in many countries ...
... Lempa River that runs through the three countries and supplies water to 4.5 million people. "We consider it imperative to express our position against mining exploitation, in any of its forms, that takes ...
... Lempa River that runs through the three countries and supplies water to 4.5 million people. "We consider it imperative to express our position against mining exploitation, in any of its forms, that takes ...
... Border Association is a Legal entity, located in the Trifinio (Tri-national) Region that is comprised by 26 municipalities from countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras and it is committed to ...
... of our people. These investors also have the absolute support of the justice system of our countries. Proof of this is the case of our Guapinol brothers (eight defenders of the Guapinol river, in northern ...
... Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Development (IGF), an organization of Canadian origin that promotes best practices of mining in its member countries. According to policy statements ...
... of over 50 countries promoting mining called the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Metals and Sustainable Development and based in Ottawa, Canada. Two participants in the Forum, and members of the board ...
... against metal mining in the country.
After learning that metal mining in neighboring countries had caused environmental degradation, the loss of biodiversity and sources of water, and more importantly, ...
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Similar laws are in place or being developed in several countries. Canada, however, is falling behind. Instead of legally requiring companies to respect human rights and the environment, Canada encourages ...
... not only goes unchecked, but is actively fostered through economic support.
According to Natural Resources Canada, in 2019, 621 Canadian mining and exploration companies operated in 96 countries abroad, ...
PROSPECT
Sasha Chavkin
From tropical rain forests to drinkable water, a vast share of the planet’s essential environmental resources are found in developing countries. When growth-oriented governments ...