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Central America is a region of great social deprivation, with a population of 48 million inhabitants and an area of 524,000 square kilometers, also made up of Belize, Costa Rica and Panama.
It is also ...
... will outsource the legal costs of their ISDS claim to a financial firm, who in return receives a portion of the compensation if the investor’s claim is successful. In other words, third-party funding has ...
... resistance ‘La Puya’ as anti-development and accused local communities of being responsible for the costly suit. "KCA's suit is an example of present-day corporate colonialism. Through violence along with ...
... the cost of the sale transaction will be paid to Radius once gold shipments commence from the property and that Radius also anticipates quarterly payments from KCA based on gold production."
November ...
... Humboldt (NICARAGUA)
Centro Integral de Base CEIBA (MEXICO)
Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular, CINEP(COLOMBIA)
CESTA Amigos de la Tierra El Salvador
Coecoceiba-Amigos de la Tierra Costa ...
... the cost of natural resources, especially water. A few examples:
In the historic case of the plantation, El Espino, just north of El Salvador´s capital city, hundreds of acres of forest and coffee ...
... by author).
The monumental victory was the result of unparalleled levels of local organization, dedication and sacrifice. Speakers like ADES President, Vidalina Morales, recalled the costs ...
... pay the cost of a vital necessity.
In a terse statement, issued June 12 and titled, "We will not allow the poor to die of thirst," the Salvadoran bishops' conference cited Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato ...
... the costs and benefits of this industry. This historic decision was the result of a persistent 12-year struggle (the length of the civil war in the 80s and early 90s) on the part of threatened communities ...
... avaricious mining company but we are aware the damages awarded to them did not account for their costs in this case. We believe its treasonous for any country to hand over their sovereignty to a Washington ...
... other problems at the Didipio mine that are typical of other mines in the country, in terms of very limited economic benefits and very high social costs. Supporters of the mining industry in the Philippines ...
... Gedicks, was financially shaky and the campaign put additional strains on its resources.
“It may have been a minor cost in terms of dollar amounts, but it was an additional burden that they weren’t able ...
... the company to pay US$8 million in legal fees and costs to the government of El Salvador.
“After a long seven years of fighting this suit, during which there was a chill cast on policy making in the ...
... and to uphold their right to say "no" to metals mining. We have also strongly denounced this case, which has cost the poor country of El Salvador more than $13 million USD in legal fees and related expenses. ...
... mining company's claim had no merit and ordered the payment of eight million dollars to the government of El Salvador to reimburse the costs of its legal defense.
One of the participants in the campaign ...
... perseverance was fruitful.
The government stopped the mining project, but the company sued the state in international courts. The case lasted seven years and cost the Salvadoran government $13 million ...
... had paid the eight million dollars, plus interests, in legal costs; however, it announced in the same statement that the company will be transforming its activities to sustainable, agricultural enterprises. ...
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Baños gave some examples of how public institutions with more representation of the private sector are co-opted at the cost of the public interest, examples are the tripartite bodies in the labor sector ...
... a mining permit.
Legislated limits have been imposed on metal mining elsewhere under pressure from affected communities and to protect ecologically and culturally important areas.
Costa Rica banned ...
... El Salvador under the investment provisions of the Central America Free Trade Agreement and El Salvador’s investment law, seeking over $300 million to recover its costs and what it calculated as lost profits ...