... to sue governments for hundreds of millions of dollars when policies aimed at protecting the environment threaten corporate profits.
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) ...
... place in an undemocratic, closed door arbitration tribunal and could undermine El Salvador's sovereignty and right to legislate social and environmental policies in the public's interests. For example, a ...
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The mining industry in El Salvador represents a major source of income for a country with deep inequalities and problems financing its public policies.
Mining operations in just three of the country’s ...
... taxed capacity to prevent further migrations, curb the chronic insecurity in the country, and implement policies for sustainable economic growth."
In Washington hundreds of supporters gathered in front ...
... has been pending for much of the past decade. El Salvador, meanwhile, cites national laws and policies aimed at safeguarding human and environmental health, and says the project would threaten the country’s ...
... to grant it a gold-mining permit that has been pending for much of the past decade. El Salvador, meanwhile, cites national laws and policies aimed at safeguarding human and environmental health, and says ...
Carey L. Biron
WASHINGTON, Sep 16 2014 (IPS) - A multilateral arbitration panel here began final hearings Monday in a contentious and long-running dispute between an international mining company and ...
Carey L. Biron
WASHINGTON, Sep 16 2014 (IPS) - A multilateral arbitration panel here began final hearings Monday in a contentious and long-running dispute between an international mining company and ...
... rights above regulations and policies of public interest.
There is a growing broad multi-sectoral movement in El Salvador campaigning to keep the country’s gold and other mineral resources in the ground ...
... potentially negative outcome of the suit, could deteriorate the government's capacity to prevent further migrations, curb the chronic insecurity in the country and implement policies for sustainable economic ...