... actions against investment such as (but not limited to) the revocation or cancellation of a mining licence; a change in local laws; or an export ban.
Investor-state arbitration can be a powerful tool ...
... Argueta.
Once the resolutio by Judge Zoe Guifarro was known, Tábora pointed out that what happened on Saturday afternoon confirms "the criminalization pact that exists between the Judicial Power, the ...
... the community. According to Suasaca, “the officials that come to these meetings are the ones that have no decision-making power".
Roxana Vilca, leader of Huata, pointed out that the pollutionp of the ...
... superpowers and the oppressive governments and systems continue to intensify widening inequality. Exacerbated neglect and discrimination to their access to health and basic services has been a grave threat ...
... impossible. Their governments also don’t hold large mining players to account, she said.
When Ardern came into power in 2016, she announced plans to end all mining on conservation land. But so far, she ...
... people’s sustainable and harmonious beneficence from the environment, Gina will always be remembered as a sterling ally of the people and a powerful environment defender to be reckoned with,” said GBK. ...
... a small low-income community on the country’s north coast, could also soon be sent to jail.
The massive open pit mine, owned by one of the country’s most powerful couples, was sanctioned without community ...
... by the regime with unprecedented violence. Meanwhile, a Coordination Council was established to represent the civic nation of Belarus and to facilitate a peaceful transfer of power.
“The people of Belarus ...
... no doubt that they want to send a strong message. But we have our dignity and hold our heads high.” Tweet this
“The Pinares mining company is backed by some of the most powerful families in Honduras,” ...
... coronavirus. This also applies to people deprived of their liberty who have not been convicted such as the Guapinol defenders.
This reform gave the power to the judges to analyse or decide what type ...
... and several other congressmembers are denouncing plans by the Trump administration to invest $1 billion over the next three years in a hydropower project in Honduras plagued by accusations of corruption ...
... at large.
"The mine is owned by the Honduran company Pinares Investment which is linked to the Facussé family. The Facussé family, one of the most powerful in the country, has investments in palm plantations ...
... continue to make power grabs.
In Honduras, the dictatorial government of President Juan Orlando Hernández, which has been widely discredited by corruption and links to drug trafficking, has imposed a ...
... measure would suspend toll collections. But there are already fears the government could face claims from foreign companies that operate the booths.
In Mexico, which is trying to control its power supply ...
... possibility of repealing the mining ban due to a current balance of power that favors pro-business political parties at the Legislative Assembly and at the Executive level, environmentalist have witnessed ...
José Cruz - Prensa Comunitaria
Failure to comply with constitutional judgments and provisions of the executive power characterize the actions of the mining company Guatemalan Nickel Company CGN-PRONICO ...
... to government contracts connected to the oil and gas, power generation, telecommunications, transportation, and infrastructure sectors. Also, Annex 14-E does not include the requirement to exhaust domestic ...
... in Mindanao. The five companies were the Romualdez oligarchy-owned Benguet Corp., Abacus Coal Exploration and Development Corp., Chinese-owned Great Wall Mining and Power Corp., ASK Mining and Exploration ...
... consists in the manipulation of the punitive power of the State by of state and non-state actors with the aim of hindering their defense efforts and thus preventing the legitimate exercise of their right ...
... is linked to the powerful Facusse family.
The authors reviewed recent historical and political events in Honduras, with a particular focus on the last decade and found that the 2009 coup d'état and ...