... of will and the power of economic interests has led the inhabitants of Tocoa to present a citizen´s initiative before the National Congress to demand the cancellation of the concession of the mining project. ...
... according to Aduviri, Luque opted for a personalist management style. This decision led him away from the program plan of the My Region movement, which brought Aduviri and Luque to power.
The regional ...
... 2010 have fiercely defended their main water source, the Guapinol River, from being contaminated by an Iron Oxide mine, owned by one of the most powerful families of Honduras.
Reynaldo Dominguez a leader ...
... already six feet under.”
Since Duterte came into power in 2016, extrajudicial killings, including those of land defenders, have skyrocketed. Environmental watchdog Global Witness declared the Philippines ...
... Law. But, within the new balance of power, the correlation of strength and transnational interests are aligning under a government that seems servile to the interests of corporations, and which basically ...
... operations.
Instead, the Liberals have announced the establishment of an advisory post that may or may not have the power to investigate corporations, or even compel documents or testimony. This person ...
... action, many of the countries most affected by climate change must navigate their way through a gauntlet of private-sector actors with exceptional power and resources to assert their commercial interests. ...
... governments to do everything in their power to protect foreign investments from harm whether from state or non-state actors, and despite harm to people or the environment from such investments.
The ...
... irreversible environmental damage to their limited water resources.
ASUNCIÓN MITA, Guatemala. Although everything indicates that Canadian Bluestone Resources consortium has oiled up its powerful technical ...
... "From the moment that the Spaniards arrived, they saw us as inferior to them and I think [those with power] still believe that. [The government and mining companies] are doing the same thing that they ...