... governments pressured by the lobby of the mining industry seek to silence the protests and use the current crisis to promote changes in national regulations that favor mining activities, at the cost of ...
... rendering security measures in his favor ordered by the IAHRC inadequate to guarantee his life. Hehas been subject to surveillance and harassment by the paramilitary group La Confianza; on multiple occasions ...
BNAmericas
Injunctions by communities and an NGO have seen Guatemala’s three main mines halted in recent years – cementing the country’s reputation as one of the world’s least favorable mining jurisdictions. ...
... anti mining activists, Marcelo´s murder galvanized an international movement led by local communities determined to push the company out of Cabañas, have the World Bank rule in favor of El Salvador in ...
... of environmental movements, the Academy and the churches, presented on February 6 of this year. 3.- Streamline the discussion to generate a favorable opinion and be able to bring the proposal to the legislative ...
... stacked in their favor.
Two Mining Companies Sued Mexico in 2019
Since NAFTA came into effect in 1994, Mexico has already had to pay $242.94 million to companies under ISDS cases. The government is ...
... Evelyn Batres estimates that there could be a favorable decision in August of this year.
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... millions of soles in favor of the State.
The Criminal Court of Appeals of Puno confirmed the sentence of 6 years in prison against the regional governor of Puno, Walter Aduviri Calisaya. The court also ...
... same month in which the courts of “justice” condemned Aduviri, ICSID ruled in favor of Bear Creek and ordered Peru to pay more than USD$30 million in compensation, including legal fees and interest.
Recent ...
... The ARENA controlled congress has momentarily cast aside MARN’s General Water Law in favor of their own. However, despite having the necessary votes to pass it into law, a wave of social protest regarding ...
... for the exercising of all other rights."
El Salvador's legislature is starting debate on a national water law. The legislation is proving controversial because some lawmakers favor increased private-sector ...
... the legislative electoral campaign already in full swing.
The results of the March 4th legislative elections strengthened the balance of power in favor of ARENA and the pro-business right wing ...
Andrés McKinley - UK LAB
On March 29th, 2017, the small country of El Salvador became the first nation in the world to exercise its sovereign right to say “no” to metallic mining after carefully analyzing ...
... that favor corporations at the expense of the public interest or the environment. This shows the harmful effect that corporations have over states through international trade agreements” he said.According ...
... be overshadowed by a current electoral campaign that threatens to reverse the legislative balance of power in favor of the prohibition in the short term, and the executive government´s in the mid-term. ...
... and the company could be favored by upcoming political change, or by possible legal reforms.
On March 4th, more than 5 millions of Salvadorans will go to the polls to elect 84 legislators, trusting ...
... dispute lasted seven years. In October 2016, the ICSID ruled against the mining company and required a payment of 8 million dollars in favor of the Salvadoran State.
Marcelo Rivera, at the time of his ...
... Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a court of the World Bank, which ruled, on 14th of October 2016, in favor of El Salvador in a lawsuit filed by the Canadian mining company Pacific ...
... the country in its favor" said Belloso.
Also, concerns were expressed about the presence of acid drainage in the San Sebastián River in Santa Rosa de Lima, department of La Unión (in the east of El Salvador). ...
... she is also a member of the Network of Churches and Mining and she considers that “the churches, by their default, should assume a position – as our most beatified Romero said – in favor of the poor. In ...