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A new report by the Netherlands-based Transnational Institute reveals a rush of international arbitration cases against Latin American states by international investors during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
... of Tocoa, in Honduras, reported in a press conference that the Court of Appeals, in the department of Francisco Morazán, overturned the ruling that dismissed charges against environmental defenders Juan ...
... men who were reportedly wearing police uniforms and forced them into three unmarked vehicles at gunpoint. This was the latest attack against the Garífuna community as they defend their territory from destructive ...
... the industry and continue operating despite the restrictions.
Voces Desde el Territorio reviewed more than 500 notes, press releases, and mining reports that reveal that mining companies around the world ...
... the presence of heavily men, wearing masks, from this group has been reported near his house.
Similarly, Jaime Adali Cabrera, a member of the Agrarian Platform, has been subjected to death threats and ...
... organizations worldwide. The Institute for Policy Studies contributed to a snapshot report, Voices from the Ground, which provides examples to back up the statement.
“The Coronavirus Convention”
Mining ...
... and can result in environmental disasters like the ones they have already caused in Colombia.
During the pandemic international reports have identified general patterns of behavior and how the mining ...
... high rates of homicides, and crimes against private property are reported.
Guatemalan municipalities with higher murder rates (2019). According to PNC figures on criminal acts in 2019, of the 5 municipalities ...
... nature over corporate rights, as we laid out in the report “Beyond NAFTA 2.0.”
The Sierra Club, one of the most vocal opponents of the USMCA, had demanded complete elimination of the ISDS system, which ...
... for Policy Studies has previously reported on. The Extraction Casino study looked at 38 cases that mining companies have brought with increasing frequency against Latin American governments since 1998. ...