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21. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... governments of developing countries. Other international trade tribunals don’t do much better, according to a 2016 BuzzFeed investigation of investor-state dispute settlement, a secretive court system ...; Created on 23 April 2021
22. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Hours after he lifted the mining moratorium, the mining and oil index rose 5.38% by the close of trade on April 15. Risk to environment, defenders On the ground, various groups have warned that the executive ...; Created on 15 April 2021
23. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... severe human rights violations, reinforced by harmful rhetoric from high-level officials against human rights organizations, lawyers, political, judicial actors, journalists, trade unionists, and religious ...; Created on 25 February 2021
24. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... being in extractive and financial industries. In 2018, there was $56.6 billion in Canadian mining assets across South America. Almost half of the world’s public mining corporations are traded through the ...; Created on 21 January 2021
25. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... still will be protected under the Investment Chapter of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) until July 1, 2023. (See previous Holland & Knight alert, "Mexico Keeps Investment Disputes Mechanism ...; Created on 21 January 2021
26. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... strengthening its commitment to ISDS. The United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement (USMCA) finally entered into force in July 2020. The USMCA succeeds the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and ...; Created on 19 December 2020
27. The hidden connection between a US steel company and the controversial Los Pinares mine in Honduras: (Regional News); ... the Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística (CLIP) and the Univision Investigative Unit. Nucor, a publicly traded company coddled by President Donald Trump, partnered in 2015 with the prominent ...; Created on 28 November 2020
28. Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: (ISDS); ... Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). In Guatemala, the U.S. mining firm Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (KCA) relied on repression by private and state security forces to overcome years of local resistance ...; Created on 21 October 2020
29. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... Dispute Settlement (ISDS) under the terms of the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) with the US. “Riot police attacked peaceful protestors, paving the way for the company’s ...; Created on 24 August 2020
30. The Duterte era: A state of nature under attack: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Sea, wholesale export of minerals to foreign economies, losses to the illegal wildlife trade, and sovereign guarantees in large dam and water projects. 4. The Philippines became the world’s deadliest ...; Created on 25 July 2020
31. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); By Manuel Perez Rocha - Foreign Policy in Focus Wealthy corporations may use trade courts to keep public health measures from cutting into their profits. The country was in freefall. Formerly middle ...; Created on 23 July 2020
32. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); Manuel Perez Rocha - Inequality NAFTA 2.0 cleared another hurdle on January 16 as the U.S. Senate approved the trade deal with bipartisan support. Officially called the United States-Mexico-Canada ...; Created on 03 May 2020
33. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... Disputes (ICSID) over alleged violations of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). This month, the arbitration panel admitted the case for consideration on its merits. ...; Created on 03 May 2020
34. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... mining in the Philippines is Canada-owned, with six Canadian companies operating in the country, the ministry said. Ryan Nearing, a spokesperson for Canada’s ministry of international trade, said, “We ...; Created on 04 October 2019
35. US mining company demands $3.5 billion dollars from the Mexican government for stopping project: (FTAs & ISDS); ... trade court alleging that Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources, SERMANAT, violated Chapter XI of the North American Free Trade Agreement. In January, the Mexican government received notification ...; Created on 24 September 2019
36. In Guatemala, north american mining company sues in La Puya case: (Kappes Kassiday & Associates Guatemala ); ... before the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), under the protection of the DR-CAFTA free trade agreement, signed between the Central American countries and the US. The ...; Created on 18 September 2019
37. Oceanagold’s wealth is misery for Kasibu farmers: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... If there were any from the locals, they were few and were only offered low paying jobs, Bahag said. “We cannot just trade their [Oceanagold] so-called ‘progress’ for the future of the next generation. ...; Created on 16 September 2019
38. Getting the shaft on mining abuses: (Background and reports ); ... will not be independent, but rather report to the Minister of International Trade Diversification. A final decision on the ombudsperson's powers is slated to be made in a month's time. There’s a long, ...; Created on 05 May 2019
39. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Court to protect wetlands that are the source of the country’s precious freshwater have triggered a spate of ISDS claims under the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. These, and similar cases, have sparked ...; Created on 05 May 2019
40. Over two hundred organizations denounce multimillion-dollar suit brought by U.S. mining firm against Guatemala: (Media Releases); ... Central America–Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). Community members from the peaceful resistance of ‘La Puya’ presented the letter to government authorities during a congressional hearing ...; Created on 04 May 2019

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