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41. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... zinc, and silver. The government has also made it especially easy to invest. The 1995 Mining Act, which caters to foreign mining investors, was introduced as the country was grappling with national debt ...; Created on 04 October 2019
42. In Guatemala, north american mining company sues in La Puya case: (Kappes Kassiday & Associates Guatemala ); ... other international investment agreements, gives transnational companies a binding resource to a perverse international arbitration system known as Investor Dispute Settlement - State-Investor State (ISDS). ...; Created on 18 September 2019
43. Central American antimining activists gather in El Salvador to discuss joint strategies for action: (Media Releases); ... laws that guarantee investor rights. "The dominance of investor rights has deteriorated the capacity of local democratic institutions to regulate extractive industries in all phases of operations. In ...; Created on 05 May 2019
44. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); Ben Smith : Behind the Numbers (DOWNLOAD THE STUDY HERE)Of the limited changes made to the renegotiated NAFTA agreement—also known as the USMCA—perhaps the most significant relates to the system of investor ...; Created on 05 May 2019
45. The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya fights for the right to water: (Regional News); ... as well as the broader campaign against the corporate-friendly investor-rights provisions in "free trade" agreements. Brent Patterson is a political activist and writer. Photo: Peace Brigades International ...; Created on 03 May 2019
46. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Latin America Program Coordinator at MiningWatch Canada. Transnational corporations have access to the supranational arbitration system as a result of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses ...; Created on 03 May 2019
47. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... Mares, as the main sales card to attract investors. An attempt was made to obtain a response from the authorities of the Ministry of the Environment of Guatemala, on that subject, but there was no answer. ...; Created on 03 May 2019
48. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... agreements, gives transnational companies binding recourse to a perverse international arbitration system known as Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). ISDS claims are heard in tribunals such as ICSID ...; Created on 26 February 2019
49. Solidarity Statement to the People of El Salvador on the day of OceanGold's AG: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... September 2013 PacificRim, the company that had filed an Investor State Dispute Settlement case against El Salvador for $300m had been brought out by OceanaGold, an Australian Canadian company whose headquarters ...; Created on 04 June 2018
50. “Latin American Countries exposed to law suits from transnational comporations: Manuel Pérez Rocha: (Regional News); ... in favor of the public interest", he said.Another important step is to strengthen the preeminence of human rights above investors rights; to establish obligations and responsibilities that guarantee States ...; Created on 10 May 2018

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