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1. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... 1. A Wave of Cases Against Latin American States Last year saw a wave of cases against Latin American states, driven in particular, but not exclusively, by a large number of claims filed against Peru, ...; Created on 21 January 2021
2. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); Kluewer Arbitration Blog In 2020, we witnessed a number of interesting developments in the field of investment arbitration in Latin America. From the entry into force of the United States – Mexico – ...; Created on 19 December 2020
3. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); AFTINET 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. ...; Created on 01 September 2020
4. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... Voces Desde el Territorio denounces this same existing situation in many other countries in the world. Violations by the mining industry during the health crisis spread throughout Latin America in countries ...; Created on 09 August 2020
5. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... with Latin American Lives and Sovereignty through Supranational Arbitration,” exposes how transnational mining companies file multi-million dollar suits against Latin American countries to challenge key ...; Created on 03 May 2019
6. “Latin American Countries exposed to law suits from transnational comporations: Manuel Pérez Rocha: (Regional News); Gloria Silvia Orellana - Diario CoLatino Manuel Pérez Rocha, fellow from the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), participated in the Regional Meeting of the Central American Alliance Against Mining. ...; Created on 10 May 2018
7. Latin American Women Weaving Territories: (Media Releases); ... in Guatemala; RENACAMIH and COPINH, Honduras, ADES Santa Marta in El Salvador, and the Latin American Network of Women Defenders of Social and Environmental Rights express our concerns about the effects ...; Created on 01 February 2018
8. Application of Convention NO. 169 by Domestic and International Courts in Latin America: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... peoples. This is a compilation of judicial decisions that have relied on ILO Convention No. 169 in ten Latin American countries. The information provided in this Casebook will be useful for judges, lawyers ...; Created on 23 April 2016
9. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... would be a disaster for the nation’s already contaminated water supply. Unlike many Latin American countries that court extractive investments from transnational companies, El Salvador has no metal mining ...; Created on 06 April 2023
10. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... deal with China that some environmentalists fear will include pathways to introducing mining concessions. China has made an aggressive push into Latin America in the past few years with its Belt and Road ...; Created on 03 April 2023
11. Santa Marta Community Leaders Are Persecuted in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... offices in the municipality of Guacotecti, according to a statement published by the Committee for Human Rights in Latin America (CDHAL). These community leaders were arrested by means of a judicial ...; Created on 19 January 2023
12. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...: (Cerro Blanco); ... affects surface and underground or phreatic bodies of water, considerably impacts the flora and fauna, the microclimate and the populations, thus violating various rights, including the right to water, ...; Created on 12 June 2022
13. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... yucca, we let the earth rest. Today the climate crisis is reflected not only in Latin America, we are also seeing it in the north, in Germany, in the United States. I harbor the hope that it will helps ...; Created on 25 December 2021
14. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... in the coastal zone, who hide behind the structural weaknesses of the MAG (Ministry of Agriculture), entity in charge of regulating the use of water for agricultural irrigation, benefits the sugar oligarchy ...; Created on 23 December 2021
15. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... with the objective of authorizing, regulating and supervising the operations of mining activities. The new law does not distinguish between metallic and non-metallic mining but refers only to mineral ...; Created on 14 December 2021
16. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... than 1,000 known suits filed have been brought against governments in Latin America. Disputes with affected communities that are resisting mining operations or seeking remedy for harms are most often at ...; Created on 07 June 2021
17. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... To shareholders attending online, Beaty narrated a glowing chronicle of Pan American Silver’s socially and environmentally responsible history in Latin America. Yet, when Breaking the Silence and other ...; Created on 17 May 2021
18. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in the mining industry means government policies on dealing with environmental and human rights abuses abroad are critical for regulating the sector internationally,” said Asuncion. “To this date, no Canadian ...; Created on 12 May 2021
19. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Pacific Rim filed suit against El Salvador, was created over the unanimous opposition of 19 Latin American nations, and its docket was almost exclusively composed of cases brought by companies against ...; Created on 23 April 2021
20. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); Terra Justa The mining giant's activities in Latin America and how they demonstrate the need for a binding instrument on Business and Human Rights. In June 2020, a statement signed by more than 200 ...; Created on 22 April 2021

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