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21. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); ... brought the Las Pavas plant to its current condition. Just by looking at the pictures, I told them, “How can this be? Can you imagine the health damage they have been doing to our people? That's why ...; Created on 11 September 2020
22. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); ... lawsuits brought before international arbitration tribunals by private companies, claiming more than US$3 billion in compensation. Citing force majeure because of the COVID-19 health crisis , Bolivia ...; Created on 01 September 2020
23. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... is scary to think what further harm might be brought to communities from more protection of this sort,” Ellen Moore, International Mining Campaign Manager, Earthworks. KCA’s lawsuit is emblematic of ...; Created on 24 August 2020
24. The Duterte era: A state of nature under attack: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... annual average damages brought about by climate-related disasters rising from USD 2.8 billion to 3.1 billion. 2. We have consistently placed second among the top countries with the most air pollution-related ...; Created on 25 July 2020
25. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Extractive industries are demanding at least another $73 billion in 59 known pending cases, only five of which target rich country governments. Billions more are at stake in arbitration suits brought by ...; Created on 23 July 2020
26. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... a lawsuit brought forwards by Pacific Rim, and have El Salvador set up an example around the work as the first country to completely ban metal mining activities in its territory. After a 12 twelve ...; Created on 15 July 2020
27. Demand to resume discussion of the Water Law in El Salvador: (Regional News); ... right to water, the public management of this natural asset, the vision of the basin, citizen participation, and access universal to drinking water and sanitation. The proposal was brought to the Legislative ...; Created on 03 July 2020
28. Webinar on Extractivism, Human Rights and ISDS: Hard Law vs Soft Law: (Mining and Human Rights); ... El Salvador). With reference to particular examples in Latin America they discussed arbitration suits (Investor State Dispute Settlement) which have been brought by extractive industries in relation to ...; Created on 28 June 2020
29. World Environment Day with nothing to celebrate: (Regional News); Gloria Silvia Orellana - Diario Co Latino In El Salvador, the commemoration of “World Environment Day” of 2020 is marked by the ravages that the tropical storms Amanda and Cristobál have brought on ...; Created on 06 June 2020
30. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... currently facing investor-state suits in which companies are demanding a staggering total of $5.97 billion. Two of these were brought by mining companies over environmental protections. Shortly before ...; Created on 03 May 2020
31. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... 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. ...; Created on 03 May 2020
32. Walter Aduviri says he regrets trusting Agustín Luque: (Regional News); ... according to Aduviri, Luque opted for a personalist management style. This decision led him away from the program plan of the My Region movement, which brought Aduviri and Luque to power. The regional ...; Created on 26 December 2019
33. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); We analyzed 38 multi-million dollar claims brought by the mining industry using ISDS and other investment protection laws; in over half, communities are fighting to protect Indigenous territory, water, ...; Created on 03 May 2019
34. More than one hundred organizations reject the unjust payment of USD $31 million to Canadian mining company Bear Creek: (Regional News); ... go to jail, my son is not a thief, he is not corrupt, he is not a murderer,” he said, lamenting the great hardships that this process has brought on his entire family. Also present was Patricio Illacutipa ...; Created on 16 September 2018
35. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court: (Regional News); ... The case continues the case brought against the mine by lawyers from the Center for Legal-Environmental and Social Action (CALAS), which argued that the mine is illegal, and that the license for the mine ...; Created on 27 August 2018
36. 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
37. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of gold in El Salvador, so there’s a lot of pressure to mine but the social movement brought everybody together and it started with popular education.” Esty Dinur writes about issues that matter and ...; Created on 07 May 2018
38. Long-Fought-For Ombudsperson Announced to Investigate International Complaints against Canadian Mining Companies: (Mining and Human Rights); ... and witnesses. Commented MiningWatch Canada spokesperson Catherine Coumans, “We have pushed hard for an Ombudsperson that will have robust powers to independently investigate complaints brought by people ...; Created on 08 February 2018
39. The fight for the environment in El Salvador gets recognition in Los Angeles: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... It is an activism that has brought both death threats and triumphs to Morales, who arrived this week in Los Angeles to receive the Environmental Justice award from the organisation CARECEN in representation ...; Created on 14 November 2017
40. Cross border mining will be the next phase of the anti-mining struggle in El Salvador: (Cerro Blanco); ... them what mining exploitation would bring. At the meeting the company workers were told that they community was not interested in the form of development that ultimately brought death, but they continued ...; Created on 14 November 2017

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