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Beverly L. Longid
Indigenous Peoples, advocates and members of IPMSDL call for continuing struggle for self-determination to combat imperialist plunder and state-terror. Credit: Carlo Manalansan, ...
... Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala, examines Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (KCA) attempt to strong-arm the Guatemalan government through international arbitration into green-lighting the unwanted ...
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
Brussels, 15 April 2015 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has described a $300m claim against El Salvador by an Australian/Canadian mining conglomerate as an example ...
Pacific Rim President's Claim that He Wants to Help El Salvador Leaves Many Unconvinced
A lengthy article featuring Pacific Rim CEO Tom Shrake published on June 19th by the Toronto based Globe and ...
... the five community leaders arrested on January 11) have reported the presence of unknown individuals offering to buy land and fund social programs, and two mayors in the region claim to have communicated ...
... more than 33 years ago during the brutal civil war that claimed 75,000 lives.
Prisoners sat on the cement floor of a courtyard at a prison. Their upper bodies are bare, their heads shaved, and they ...
... in El Salvador that claimed the lives of 75,000," explained the organizations. "The victims of crimes from that war, which saw a U.S.-backed dictatorship and right-wing death squads kill tens of thousands, ...
... point: A Nevada-based mining company is suing the Guatemalan government for over $400 million, claiming violations of investor protections in the CAFTA-DR. Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (KCA) argues in ...
... Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), who was a former House lawmaker, stated.
In an article, Ibon Foundation, an independent think tank, claimed that the government has “exaggerated” ...
... an international coalition—paid off at critical moments. In October 2016, the World Bank tribunal where their international partners held protests dismissed the mining company’s claims. Five months later, ...
... The company denies any responsibility, claiming that it is a matter for the Peruvian state.
Child labour, pollution and a million-dollar ISDS lawsuit against Bolivia In Bolivia Glencore has a particularly ...
... his turnaround, from claiming to protect and stop the destruction of forests by destructive mining, to a pro-mining president,” Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM), a coalition of anti-mining groups, said in a message ...
... community meetings, a Pac Rim official boasted that cyanide was so safe that he was more than happy to drink a glass of a favorite local drink, horchata, laced with a white power he claimed was cyanide. ...
... DeScherer, an attorney with the non-profit Southern Environmental Law Center, said his group wants to ensure there are “sufficient plans and funds in place to safely reclaim the mine site when mining is ...
... claiming it had been deprived of its right to start a gold mine. Luis, you helped win that case for El Salvador's government. How big a surprise was that victory?
Luis Parada: Well, it was a very hard ...
... example, a labor related claim of $10,000 under standard arbitration procedures, the estimated fee would be $1,120 with $392 of that amount paid upon filing, and all fees recoverable as costs by the prevailing ...
... risks of the mine, began regular protests and strikes in 2013 while the project was still in planning, leading to conflicts with the police. In January 2018, Tahoe denied claims from local activists and ...
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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, ...
... or OGPI. The Nagtipunan municipal government led by Vice Mayor Amel Fiesta expressed support for the Bugkalot-Ilongot tribe’s claim of ancestral domain ownership over the area being mined OceanaGold. OceanoGold’s ...
... nullify the directive. On July 25, the local court upheld the order.
Meanwhile, the Bugkalot indigenous peoples community in the provinces of Quirino, Aurora, Nueva Vizcaya and Nueva Ecija claiming ancestral ...