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Governments in the region face a battery of “investor-state” cases over mining disputes February 26, 2010 By Rebecca Dreyfus In the context of high global prices for natural resources, particularly gold and oil, Latin American governments seeking to increase the benefits of those resources for their own people are finding themselves increasingly targeted by investor lawsuits. Cases brought by two international mining companies (Pacific Rim and Commerce Group) against Canadian mining firm looks to pocket $800 million via NAFTA Ch. 11 For Immediate Release Source: Common Frontiers, Canada (Ottawa and Toronto) A coalition of Canadian organizations is condemning the threatened use of NAFTA by Blackfire Exploration to extract 800 million dollars from the impoverished Mexican state of Chiapas. The Calgary-based mining company is embroiled in accusations of corruption of Mexican public officials and the murder A Cafta provision means a mining corporation can sue El Salvador for its gold. Obama can stop this from happening again Source: guardian.co.uk By Kevin Gallagher As a senator, Barack Obama voted against the Central American Free Trade Agreement (Cafta), because it did “little to address enforcement of basic environmental standards in the Central American countries.” A conflict over gold mining in El Salvador reveals that Cafta and |
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How they threaten communities and the environment, and how we can change them.
We provide this documentation from the ICSID web page for a critical analysis. It includes the list of cases that this tribunal has filed and managed historically and until 2009.
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