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Source: Thechronicleherald.ca By SILVER DONALD CAMERON Sun, Apr 10 – 4:53 AM We already have plenty of reasons to send the Harper government packing. Its policies on crime, war, energy and the environment would make a brontosaurus blush. While preaching austerity to its citizens, it blows billions on planes, prisons and corporate handouts. It is the only government in the Commonwealth, ever, to be Source: The Council of Canadians Thursday, April 7th, 2011 Today the Council of Canadians launched an English-language version of the report ‘Conflicts Over Water in Chile: Between Human Rights and Market Rules’, edited by Sara Larrain and Colombina Schaeffer of the Chilean non-governmental organization, Chile Sustentable. In the report’s foreward, Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow writes, “Chile has gone farther than any other Source: Voices from Salvador’s weblog Each year, the Goldman Environmental Prize is given to 6 “grassroots environmental heroes” from different regions of the world. This year, one of the recipients is Francisco Pineda, an environmental and anti-mining activist from Cabañas, El Salvador. As the president of the Cabañas Environmental Committee has been a member of the local fight against Pacific Rim Mining, a dispute Inside U.S. Trade – 04/08/2011 Posted: April 7, 2011 Renco Group Inc., a U.S. holding firm that owns a smelting complex in Peru, yesterday (April 7) commenced arbitration against the Peruvian government in the first ever investor-state case under the U.S.-Peru free trade agreement, according to an informed source. Renco until now waited until factors played out that could affect how it argues Source: The Guardian During the global recession, many developing countries found capital controls a vital policy tool – a fact the IMF now recognises Kevin Gallagher and José Antonio Ocampo guardian.co.uk Wednesday 6 April 2011 22.00 BST In contrast to most western governments, over the past two years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has boldly conducted one of the most honest self-assessments of its |
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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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