Source: Euractiv.com Paris has warned French MEPs not to shut the door on Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanisms by voting against ISDS. EurActiv France reports. In a letter to French MEPs, seen by EurActiv France, the French Secretariat General for European Affairs (SGAE) appears to have made a U-turn on the position so far defended by Mathias Fekl, …
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November 3, 2014 By Justin Doolittle Latin America has always been notoriously fertile ground for predatory corporations. For decades, aided by Western-backed governments that were as friendly to them as they were brutal to their own citizens, corporate behemoths made it their mission to suck the region dry – sometimes quite literally. The story of neoliberal …
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Source: Ips-dc.org In an obscure World Bank court, a multinational mining firm is suing El Salvador for attempting to protect its citizens from deadly mining pollution. By Robin Broad and John Cavanagh, September 10, 2014. ORIGINALLY IN FOREIGN POLICY IN FOCUS. Salvadorans protest in favor of a ban on all mineral mining. (Photo: laurizza / Flickr) An obscure tribunal housed at …
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Source: Triplecrisis.com Robin Broad and John Cavanagh On September 15, in a tribunal that few know exists, the fate of millions of people and hundreds of millions of dollars will be debated and decided in the next six months. The tribunal is the World Bank Group’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). It sits in …
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Source: Tradejustice.ca (Ottawa and Montreal, September 25, 2014)– Within one day of the opening of the Canada-European Union Summit to be held in Ottawa, over a hundred social organizations on both sides of the Atlantic are launching a joint statement denouncing the outrageous democratic deficit that surrounds the negotiations of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement …
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Source: Canadians.org September 29, 2014 I spent ten days in El Salvador this September representing the Council of Canadians on an international delegation examining metallic mining and how it affects communities. During the trip several events highlighted El Salvador’s struggle to remain a truly democratic and independent nation. On September 15, which marked almost 200 years …
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Source: Focusweb.org 10 September 2014 Dismantle Corporate Power and End Impunity Philippine groups express solidarity to people of El Salvador in fight against mining giant Oceana Gold/Pacific Rim Mining Corporation Alyansa Tigil Mina (Alliance against Mining-Philippines), Lilak (Purple Action for Indigenous Women’s Rights), Focus on the Global South and the EU-ASEAN FTA Campaign Network denounce the …
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Source: Canadians.org September 18, 2014 Joint Media Release (Ottawa) On Thursday, a group of Ottawa-based organizations wrote a letter urging the Australian High Commissioner to work with the Australian government and pressure Melbourne-based OceanaGold to drop its $301 million lawsuit against El Salvador. Hearings on the suit began this week at the World Bank’s International Centre for …
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Source: Miningwatch.ca Wednesday, September 10, 2014 (Ottawa) Nearly 150,000 people have already signed an online petition directed at the Australian-Canadian firm OceanaGold urging it to drop its suit against El Salvador.Secret hearings will begin on the case at a little known investment dispute tribunal housed at the World Bank in Washington, on Monday, September 15th. OceanaGold bought into …
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Source: Washingtonpost.com Calling gold mining a scourge on the environment of El Salvador, a group of protesters rallied Monday outside the World Bank in the District, where a tribunal is discussing the case of a foreign company that seeks to extract gold from the impoverished Central American country. About 100 protesters, including Salvadoran immigrants, Roman Catholic …
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