Here is a collection of videos with information and perspectives on the excessive protections afforded international investors.
Korea Free Trade Agreement: Investor Protection Clauses (David Delk, Portland Alliance for Democracy)
Congressional briefing “Investment Rules in Trade Agreements: Who Benefits? The Case of Mining in El Salvador,” held on October 15, 2009 sponsored by Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME) and organized by the Institute for Policy Studies, Oxfam and the Washington Office on Latin America.
Speech by Vidalina Morales in accepting the 2009 Letelier-Moffitt International Human Rights Award at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on October 15th, 2009. She accepts the award on behalf of El Salvador’s National Coalition Against Mining in El Salvador, as a member of the Economic and Social Development Association from the department of Cabañas, one of the regional organizations that makes up the national coalition. Cabañas is a region in which the coalition has had success in defending its lands from the threat represented by the Canadian gold mining company, Pacific Rim.
Part 2 of 2 of the speech by Vidalina Morales in accepting the 2009 Letelier-Moffitt International Human Rights Award at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on October 15th, 2009. She accepts the award on behalf of El Salvador’s National Coalition Against Mining in El Salvador, as a member of the Economic and Social Development Association from the department of Cabañas, one of the regional organizations that makes up the national coalition. Cabañas is a region in which the coalition has had success in defending its lands from the threat represented by the Canadian gold mining company, Pacific Rim.
Sarah Anderson, director of the global economy project at the Institute for Policy Studies, talks about IPS’s work on international investment agreements and why they deserve a lot more attention in the midst of the global financial crisis.
US free trade policy in Latin America
My name is Carlos Santos and I am from the Network- Friends of the Earth Uruguay. I launch a question from Latin America regarding the impacts of free trade policies and the protection of private investments as promoted by the United States within Latin America. The question is for the US governmental candidates.
