... or the health and livelihoods of their population where those things might reduce the profits of multinationals.
Australia has also been caught up in this trend. Tobacco giant Philip Morris has moved ...
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 Cavanah
Published in: http://fpif.org/meet-company-suing-el-salvador-right-poison-water/ ...
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While industrial mines haven’t operated here recently, the San Sebastian mine in the east has been worked continuously. Rather than multinational companies, locals dig deep, dark tunnels to excavate ...
... He also recalled the murders of environmentalists Marcelo Rivera, Dora Sorto, Ramiro Rivera and Francisco Durán, from Sensuntepeque, Cabañas, who opposed the exploration and mining. "Mining multinationals ...
... that could harm the interests of those affected by mining.
If ICSID rules in favor of the transnational corporation, we would have the possibility of other multinational companies launching law suits ...
... UNHRC adds to a growing number of cases that evidence multinational corporations’ contempt for democratic and human rights. Other cases include: Oil pollution caused by Chevron in the Ecuadorean Amazon ...
... of large national and multinational corporations. It's time to banish forever the practices of past right wing governments who saw natural resources as an opportunity to increase the profits of their financiers ...
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Over the past several decades, multinational corporate Goliaths have helped to write and rewrite hundreds of rules skewing tax, trade, investment and other policies in their favor. The extraordinary ...
... fundamental human rights, particularly the right to water and self-determination of peoples. Multinational corporations involved in the extraction of non-renewable natural resources impose and advance ...