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21. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... being in extractive and financial industries. In 2018, there was $56.6 billion in Canadian mining assets across South America. Almost half of the world’s public mining corporations are traded through the ...; Created on 21 January 2021
22. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... in 2021 was brought by a Netherlands-based company against Peru over a failed telecommunications investment. With this latest case, there are a total of 13 treaty-based arbitrations currently active against ...; Created on 21 January 2021
23. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... are active in the production of home gardens for family consumption and 25 are able to produce for local sales. For the participants in these initiatives, this type of process has improved family finances ...; Created on 05 January 2021
24. Honduran justice denies defenders of the Guapinol river to wait for their trial in freedom: (Regional News); ... the implementation of extractive industry projects that are causing widespread violence. ------------------------------ Translation from: https://criterio.hn/justicia-de-honduras-niega-a-defensores-del-rio-guapinol-defenderse-en-libertad/?fbclid=IwAR371jr2YiqZDMtDxLcSPNKmhRaFr7mXB2UsfDMd4Y73KIiasRCcSviR1uY ...; Created on 28 December 2020
25. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... the gathering of evidence, the tribunal adopted an active – as opposed to a passive – role. The Tribunal decided to go beyond and didn’t limit its determination on evidence obtained from the parties and ...; Created on 19 December 2020
26. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... access to food and livelihood became everyday challenges. And while the mobility of indigenous villages are limited, there are no breaks for extractives, logging, government and private projects, and militarization in ...; Created on 17 December 2020
27. Oceanagold violates restraining order from N. Vizcaya government: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... (FTAA) of the mining company expired in June 2019. “We demand for an immediate watershed audit that will investigate and penalize these extractive and destructive projects that worsened the massive floods ...; Created on 28 November 2020
28. Anti-mining community, Gina Lopez awarded as heroes for the environment: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... sidelined by authorities themselves. Another awardee is Alberto “Ka Bobby” Roldan, a community organizer active in in coastal community mangrove protection and rehabilitation activities in Central Luzon, ...; Created on 07 October 2020
29. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... did it uphold the pre-trial detention of the eight water defenders, it also ruled to reverse the decision that freed the previous group and actively re-opened the case against five of them for the same ...; Created on 01 September 2020
30. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... leniency of the Guatemalan state toward extractive industries. This, coupled with rampant government corruption and privileged connections allowed KCA to meet its objectives: consolidate the mining project ...; Created on 24 August 2020
31. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River: (Regional News); ... extractive companies; that, together with local capitals, operate within regulatory frameworks favorable to their interests to the detriment of the common good, to the detriment of the sustainable development ...; Created on 20 August 2020
32. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case: (Regional News); ... case is emblematic for all those who are fighting to guarantee their rights against extractive projects in their territories". For the eight defenders already in pretrial detention, Magistrates María Luisa ...; Created on 18 August 2020
33. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... and other extractive projects, who have faced particularly intense forms of harassment and repression from police and military, exacerbating territorial conflicts. Meanwhile, human rights and environmental ...; Created on 23 July 2020
34. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... to disputes over oil, gas and mining contracts. Extractive industries like mining make up a large share of total claims, often provoked by governments attempting to prevent environmental or public health ...; Created on 23 July 2020
35. Anglo American responses to AGM queries raise more questions than they answer: (Mining and Human Rights); ... with not only “essential” maintenance and other activities running, but the mining production chain remaining active. In other words exploration, exploitation, transport, commercialization and even construction ...; Created on 22 July 2020
36. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... as you know even in the Philippines they are nourished by you and by that collective voice initiated by Marcelo. As you know, there are dozens of demands at ICSID on countries by extractive companies, ...; Created on 15 July 2020
37. Webinar on Extractivism, Human Rights and ISDS: Hard Law vs Soft Law: (Mining and Human Rights); ... El Salvador). With reference to particular examples in Latin America they discussed arbitration suits (Investor State Dispute Settlement) which have been brought by extractive industries in relation to ...; Created on 28 June 2020
38. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... In a majority of these cases, the communities most affected by the mining projects have been actively organizing to defend their territories and natural commons. For local residents, these projects are ...; Created on 03 May 2020
39. PRESS RELEASE: Citizen´s proposal for a general water law in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... the undersigned organizations, who have been calling in a proactive and rigorous way since 2006 for adequate legislation for the management of water in El Salvador, have united around our CITIZEN PROPOSAL ...; Created on 20 April 2020
40. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... established in the 1990s, by intensifying investment in extractive industries by national elites and transnational corporations. These industries have established their operations without adequate consultation ...; Created on 20 April 2020

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