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1. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... scrambled to lessen the pain of a deep economic crisis on average citizens, the last thing they needed was a barrage of corporate lawsuits. But that’s what they got. CMS Gas, for example, sued Argentina ...; Created on 23 July 2020
2. Salvadoran Mining Fights Spark International Lawsuits: (FTAs & ISDS); Salvadoran Mining Fights Spark International Lawsuits By Roger Bybee Friday April 13, 2012 1:20 PM Activists struggle against free-trade provisions, as USW challenges mining industry goals Despite ...; Created on 27 April 2012
3. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Specifically, the water defenders were concerned about mining around the Lempa River Basin, which is one of the principal water sources in the country. It would take more than a decade and several lawsuits ...; Created on 03 April 2023
4. Anglo American files lawsuit against Colombia: (ISDS); ... shareholders, BHP and Glencore filed separate lawsuits for the same reason on April 27 and June 1, respectively. Cerrejón has not been able to work on the northern section of the La Puente pit since ...; Created on 08 June 2021
5. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... threats and intimidation, illegal arrests, harassment lawsuits, and forced displacement. For instance, in April last year, the Philippine police nabbed Roland Pulido, chairman of Didipio Earth Saver’s ...; Created on 24 May 2021
6. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... lobbyists. Beyond offering these few carrots, they also carried a large stick. When the Salvadoran government paused new mining licenses to study the issue, the mining companies filed lawsuits against ...; Created on 28 March 2021
7. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); ... lawsuits brought before international arbitration tribunals by private companies, claiming more than US$3 billion in compensation. Citing force majeure because of the COVID-19 health crisis , Bolivia ...; Created on 01 September 2020
8. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... with Latin American Lives and Sovereignty Through International Arbitration All in all, with the USCMA and the TPP, Mexico stands to remain the target of investor-state lawsuits from both the United ...; Created on 03 May 2020
9. US mining company demands $3.5 billion dollars from the Mexican government for stopping project: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Wednesday in Mexico City. Until now, Mexico has had to pay transnational companies more than 242 million dollars for 9 resolutions that went against the country, and it has another 12 pending lawsuits, ...; Created on 24 September 2019
10. In Guatemala, north american mining company sues in La Puya case: (Kappes Kassiday & Associates Guatemala ); ... presented the study ¨Extraction Casino: mining Companies gambling with Latin American Lives and Sovereignty through International Arbitration¨. Moore highlighted how these lawsuits allow companies to ...; Created on 18 September 2019
11. Getting the shaft on mining abuses: (Background and reports ); ... legal cases like the lawsuits against Hudbay Minerals, Tahoe Resources, and Nevsun that are currently making their way through Canadian courts. We cannot accept another powerless office to feign action ...; Created on 05 May 2019
12. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... number of transnational mining companies that have been launching malicious lawsuits against countries, especially in the Global South, in order to extract sizeable monetary awards. Even though they have ...; Created on 26 February 2019
13. “Latin American Countries exposed to law suits from transnational comporations: Manuel Pérez Rocha: (Regional News); ... to the extraction of natural resources."Currently, most Latin American countries are being threatened by multimillion-dollar lawsuits. This explosive amount is the result of the enforcement of certain rules ...; Created on 10 May 2018
14. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... have been winning most of the lawsuits in these so-called “investor-state” tribunals, but here again El Salvador prevailed. How? Why? What lessons can be learned, and can nations and activists build ...; Created on 26 June 2017
15. A wake-up call for Trump's trade agend: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 23 years ago. This provision unfairly prioritizes corporations, encouraging them to file lawsuits against governments that implement public health and other ...; Created on 03 March 2017
16. El Salvador Lessons for the TPP Fight: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... that allow these “investor-state” lawsuits. The executives of a global mining corporation assumed it would be easy to get their way in Cabañas, a rural region of northern El Salvador. They were wrong. ...; Created on 10 November 2016
17. In the Keystone Suit, It’s Big Oil vs. Democracy: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... remains unresolved, even the threat of such lawsuits can make governments reluctant to enact meaningful safeguards for public health and the environment. The legal case has dragged on in the courts for ...; Created on 02 February 2016
18. A dirty gold fever: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... compensatory damages, only because a country decides to follow the democratic will of its people”. For example, withdrawing from a mining project, as in El Salvador. In other countries the lawsuits in ...; Created on 02 February 2016
19. The obscure legal system that lets corporations sue countries: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... defending sovereign states against lawsuits lodged by multinational corporations. He is the lawyer for the defence in an obscure but increasingly powerful field of international law – where foreign investors ...; Created on 11 July 2015
20. OceanaGold vs El Salvador: Foreshadowing 'Trade' Under the TPP: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... courts. The number of such corporate lawsuits levelled against countries in the World Bank’s little-known International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has skyrocketed over the ...; Created on 11 July 2015

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