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Communities Oppose Mining Project

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By: Oscar López -CoLatino / Translated by: Marco Melloni People of different communities in the San Isidro municipality, region of Cabañas, manifested their opposition to a metal mining project in the territory. The inhabitants maintain that the proyect would contaminate the water resource...

Urgent! Strengthening a powerful global voice in defence of life

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By: Antonia Recinos - Radio Victoria / Translation: Sigrun Pallesen and Marina Bonetti   On the 15th of August 2015, I was invited to participate in a mission of solidarity to the region of  Didipío, Nueva Vizcaya, the Philippines. The mission’s goal was to understand the battles ...

The obscure legal system that lets corporations sue countries

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Claire Provost and Matt Kennard - The Guardian Fifty years ago, an international legal system was created to protect the rights of foreign investors. Today, as companies win billions in damages, insiders say it has got dangerously out of control Luis Parada’s office is just four block...

OceanaGold vs El Salvador: Foreshadowing 'Trade' Under the TPP?

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By teleSUR / Heather Gies  The Central American country of El Salvador could be forced to pay US$301 million to Canadian-Australian mining multinational OceanaGold as the two face off in a World Bank investor-state tribunal with proven tendency to favor corporate interests over arguments f...

5 reasons to oppose OceanaGold’s lawsuit against El Salvador

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Statement from the Canadian Labour Congress - CLC on the Pacific Rim/OceanaGold law suit against El Salvador.  Friday, June 26, 2015 Given our shared struggle for human rights and corporate accountability, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) supports the position of the El Salvadoran govern...

Amid TPP Fight, El Salvador Mining Case Shows Danger of Corporate Tribunals

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Deirdre Fulton - Common Dreams A Salvadoran delegation is in Canada this week to warn of how investor provisions threaten democracy, public health, and environment In a case illustrating the dangers of corporate-friendly provisions buried in trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a sec...

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