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Fixing Free Trade Agreements: Putting People and the Planet over Corporate Profit

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Fixing Free Trade Agreements:   Putting People and the Planet over Corporate Profit  Today's trade rules are not designed first and foremost to protect workers, the environment or public health.  They are written by corporate lawyers and trade bureaucrats with no citizen input and very little c...

CAFTA Investor Rights Undermining Democracy and the Environment: Pacific Rim Mining Case

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CAFTA Investor Rights Undermining Democracy and the Environment: Pacific Rim Mining Case 2010 Pacific Rim Mining Corp., a Canadian-based multinational firm, sought to establish a massive gold mine using water-intensive cyanide ore processing in the basin of El Salvador’s largest river, Rio Lemp...

Video-Global Investment Rules: Threat to Democracy and the Environment

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Global Investment Rules:  Threat to Democracy and the Environment Around the world, citizens have been mobilizing to defend their environment and economic sovereignty from transnational corporations, but there is another threat lurking in the shadows that can ride roughshod over our rights. T...

The costs of ICSID arbitration and the consequences for the enjoyment of social rights in El Salvador

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The costs of ICSID arbitration and the consequences for the enjoyment of social rights in El Salvador February, 2012 By the Foundation for Studies on the Application of Law (FESPAD, a Member of the National Roundtable on Metallic Mining in El Salvador)[1] [2] Versión en Español The legal proc...

Mining arbitration has cost $5 million

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Mining arbitration has cost $5 million El Salvador has faced a current suit by Pacific Rim and one that was thrown out by the ICSID.  The pending arbitration demands that the country pay at least $77 million. By Keny López, La Prensa Grafica Monday, January 16, 2012 00:00 Translated by Jan ...

Mining for Profits

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Mining for Profits Sarah Anderson, IPS Global Economy Project Director Posted: Huffington Post-12/16/11 02:46 PM ET The small country of El Salvador has dared to stand up against powerful international gold mining companies. And now they’re dealing with the blowback. One of the companies sali...

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