Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it
Ben Smith : Behind the Numbers
(DOWNLOAD THE STUDY HERE)Of the limited changes made to the renegotiated NAFTA agreement—also known as the USMCA—perhaps the most significant relates to the system of investor protections that permits foreign firms to challenge government policies, laws a...
Over two hundred organizations denounce multimillion-dollar suit brought by U.S. mining firm against Guatemala
April 24, 2019 Today, a letter signed by 227 Guatemalan and international networks and organizations was delivered to Guatemalan authorities and the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala. The letter denounces the US$300 million-dollar suit that the U.S. mining company Kappes, Cassiday & Associat...
The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya fights for the right to water
Brent Patterson - RABBLE
Residents from the communities of San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc -- an area known as La Puya -- have been fighting against the Progreso VII Derivada-El Tambor gold mine located just north of Guatemala City since March 2010.
The Peaceful Resistan...
Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala
* Edgardo Ayala - Contrapunto
Despite of a two year mining prohibition, the ghost of mining does not fade away for communities in El Salvador that are exposed to crossborder contamination that may cause irreversible environmental damage to their limited water resources.
ASUNCIÓN MITA, Gua...
Criminalization of the Aymara People - Supreme Court Will Decide on Aduviri Case on October 5th.
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Criminalization of the Aymara People - Supreme Court Will Decide on Aduviri Case on October 5th.
20th September 2018 Cochabamba, Ottawa, Puno, Washington. On Monday September 17th at 0900, a hearing took place at the Supreme Court in Lima, Peru to analyze the case ...
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