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Pac Rim CAFTA Challenge of Salvadoran Environmental, Mining Safety Policies Given Go-Ahead by Tribuna

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
Pac Rim CAFTA Challenge of Salvadoran Environmental, Mining Safety Policies Given Go-Ahead by Tribunal August 3, 2010 Initial Win for Corporation in Trade Agreement Attack on Environmental Policy Poses Complications for Obama Administration as It Tries to Revive Korea FTA WASHINGTON, D.C. – An...

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

| FTAs & ISDS
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...

Obama, Pacific Rim and El Salvador

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
Obama Visits El Salvador Amid Calls for CAFTA Criticisms March, 2011 President Obama’s visit to El Salvador in March of 2011 caught the attention of the international anti-mining movement. Over 140 international social organizations, including U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities, the Institute for P...

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

| FTAs & ISDS
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

| FTAs & ISDS
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

| FTAs & ISDS
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 ...

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