Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19
By Manuel Perez Rocha - Foreign Policy in Focus
Wealthy corporations may use trade courts to keep public health measures from cutting into their profits.
The country was in freefall. Formerly middle class families were hawking their valuables on the street. After dark, the most desperate w...
Anglo American responses to AGM queries raise more questions than they answer
Aldo Orellana Lopez
Terra Justa
We supported allies DHUMA to submit questions about Anglo American's Peruvian operations to their online AGM in May 2020. Their responses left much to be desired.
The annual shareholder meeting of London-registered mining giant Anglo American took place behind c...
The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression
Jody García - Nómada
In the three days of the state of siege in five municipalities in the north-east of Guatemala, actions have already been filed in the Constitutional Court. The intent of these actions is to stop the state of siege due to concerns about abuses against the resisting communitie...
Social organizations reject militarization in five municipalities of Guatemala
ACAFREMIN
125 national and international organizations rejected the state of siege imposed by the President of Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei. Executive decree 13-2020 restricts mobility and demonstration rights. In addition, this decree allows arrests and interrogations without warrants or any...
Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera
P. Cabezas
On July 11th, environmental justice activists in El Salvador commemorated the 11th anniversary of the 2009 assassination of Marcelo Rivera, a community cultural activist and water defender from the small town of San Isidro, Cabañas, who died due to his relentless opposition to...
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