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21. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... Canadian mining company, Gabriel Resources, announced its second threat of arbitration against Romania. Gabriel Resources already has a multi-billion dollar case underway against this country for not having ...; Created on 03 May 2020
22. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... and royalties, according to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau—less than 1 percent of the country’s GDP. Mineral exports, however, amounted to $4.26 billion in 2018, with Canada, Japan, Australia, and China ...; Created on 04 October 2019
23. Global protest launched against OceanaGold mine in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... by Oceanagold. Company data revealed that some 87 billion pesos worth of copper, gold, and silver were mined by Oceanagold from 2013 to 2018, while only 4.7 billion pesos or only 5.4% were provided in ...; Created on 02 September 2019
24. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Canadian firms have already been awarded US$4.4 billion in compensation through this system. Among the several important findings we highlight in the report, one concerning issue relates to the growing ...; Created on 05 May 2019
25. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... They are suing for millions and billions of dollars as a result of court decisions, public policies, and other government measures that they claim reduce the value of their investments. In the majority ...; Created on 03 May 2019
26. THE STRUGGLE FOR GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE CONTINUES IN EL SALVADOR: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... at over 4 billion dollars; Luxury housing projects with their swimming pools and golf courses in areas with water scarcity, such as the Encanto Residential Country Club of Zaragoza, have left thousands ...; Created on 27 August 2018
27. “Latin American Countries exposed to law suits from transnational comporations: Manuel Pérez Rocha: (Regional News); ... threaten the stability of states and human rights", he added.Ecuador represents an emblematic case in this context. The country is currently being forced to pay more than 2 billion dollars only to two ...; Created on 10 May 2018
28. Transnational mining company loses the battle, but the war continues.: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... and use some 950 tonnes of cyanide, a deadly toxic. Had these plans succeeded, there would have been global earnings of about $10 billion dollars US. "El Salvador is a country with serious environmental ...; Created on 05 January 2017
29. Law suit against El Salvador one of the longest running cases in the history of ICSID: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Bank to stop enabling a tribunal utilized by multinational corporations to undermine human rights. “Fifty years of ICSID and billions of dollars in corporate awards is enough. It’s time for the World Bank ...; Created on 17 September 2016
30. Law suit against El Salvador one of the longest running cases in the history of ICSID: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Bank to stop enabling a tribunal utilized by multinational corporations to undermine human rights. “Fifty years of ICSID and billions of dollars in corporate awards is enough. It’s time for the World Bank ...; Created on 17 September 2016
31. In the Keystone Suit, It’s Big Oil vs. Democracy: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... billion in damages under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for being “unjustly deprived” of the value of investments related to the nixed pipeline. The White House decided just weeks before ...; Created on 02 February 2016
32. Resistance against the bloodsucker: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Colindres speaks of about 1.3 million ounces of gold – for a market value of more than a billion dollars. And OceanaGold continues to advertise the project. Disguised behind different names, the company ...; Created on 03 January 2016
33. El Salvador: Just Saying No to Gold Mining: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... magnate Frank Guistra. Some media slammed Guistra as “persona non grata in El Salvador.” They showcased his billion-dollar global mining investments, labeling him (incorrectly) a major shareholder in ...; Created on 03 January 2016
34. Christian Romero Initiative and Stop Mad Mining invite Bernardo Belloso from CRIPDES to Europe: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... already terrible. But, more terrible is that this is not a unique case: not long ago the Canadian gold mining company Gabriel Resources sued Romania for 6 billion dollars, after the government decided ...; Created on 28 October 2015
35. The obscure legal system that lets corporations sue countries: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); 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 ...; Created on 11 July 2015
36. OceanaGold vs El Salvador: Foreshadowing 'Trade' Under the TPP: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... protections,” the TPP and TTIP will pave the way for many more instances of investor-state settlements that allow companies to sue governments for billions through highly secretive hearings and supra-national ...; Created on 11 July 2015
37. 5 reasons to oppose OceanaGold’s lawsuit against El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... target country for over 70% of these suits and has already paid tens of millions to foreign corporations. Canada may have to pay up to $2 billion more in settlements brought under NAFTA. First published ...; Created on 11 July 2015
38. Save Our Water, End Investor Rights: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... promote a simple strategy that could save the public billions of dollars. Yanira Cortez, Deputy Attorney for the Environment for El Salvador's Human Rights Ombudsperson's Office and Marcos Gálvez, President ...; Created on 18 May 2015
39. WILL EL SALVADOR BE FORCED TO PAY $301 MILLION FOR VALUING CLEAN WATER OVER GOLD?: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... departments generate US$7.2 billion, which represents a third of the country’s GDP. “The government is not saying no to mining, but under the current circumstances in the country, at this moment in time, ...; Created on 18 April 2015
40. El Salvador’s struggle against corporate impunity: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... has obfuscated every step of the way, refusing to pay the $9 billion dollars compensation awarded by Ecuadorian courts in 2011 and then counter-suing the Ecuadorian government. Many other communities’ ...; Created on 20 October 2014

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