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21. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... legal grounds on which to operate its mine in Guatemala, KCA has slapped Guatemala with a US$350 million international arbitration claim at the World Bank´s International Centre for Settlement of Investment ...; Created on 03 May 2020
22. Ostúa River contaminated with lead and arsenic from Cerro Blanco mine: (Cerro Blanco); ... that now they have to buy the water. If they do not buy it, they have to get drinking water from somewhere far. The Cerro Blanco mine began its operations in 2007. A project by Entremares S.A., a subsidiary ...; Created on 21 April 2020
23. Global protest launched against OceanaGold mine in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... has supported the people of El Salvador in a gigantic battle that led to a defeat against OceanaGold mining corporation at the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) ...; 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); ... that has a central role in designing ISDS rules, third-party funding was one of several key issues under discussion. This comes several months after the International Centre for Settlement of Investment ...; Created on 05 May 2019
25. Over two hundred organizations denounce multimillion-dollar suit brought by U.S. mining firm against Guatemala: (Media Releases); ... affected by its project and the decision of the courts. The company filed the suit in December 2018 at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) for alleged violations of the ...; Created on 04 May 2019
26. The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya fights for the right to water: (Regional News); ... criminalization, a win at the Guatemalan Supreme Court, and now a challenge at the Washington, D.C.–based World Bank Group's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. A timeline may ...; Created on 03 May 2019
27. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... released earlier this week by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), Digging for Dividends: The use and abuse of investor-state dispute settlement by Canadian investors abroad. Their report ...; Created on 03 May 2019
28. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... activities started in 2005 by a local company, Entre Mares, a subsidiary of Canada's Goldcorp. But public pressure and unforeseen technical problems led the company to suspend the project in 2013. That' ...; Created on 03 May 2019
29. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... company brings a US$300 million arbitration claim against Guatemala to the World Bank´s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) over alleged violations of the Dominican Republic-Central ...; Created on 26 February 2019
30. ENDORSERS / SIGNATARIOS: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... for Peace & Democracy (Manipur) (INDIA) Center for Environmental Concerns-Philippines Centre for Research and Advocacy, Manipur (INDIA) Community Resource Centre Foundation (CRC)(THAILAND) JATAM ...; Created on 25 February 2019
31. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court: (Regional News); ... of CAFTA, which protects the rights of US based companies to their investments. The case then went before the little known International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) at the ...; Created on 27 August 2018
32. The international dimensions of the fight for water in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... to guarantee the rights of corporations over human well being and human rights. The multi million dollar law suits and similar threats faced by the Salvadoran state and people at the international Centre ...; Created on 02 July 2018
33. Central Americans Demand to be Consulted About Mining Projects: (Regional News); Edgardo Ayala - IPS News (IMAGE) Residents of the municipality of San Rafael Las Flores maintain a permanent sit-down in front of the Constitutional Court, in the centre of Guatemala’s capital, to demand ...; Created on 09 May 2018
34. The dilemma of artisanal miners after the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Commerce Group); ... sources in the community. Instead of responding to concerns raised by the public, the company sued the government of El Salvador, first in local courts and later at the International Centre for the Settlement ...; Created on 07 May 2018
35. Salvadorans Reinforce Commitment to Sustain Historic Mining Ban on its First Anniversary: (Media Releases); ... tribunal rejected OceanaGold’s claim for US$250 Million against El Salvador for not having granted it a permit to mine. The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) instead ordered ...; Created on 06 May 2018
36. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... government of El Salvador: US based Commerce Group for $100 million and Pacific Rim Mining (later OceanaGold) sued for $301 million US at a World-Bank housed tribunal, the International Centre for Settlement ...; Created on 08 February 2018
37. Open letter to Oceana Gold: (Open Letter OceanaGold); ... Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) against El Salvador. It is also the same year when three anti-mining community leaders and an unborn baby were brutally murdered in northern El Salvador, ...; Created on 30 November 2017
38. Collective reflections towards the UN Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations with respect to Human Rights: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... enterprises with respect to human rights (OEIGWG), the Transnational Institute, Europe-Third World Centre (CETIM), Friends of the Earth International, La Via Campesina and Human Rights and Business Centre/UFJF ...; Created on 14 November 2017
39. OceanaGold announces it will stay in El Salvador despite prohibition: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... reported that the mining company Oceana Gold had paid the $ 8 million dollars awarded by the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment disputes, ICSID. “After the Legislative Assembly approved ...; Created on 27 July 2017
40. In Mining-Affected Communities, Water Is Becoming More Precious Than Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and continued with the suit despite broadband opposition to mining and plebiscites in five municipalities declaring themselves mining-free zones. In October 2016, the World Bank’s International Centre ...; Created on 26 June 2017

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