Thursday, October 10, 2013 As organizations in Canada and Quebec, we are appalled that Calgary-based Infinito Gold has decided to sue the Government of Costa Rica for $1-billion under the Canada-Costa Rica bilateral investment treaty. This is just the latest…
A member of Venezuela’s ICSID defence team and one of the authors of the “Profiting From Injustice” report are among 12 appointees to a commission that will assess whether Ecuador should terminate its remaining bilateral investment treaties. President Rafael Correa…
The Canadian mining company said it has exhausted legal options in Costa Rica regarding a lost gold mining concession. Infinito Gold Ltd. has been embroiled in a protracted legal battle with Costa Rica over its loss of the Las Crucitas…
Rachel Connor, who sufered severe vomiting, is fighting ScottishPower over wind turbines near her home Times photographer Paul Rogers ScottishPower has been accused of contaminating a private water supply to homes in the shadow of Europe’s biggest wind farm and…
As the second round of negotiations on the proposed EU-US trade agreementkick off in Brussels next week, a new report published by the Seattle to Brussels Network (S2B) today reveals the true human and environmental costs of an EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP/TAFTA).…
Members of the Executive Committee Legislative Assemble of El Salvador Dear Members of the Legislative Assembly: The undersigned members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining in El Salvador, return to you again exercising our right to petition enshrined in…
Sally Burch Ecuador’s president has launched a call for people around the world to boycott Chevron products, in rejection of the company’s evasion of responsibility for oil contamination in the Amazon basin. In recent months, Chevron has targeted Ecuador…
Shouldn’t the government at least ask before they kick you out of your home? Berta Cáceres and her colleagues in Honduras think so. They believe that people have a right to their homes. They are facing serious legal…
Once again, the Marikana Commission has adjourned, this time until Wednesday. But it’s not because of administrative issues or the issue of the miners’ legal fees. In an explosive statement, the Commission says the South African Police Service (SAPS) has…
Over 100 social movements and civil society organizations representing hundreds of thousands workers, peasants, community and indigenous peoples have welcomed the historic call by nine countries together with the African and Arab Groups for binding obligations on Transnational…
The operations of many Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises cause the devastation of livelihoods, territories and the environment of the communities where they operate; they pursue the commodification of essential services and of nature itself. Many TNCs and…
We, the participants of European organisations present at the Enlazando Alternativas network meeting held on September 7th and 8th, 2013 in Brussels, express our full support and solidarity with the National Agrarian and Popular Strike in Colombia and our solidarity…