... developed agrarian reform laws, giving collective land to thousands of farmers organized in farming cooperatives. In 1992 the Law for Land Modernization gave way to the formation of large private monopolies ...
... the spill. “We do not believe that the lawsuit has any merit. We are vigorously defending the case,” she said. Plessis also noted that the company no longer has any operations in the Philippines.
According ...
... lost to growing urbanization and an agribusiness that is out of control. In addition to this, a weakened state that has been incapable of creating public policies and laws to address these issues, nor ...
... governments, particularly the Provincial Government led by Gov. Carlos Padilla.
We will not allow OGPI to continue wrecking havoc on our environment and disregarding our environmental laws.
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... Article 1105. Minimum Standard of Treatment; and Article 1110. Expropriation and Compensation”, says the file of the Secretariat of Economy.
The lawsuit
The 26-page document, entered on April 5, alleges ...
By Sara Frabes - AVISPA MIDIA
On December 11, 2018, the American mining company Kappes Cassiday & Associates filed an international arbitration lawsuit for $300 million against the State of Guatemala ...
... laws and decrees. The authors conclude that this mine has significant negative impacts on water, forests, land, indigenous peoples, human rights, biodiversity, and workers’ rights.
Hence, the authors ...
... told IPS.
“But the reality is that countries like Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua have passed laws aimed directly at promoting the mining sector,” said Alfaro, who worked on the document as a consultant ...
... laws that guarantee investor rights.
"The dominance of investor rights has deteriorated the capacity of local democratic institutions to regulate extractive industries in all phases of operations. In ...