El Salvador
Al Jazeera | 22-abr-2014
Last week more than 300 international and national civil society organizations wrote to the president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, during its biannual meeting in Washington, denouncing the bank’s involvement in the case of Pac Rim Cayman LLC v. El Salvador.
The Guardian | 14-abr-2014
A multinational mining company has been accused of launching "a direct assault on democratic governance" by suing El Salvador for more than US$300m (£179m) in compensation, after the tiny Central American country refused to allow it to dig for gold amid growing opposition to the exploitation of its mineral wealth.
Palabras clave:
acciones | resistencia ,
Canadá ,
El Salvador ,
litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS
The Nation | 15-ene-2014
Activists are challenging rules that grant corporations the right to sue governments.
Reuters | 4-jun-2012
Canadian company Pacific Rim can move forward under El Salvador law with a case against that country’s government for blocking a gold mining project, but cannot file suit under a regional trade agreement, a World Bank arbitration panel ruled.
Palabras clave:
CAFTA ,
Canadá ,
El Salvador ,
litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS ,
medio ambiente ,
minería
AFL-CIO | 15-dic-2011
Tomorrow, the AFL-CIO will join the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) and activists from a range of labor and environmental groups to converge on the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C., for a noon protest in opposition to a CAFTA case being brought against the Salvadoran government by Pacific Rim.
Palabras clave:
acciones | resistencia ,
CAFTA ,
Canadá ,
El Salvador ,
Estados Unidos ,
litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS
| 28-jun-2011
Pacific Rim is suing the Salvadoran government in an international investment court, one of scores of cases in recent years in which frustrated oil, gas and mining investors, using provisions of trade agreements, have sought to recoup losses from mostly developing countries.
Palabras clave:
CAFTA ,
Canadá ,
El Salvador ,
Estados Unidos ,
inversión | TBI ,
litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS ,
medio ambiente ,
minería
La Prensa Gráfica | 21-mar-2011
“El tribunal determina que la disputa no se encuentra dentro de su jurisdicción y competencia de conformidad con el CAFTA.”, Resolución del tribunal del CIADI
| 11-ago-2010
In a decision with implications for the national sovereignty of member states under US trade pacts, a World Bank tribunal has approved a Canadian mining company’s controversial lawsuit against the government of El Salvador.
Palabras clave:
CAFTA ,
Canadá ,
CIADI ,
El Salvador ,
Estados Unidos ,
intereses corporativos ,
inversión | TBI ,
litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS ,
medio ambiente ,
minería
OMAL | 23-jun-2009
Las empresas representadas bajo el nombre de Pacific Rim Cayman LLC, en el marco del Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Estados Unidos, Centroamérica y Republica Dominicana (CAFTA - DR por sus siglas en inglés) demandan al Estado por una cantidad inicial de US$77 millones de dólares, en concepto de indemnización por daños a la inversión realizada en nuestro suelo.
Upside Down World | 22-dic-2008
A Canadian mining company intends to sue El Salvador’s government for several hundred million dollars if it is not granted permission to open a widely unpopular gold and silver mine that scientists warn would have devastating effects on local water supplies.
