Transnational corporations act with a high degree of impunity The treaties for investment protection and “free” trade signed by states favor the interests of transnational corporations by granting them rights and privileges, without requiring them in return to assume●●●
Signon statement in support of Pablo Solon, Rafael Archondo and against the Bala Chepete megadams
Focus on the Global South
We the undersigned have been inspired by Bolivia’s social movements that have shown that another world is possible. From the Water War in Cochabamba to the approval of a new constitution and a plurinational state in 2009, Bolivia●●●
Pacific Rim/Oceana Gold taken to trial in Geneva for violations of human rights in El Salvador
STOPESMINING
Members of the National Roundtable against Mining in El Salvador, La Mesa, announced the presentation of the Pacific Rim-OceanaGold case in this week’s Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held in Geneva, Switzerland. The tribunal, organized as part of theInternational Week of●●●
