Canada is Assessed at the UN, Receiving Recommendations to Curb Abuse by its Companies and Financial Institutions

We demand from Canada truth, reparations, and justice for traditional communities and Indigenous peoples affected by the impact of mining and oil activities in Latin America.

(Geneva) In the framework of the 4th cycle of Canada's Universal Periodic Review (UPR), more than 50 Latin American organizations and social movements prepared three reports highlighting corporate abuses perpetrated by 37 Canadian projects in 9 countries in our region.

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Amazon Watch et al.

Nine Prominent International Organizations Call on Salvadoran Attorney General to Drop All Charges against Five Water Defenders

One year after their arrest on politically motivated charges, five prominent Salvadoran water defenders are scheduled to stand trial starting on April 3.

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Institute for Policy Studies

Webinar | What’s at stake in Canada’s trade negotiations with Ecuador?

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April 4, 2024 at 2PM ET | Register here | Facebook
This is a bilingual event in Spanish and English. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.

Webinar: Life in the Triangle of Death - Dominican communities talk mining

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March 20, 2024 at 3PM EST 

Metallic mining exploitation in the Dominican Republic is located in the heart of the country, in the provinces of La Vega, Monseñor Nouel and Sánchez Ramírez, which is also the centre for water sources and biodiversity. An area where life could thrive is turning into a ‘triangle of death'. Extractivism has had a significant negative social and environmental footprint in the region causing irreversible environmental damage to the environment as well dispossession of local communities.

Transnational mining company Red Eagle’s loss in Santurbán could mean a victory if Colombia pulls out of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system

The following is a translation of a statement made by the International Mission to #StopISDS. See the original statement in Spanish here.

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International Mission #StopISDS

Why the Ecuador trade deal Canada wants hinges on a misleading referendum question

This is an excerpt from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives The Monitor, written by Stuart Trew.

Ecuador’s April 21 vote on investor-state dispute settlement could quash mining sector hopes in the looming negotiations

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (The Monitor Magazine)
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