A MINING LAWSUIT IN GUATEMALA SHOWS HOW TRADE COURTS PUT LOCALS LAST
The state relied on affected communities to mount a legal defense, but now it’s trying to bypass them to open the mine.

By Ana Sandoval

A Nevada-based mining firm is suing Guatemala for more than $400 million, the first suit of its kind for the impoverished Central American country.

https://fpif.org/a-mining-lawsuit-in-guatemala-shows-how-trade-courts-put-locals-last/
#guatemala #goldmining #worldbank #arbitration #slapp #ICSID #foreignpolicyinfocus #FPIF #socialmovements #lapuya

I get how people see investor-state international #arbitration panels as tools of capitalism. But then you get things like this:

PowerChina HuaDong Engineering Corporation and #China #Railway 18th Bureau Group Company Ltd v. Socialist Republic of #Vietnam (#ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/22/7)

https://icsid.worldbank.org/cases/case-database/case-detail?CaseNo=ARB(AF)/22/7