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Articles by keyword
natural resources
Europa en crisis a la caza de mercados y recursos naturales de Latinoamérica
| 14-February-2013
Sumida en la mayor crisis de su historia, Europa busca nuevos mercados y oportunidades de negocio para sus empresas, y sobre todo acceso a fuentes de recursos naturales mediante acuerdos de libre comercio y tratados bilaterales de inversión delineados por la estrategia “Una Europa Global”.
ICSID: Ecuador Unlawfully Seized U.S. Firm’s Oil Investments
| 23-December-2012
The World Bank’s International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes has handed down a ruling against the Ecuadorian government, finding that it “unlawfully expropriated” U.S. firm Burlington Resources’ investments in two oil blocks.
Gas imports: India wants US to consider free trade pact
| 29-November-2012
To enable import of gas from the US, India has asked the US Government to consider a free trade agreement (FTA).
US firm to launch NAFTA challenge to Quebec fracking ban
| 16-November-2012
A US-incorporated energy firm, Lone Pine Resources Inc., is taking on Quebec’s stand against fracking, saying it violates the North American free-trade agreement and demanding more than $250-million in compensation.
Developing countries query European bid to abolish sugar quotas
| 28-September-2011
The ACP Sugar Group has recently been made aware through media reports of an “impact study” made by and for the European Commission, reportedly due for release in October 2011. This study refers to proposals for changes in the European sugar regime. It is hoped that this is not accurate as some of the key assumptions and results are more than questionable.
The alarmingly uneven deal of the India-EU FTA
| 22-August-2011
For over four years now, India has been negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) - the largest trade and investment deal the country has ever embarked on. As much as New Delhi expects to lure the European market and investments closer to India, the actual consequences for the country’s economy could be dire: the open up of public procurement, the deregulation of the banking, automobile, retail and mining industries plus the adverse impact the deal will have in small-scale farmers make of this FTA a counter-productive undertaking. 
À Bruxelles, lobbies industriels et miniers sont mobilisés pour la conférence qui doit définir la nouvelle stratégie européenne sur les ressources naturelles.
China eyes ASEAN resources from free trade pact
| 29-December-2009
A free trade agreement between China and its Southeast Asian neighbours, which takes full effect from January 1, will help China fill its urgent need for natural resources, a senior commerce official said on Tuesday.
Perú: Los TLC ponen en riesgo productos de nuestro mar
| 13-October-2009
Plantean que recursos extraídos del mar sean considerados productos originarios del país que lo extrajo.
TLC: La mercancía de los recursos naturales, educación, salud
| 17-July-2009
En febrero del 2009, entró en vigencia el TLC entre EE.UU. y Perú. Una de las últimas conquistas de la administración estadounidense de Bush, quien días antes de su salida del poder aprobó el acuerdo.
Medvedev trip looks to secure Africa’s riches
| 24-June-2009
President Dmitry Medvedev is embarking Tuesday on a four-day African tour, beginning with a visit to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak before moving on to Nigeria, Namibia and Angola. Medvedev’s trip appears focused on helping Russian companies gain additional access to the continent’s natural resources wealth.
Conflicto peruano podría repetirse en Colombia por culpa de los TLC
| 11-June-2009
“Este tipo de decretos tendrían que aprobarse en Colombia si se ratifica el TLC, pues éste tiene los mismos objetivos de entregar al control privado extensas zonas de biodiversidad para explotación minera, aprovechamiento energético y grandes monocultivos para agrocombustibles”.
Fatal clashes erupt in Peru at roadblock
| 6-June-2009
The indigenous groups in Peru have surprised the authorities with their sudden strength and organization and are now threatening to blunt President Alan García’s efforts to lure foreign investment to the region. 
After more than six weeks of protests by Peru’s Amazonian indigenous groups that have included blockades of major roads and waterways and the shutting down an oil pipeline pumping station, the Peruvian government has begun to crack down.
Perú: Confederación campesina apoya defensa de la Amazonía
| 25-May-2009
¡La lucha de la Amazonía es la lucha de todo el pueblo! ¡No a la entrega a las transnacionales de nuestras tierras, agua, recursos naturales y soberanía!
Perú: Lo que el gobierno no dice sobre el DL 1090
| 25-May-2009
En un comunicado del gobierno publicado en diversos medios se presenta la posición oficial sobre la Ley Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre (DL 1090), cuya derogatoria debe resolverse en el Congreso esta semana. 
As the Peruvian government declared a state of emergency in the face of one month long indigenous protests, 42 indigenous leaders have entered the Peruvian Congress to announce a hunger strike until the issue of a repeal of decrees affecting the territorial rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon is debated by the full legislature. The decrees, which were passed to facilitate the Free Trade Agreement with the United States, facilitate the transfer of Amazon land and resource rights to oil, mining, logging and agricultural companies to the detriment of indigenous and campesino inhabitants. They also set the stage for the privatization of water resources.
Costa Rica: Ahora está claro. T.L.C. la gran mentira o ¿el gran negocio? ¿ o ambos?
| 4-May-2009
En los últimos días hemos visto en la prensa algunas muy desagradables noticias explicando algunos efectos de las leyes de implementación del TLC.
Indígenas de América Latina acuerdan cruzada en defensa de la Amazonía
| 5-April-2009
Organizaciones indígenas de América Latina acordaron en Lima una cruzada en defensa de la Amazonía, amenazada por la industria extractiva, y consideran que el Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con Estados Unidos pone en riesgo la sostenibilidad de los bosques en Perú.
Explotación de recursos naturales en territorios afrocolombianos y TLC
| 3-February-2009
Desde comienzos de la república las comunidades afrocolombianas e indígenas vienen siendo violentadas por la voracidad de grandes compañías nacionales y extranjeras, con el beneplácito de los diferentes gobiernos nacionales y regionales. 0 | 20 |
Court ruling fails to stop business lobbies’ privileged access in EU-India trade talks
| 13-June-2013
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