El Salvador’s environment and democracy remain under threat as tribunal takes jurisdiction under Salvadoran law rather than CAFTA
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2012. On Friday, June 1, a World Bank tribunal allowed an international legal attack on El Salvador’s environment and democracy to advance, accepting jurisdiction to rule on a lawsuit brought by multinational mining firm Pac Rim against the government of El Salvador.
In allowing the case to continue under a domestic foreign investment statute,…
