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who's in charge of nature the agency of the. i actually don't think monopolies per se are the problem gets. access to credit or to politicians and probably both but the crony financial isn't crony capitalism that's the big problem happens. this. autumn 2016 millions of europeans are taking to the streets while learning it has refused to sign the free
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trade agreement with canada triggering a crisis across europe. that that now that the treaty negotiations brought to light a largely unknown organization international arbitration tied generals that allow multinationals to sue states. philip morris is trying to use i.s.t.'s to stop oracle from implementing new tobacco regulations aimed at cutting domestic smoking rates of french company sued egypt because egypt raise its minimum wage astonishingly these arbitration tribunals can oblige states to pay huge compensation $50000000000.00 by all standards this is the largest award ever
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to token amount of damages claimed is about $5700000000.00 you didn't know it's no surprise the trials are held behind closed doors everything takes place in utmost secrecy. every tradition are secret i mean that's that's the purpose of an arbitration if you don't want to. clear it as is just has come from who organizes it and who defends us. after all in the end it's we the taxpayers who pay the bill. could be said to kill for you because of the awful sun coverage a free all over for the people. they need access. to truly understand we need to penetrate a very. violent system where multinationals sue our states and try to impose their laws.
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can leverage your critical mr deductible. for a price good dish would appeal to the debacle now you see set up just. with or create towers or just emerging all countries under gold is justice this affects our most basic rights health the environment wages and human rights we finally reveal the incredible power of international arbitration tribunals. i am. going to. keep. the sofa. 2 in colombia along the upper east river in amazonia north american mining companies
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are prospecting for gold at the liberal town site the sacred birthplace of 7 indigenous peoples. but in 2009 concerned about the environment the colombian state classified the zone as a natural park which ended the mining concession. i am. 2 after years of negotiation attempts with the colombian government in 2016 andres rendell c.e.o. of the canadian company cozy go associated with a texan company toby mining can. tax he files an arbitration request i personally did not know of the option of international arbitration where it was always heard of the world court but we you know in my time i'd only believe that
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was between 2 governments that were debating things. but the ability to take our case to the international court of arbitration was a welcome relief for our shareholders to know that we don't have to depend on maybe some emotional sentiment by a judge in some rural location who is being pressured by his local. mayor. andries to mental seek profit just as he chooses to defend himself in paris with. a business lawyer specializing in arbitration disputes. but i dare me. hello. and yes the lawyer me just like right there. listen 1st. yours we're past the cooling off period did not
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result in any kind of mediation that's the. one question i was thinking of was the cooling off period how long is that normal lead somewhere into the middle course. which there's a meeting o. the 3 or b. triggers that will constituent the patrician panel which still takes weeks at least from sierra i believe columbia well the jurisdiction of the courts. to make decision on this with confidence and then we will really move to yes that's the case yeah hopefully hopefully they're crossing fingers they'll be productive be nice.
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cosi goal starts to face difficulties with this debate going on between the ministry of mines and energy and the ministry of environment we found ourselves with to get ability to work. one of our biggest shareholders from texas took the mining and energy motivated the company to seek. arbitration as a way of solving this dispute of this difficulty between the colombian government as a whole and the company. skew nipple t.q. died to do. it is too strong push move she can push move i've told you the numbers limbaugh national. and i think did you vote on an emotional moment of this new some chinese in assume an. it isn't the who would have it but the. tween you can see they could only see him he knew cuba. a
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lot should have been a mature country every. be. free trade agreements. to understand that they had to respect the agreements so that investors' money would not be lost or stolen. there was a lot of money a lot of effort and a lot of motivation from small investors getting together small investors to combine their resources and work under the colombian government regulation of it helped the ministry of mines by assets for the colombian people. can. be touchy which. you need. to find more to the wall and on the thought of it for you teach this to me even then. i throw in 20 these seem
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to fit sort out the. unknown. a new area of tension in free trade agreements is the introduction of private arbitration. present in most international trade agreements this is still is supposed to guarantee a fair impartiality to foreign investors so that they can defend themselves against each abuse or overly restrictive legislation. because if you don't own this you know since once i may not do is going to. keep my question are you are if you think you know me as you do several these are different from all of those in the classroom it isn't with us. it is a mystery said. if this is with us i'm from ohio to focus on pleasing.
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did you feel. the need to send if you susan's to be clinton assume. these arbitrators are not judges but business lawyers who take turns as the main arbitrator state defender or corporate defender. the connelly pain they are often seen as a true multimillionaire industry dominated by a small elite acting in great secrecy and too often giving priority to investors. while in some cases it seems normal to compensate them is that old least in the interest of the populations in foam. was. was.
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when we were beginning to enter the area the northern native tribes want to true develop the might of the southern group who was not in the fight was not on the area were motivated by n.g.o.s afforded geos named and they were voted to go against the might so they try to set up sacred sites on a map. by discussing with certain spiritual leaders that they were motivating to declare sacred sites but none of the sacred sites that they had identified are anywhere near the proposed might say. you know little piece of the n.b.a. . yet owned by you and then they would be ready. they said he had better get on to a local. neighborhood more get out of this. i
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did and. then yeah i'm on the internet on the persian matter but i'd like to return from the money on one of them. up with. the weekend then i will see that. they can do. that when i was there it didn't come up with nobody. to. his was. that they found it out and see if you do it and so on the village because you and. i don't know what info is good if they don't because. it was at the initiative of the end she'll guy amazonas that the natural park was created prohibiting gold mining on the entire indian reserve nelson ortiz
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a member of this ngo regularly returns to support the indians in their fight against mining is. going to trickle see. enjoyed my fear. into doing them of the united. way down to what i found. out about yeah. so if i. get 98 feet out of that i'm going this wealthy man.
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world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person if there is greater. than. the day there's thinks. we dare to ask. you know world big partisan new laws and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the
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middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. it's. own. if they do get. sent though this. it's same through this t.n.t.'s people did date the death of 1000 and. one wasn't the only new it's. a little. bit about the salmon people from about 50 feet. is this who knew that if this ain't for fun said this he too is about nice sincere this is. a duck it's a. since i see if i see lead i want to know why when anything but up way to put my feet if i can get the chances you saw with us you're my friend but what it was for
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me for thumping would write it up i used to cuss you out i used died by did i you thought look what i see on. the indigenous peoples of the forest belong to dozens of ethnic groups who share the same origin stories. and many sacred sites of this land are its living organs. ensuring the ceremony the shoeman mentally draw is a path that connects these sites a path of healing that must remain untouched. with or have waited to see if the fan defied a number he thoughtfully dived with. it and i said by this wonder brothers for a lobbyist if you say cyclone didn't we threaten me if i.
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could read to do research. what a phone all off their own teeth you have. never left your folded fold it folded always say you had it up by me. the indians have not always spoken with a single valise and andre's mental problem is the money and a better life of some in the indigenous community the elders in general refused all mining from the start but others were tempted by rentals little gifts. and. a consultation meeting is organized the tribes gather at the traditional house of
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the lucca their meeting place. due to worry because it goes complained they are making a manifesto for the colombian state to reaffirm their resistance to mining. so they are not now and i think expect a payment and it hadn't is that private and i got money i think at the time to make a. name out of that my god what did that come of a little bit of good advice that i would have a headache i'm not gonna be here but i don't think one of us do good by to make it a kind of $990.00 am i looking at it. but everybody i know you. as is their mother. is on the ballot almost as good up as there was a. bad. boy. going to the program or going to new york and to go but oprah where nick when this
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the if you want them all know this you're in with the i don't want this to. happen that young but i'm hardly been that motivated going to give you more look at that i must see it as i see i don't know if it. was. that they. agreed gulf separates the world views of the indians and miners. seek to protect their intentional property and culture. others think only of extracting the gold in indian soil and of the potential profits. a little bit of. we were talking with jeremy and he was
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updating us on some of the stuff that was going on with the arbitration and you know there were probably acting in bad faith both with my opinion both with the 1st nations people especially with the company on the pretext. of you know the environment so i don't know if you have any and we can tell them to let our partners. or our i mean my opinion is that as you know the history is triggered by the doctors. do it fire. and used. to actually. maybe. call. any environmental office chemicals. rock out there so. perhaps holding out for. business is nothing to do with the environment and the circumstances whatsoever
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this is about power and. that with the so-called. charge. to that. we can do what we want. she said yes she did but we decided to park down there and it's your last. 1000000000 because i think this gold mine. and all the coffee and all of south america i'm very. very. close with. where do we think you're next. and i don't see any possible. at the projects 2 years. back there.
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was something. going on for. a lot of unknowns. listen they got us here and that is that in the long 40. dollars into solidness you know there's not a mass or not this money 1st the most good rate then i'll let the boys you know they've not done us for monday maybe i missed the 3030 of their stuff like the cakes and i meet them mostly but they're just like yes these are now this is money you say contorting most of the. combustibles 6 like what is being honest with you that this is just in their lives.
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it's time to take action and to share this experience with other indigenous peoples . representative of the. reserve one carlos presents the manifesto to the international forum of indigenous peoples organized by the bogota state. in addition to the indian populations this forum includes academics n.g.o.s and government members. of the foreign school to support the indigenous peoples of south america in their right to be consulted before the. dobson of all projects they concern them. more than 1000 people i present you broke at practice
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a position. that is what i get most potent that year. one carlos. urges communities to organize to preserve the autonomy and resist mining and tourism projects. that regulate the quote i mean don't know. jessica more than one day out because one top area. but it's not the other. companies idea in. america the. one carlos wants to spread the word to a wider audience. and this is. all good at the end she'll gaia he meets markel velasquez a lawyer specializing in international commercial law and human rights. oh it out by you scott i'm going to do it to you out of you out because through this question of. our military this. is me in from
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yours does it mean to know what is really here is he. was not on the. ground make you better prepared to not step to illness that took in no way to. know when this is going to go on can. you functions can look our excuses begin a civilian is a this is government of the policy from around the from i'm going to kill. him is me that was a good open a business this year's couples who have been there to be needed because he's going to be prime minister is that was he really. i got the form i see on kerry in there in the new limb but he's. got the victim here. very. and by the attacks of foreign multinationals against his country monaco is writing articles and preparing a book on the subject. he
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uses it in his former ph d. supervisor and hearten in toronto to discuss the upcoming trial. a specialist in international investment law highly critical of arbitration tribunals he has regularly intervened on the international scene sounding the alarm for years. but only in 5 of the last weeks have been like a roller coaster in colombia i mean these claim. no one i wanted to talk to you about the one. for us to go yet overnight in case yes 16000000000 us i would say 20 percent of colombia's national public budget it was quite surprising because public authorities were saying that the agreements negotiated were positive for the corn 3 and that foreign investors would never start are
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claiming that corn 3 in these very moment is what happened then why is that colombian law is not good enough for these foreign investors it is not the case that core long as i think they are sheeps we're trying to solve our problems we're trying to become a more stable country and we have the means to do it but with these type of cases all our efforts to reach durable peace are put into question it's not the 1st country to be surprised by a foreign investor claims these treaties are like a ticking time bomb for taxpayer sooner or later they so there's not a lot of public discussion of these cases not at all as well likewise i have a column in the newspaper and i try to. but the only thing i got from them was. berman and. that's because it's embarrassing to the trade department to see these
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treaties that they negotiated. and used against the country if you're a foreign investor and you want to leverage against the government of course you would have an interest in many cases to keep it all confidential because if you keep it confidential and the government keeps a confidential then they can do deals. to. force you like sit in an exit dodge let me loose with don't see until the deal you know could be the only kid to us you know. a 50 year old kid to do this work don't you see 26 next that dog isn't good enough. surely boehner said this only.
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talk about 20th century socialism this is when governments made mal investments and then they bailed out those mal investments until the economy went bankrupt versus 21st century capitalism this is when banks make malinvestment they when they go bad they bail out the malinvestment and the cycle continues until the economy goes bust and that's where our. stuff is. with defining insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result this is essential. the argument behind the trumpet ministrations deal of the century aimed at putting an end to the israeli palestinian conflict. is
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the american president indeed insane or a genius breaking with decades of fruitless mediation. the u.k. said sales from the e.u. on its post voyage but also 47 years of cooperation there are fears of economic storms and mutiny in scotland and. he's glad the trigger is fun and still trumps accuse of taking sides in the israel palestine conflict as the palestinian authorities cut ties protests broke out in the west bank. as fears peace globally over the coronavirus outbreak there's a reported spike in discrimination against chinese nationals.

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