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Ecuador’s Correa takes last stand of sovereignty against harmful investment pacts
11-May-2017 Tele Sur
Just days before his term ends, Rafael Correa said he will take a stand against agreements signed before the country’s Citizens Revolution.
Auditing Commission to release report as Ecuador moves to terminate investment agreements
4-May-2017 TNI
Ecuador’s review of its investment agreements may be unique in terms of scope, depth and citizen participation, however it is a part of an international trend towards increased scepticism towards the international arbitration system.
European states, Ecuador pushing for free trade deal
10-Mar-2017 Tax-news
The European Free Trade Association states – Iceland, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Norway – and Ecuador have continued discussions towards a free trade agreement.
ConocoPhillips subsidiary, received award of $380 million from ICSID, for Ecuador’s unlawful expropriation
10-Feb-2017 Benchmark Monitor
The Tribunal’s decision on damages sends a clear message that governments cannot expropriate investments without compensation
Ecuadorian president ratifies trade agreement with EU
21-Dec-2016 Xinhua
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa issued an executive order ratifying his country’s trade agreement with the European Union (EU), which will take effect on Jan. 1, 2017.
Ecuadorian VP: EU trade deal ‘is unlike other agreements’
22-Nov-2016 EurActiv
Ecuadorian Vice-President said that the trade agreement recently signed with the EU will generate plenty of opportunities and underpin the changes his country has been working toward in recent years.
The Empire Files: Chevron vs. the Amazon - ending corporate tyranny
16-Nov-2016 TeleSUR
The oil giant Chevron Texaco and its decades-long battle to avoid paying damages it owes in one of the worst environmental disasters in history.
Free Trade Agreement EU - Ecuador
15-Nov-2016 Stop Corporate Impunity
Communiqué of the Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity.
Ecuador’s Indigenous leader fighting Chevron visits Dakota camp
19-Oct-2016 Telesur
“We don’t want what happened to us to happen to the people in Dakota,” Piaguaje told teleSUR.
Canada’s civil society calls for Chevron’s assets to be frozen so Ecuador judgment can be paid
30-Sep-2016 Friends of the Earth Canada
Some of Canada’s largest environmental, labor and civil society organizations have now joined the growing international community demanding that Chevron clean up its toxic waste in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Case between Ecuadoreans, Chevron heading to Ontario court
29-Sep-2016 The Globe and Mail
The latest salvo in a marathon multibillion-dollar legal battle between global energy giant Chevron Corp. and a group of Ecuadorean residents over environmental damage has begun in a Toronto court.
The men behind ISDS
27-Sep-2016 Oneworld
The so-called “ISDS” has been existing for years already. A revealing look in the hidden world of investor-state dispute settlement.
Investment chapters in trade agreements
14-Sep-2016 CADTM
Ecuador in the early 90’s, during the great neoliberal onslaught, had modified and established laws to ensure attractive profits to foreign companies. Additionally, Ecuador subscribed 21 BITs out of a total of 30 signed treaties between 1985 and 2003.
US court rules for Chevron in Ecuador rainforest-damage case
10-Aug-2016 LA Times
Ecuadorean plaintiffs cannot collect a $9-billion judgment in the US against Chevron Corp. for rainforest damage, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
The Empire Files: Bringing corporations to justice with Ecuador’s UN Rep
24-Jul-2016 Tele Sur
For the first time ever, progress is being made at the United Nations for a binging legal instrument that would hold corporations accountable for human rights violations.
Ecuador pays $112 million award to Chevron - central bank
23-Jul-2016 Reuters
Ecuador has paid $112 million to energy company Chevron Corp over a four-decade-old contract dispute, even though it remains in disagreement, the head of the central bank has said.
Chevron shareholders still wary of risks from $11 billion Ecuador judgment
8-Jul-2016 CSR Strategy Group
Chevron shareholders remain wary of the risks from an $11 billion judgment against the company in Ecuador. They also continue to be critical of Chevron management’s mishandling of the case.
Shrimp and tuna could benefit from trade agreement with EFTA
30-Jun-2016 FIS
Next October Ecuador is to begin the negotiations for a comprehensive trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
U.S. top court rejects Ecuador challenge to Chevron arbitration award
8-Jun-2016 Reuters
The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a $96 million international arbitration award issued in 2011 in favor of energy company Chevron in a dispute over the development of oil fields in Ecuador.
Copper Mesa Mining Corporation awarded US$24.365 million for expropriation of two mining projects by Ecuador
3-Jun-2016 Market Watch
The Permanent Court of Arbitration awarded the Company damages of US$19,447,498, plus pre- and post-award interest.