Consulta Previa and Investment - Americas Quarterly

Articles:

Country Study: Peru
by Cynthia Sanborn and Álvaro Paredes
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Country Study: Chile
by Jerónimo Carcelén Pacheco and Valentina Mir Bennett
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Country study: Guatemala
by Silvel Elías and Geisselle Sánchez
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Country Study: Colombia
by Diana María Ocampo and Sebastian Agudelo
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Reducing the Financial Risk of Social Conflict
by Daniel M. Schydlowsky and Robert C. Thompson
In Peru, banks are key players in mitigating—even preventing—flareups over resource extraction that could threaten the banking sector.
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Business Responsibility to Respect Indigenous Rights
by Paloma Muñoz Quick
Companies have a number of tools available to help them comply with UN and other international human rights standards.
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Contested Lands, Contested Laws
by Carlos Andrés Baquero Díaz
The process of translating international conventions on consulta previa into laws has not been smooth.
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Contradiction in International Law
by Angela Bunch
International law and practice offer contradictory answers for what happens when communities say "no."
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Two Views of Consulta Previa in Guatemala: A View from Indigenous Peoples
by Mash-Mash and José Guadalupe Gómez
The Guatemalan state has failed in its obligations to consult Indigenous peoples.
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Two Views of Consulta Previa in Guatemala: A View from the Private Sector
by Cementos Progreso S.A.
Lack of clarity of the regulations and lack of good faith by some community leaders have slowed important investments in Guatemala.
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The Rise of Popular Consultations
by Diana Rodríguez-Franco
Are community popular consultations binding?
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Getting to the Table
by Diana Arbeláez-Ruiz and Daniel M. Franks
No mining project in Latin America can succeed today without full community consultation. Here's how it can work well.
Speaking a Common Language with Latin America: Economics
by Jose W. Fernandez
Improving relations with the U.S. means deepening already-strong economic ties.
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International Cooperation or Gridlock?
by Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota
The end of the unipolar world has created greater opportunities for collaboration—but only if established powers recognize the new mechanisms of global governance.
Elections in Colombia
by Francisco Miranda Hamburger
When peace is the stump speech.
Ask the Experts: Consulta Previa
by Sonia Meza-Cuadra, Katya Salazar, César Rodríguez-Garavito and Roberto Junguito Pombo
What have been the benefits of countries adopting consulta previa?
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Charticles:

Social Conflict & ILO 169

by Rebecca Bintrim
Across the Andes, resource-related conflict has increased over the past 10 years.
Oh! The Places You'll Go
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Departments:

Finding multimedia stardom in Chile — Building soccer pitches for kids around the Americas — Digitizing ecofriendly wedding albums for Brazilians — Linking Indigenous Guatemalans to the Web. (videos available)
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Fresh Look Reviews

Ted Piccone on Cuba behind the scenes — Jim Swigert on narco money in election campaigns — Ariel Fiszbein reviews an analysis of community-managed schools in Honduras and Guatemala.
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Just the Numbers

Amusement park attendance around the region.

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