Is Canada’s Goldcorp Good for Guatemala? Interview Part II

Triple Crisis blogger Lyuba Zarsky was recently interviewed by the Real News Network on the economic and environmental risks of Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine in Guatemala. The interview is based on her recent GDAE report, co-authored with Leonardo Stanley, “Searching for Gold in the Highlands of Guatemala: Economic Benefits and Environmental Risks of the Marlin Mine.”

View Part I of the interview here.

November 21, 2011 | Posted in: Videos | Comments Closed

Is Canada's Goldcorp Good for Guatemala? Interview Part II

Triple Crisis blogger Lyuba Zarsky was recently interviewed by the Real News Network on the economic and environmental risks of Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine in Guatemala. The interview is based on her recent GDAE report, co-authored with Leonardo Stanley, “Searching for Gold in the Highlands of Guatemala: Economic Benefits and Environmental Risks of the Marlin Mine.”

View Part I of the interview here.

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Triple Crisis Co-Chair Jayati Ghosh awarded ILO Decent Work Prize

Jayati Ghosh, Triple Crisis blogger and co-chair, received the International Labor Organization’s Decent Work Prize on November 11. The prize recognizes major contributions to the analysis of decent work, labour law and social justice. Watch a video of her remarks at the award ceremony below and read a full transcript here. Also see her recent ILO interview on what developing countries should do to ensure that employment generation accompanies economic growth.



November 15, 2011 | Posted in: Videos | Comments Closed

Obama Pushes NAFTA Style Trade Policy Despite 2008 Promise

Triple Crisis blogger Timothy A. Wise was recently interviewed by The Real News Network on President Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), based on his recent LATN Brief, “U.S. Trade Policy: ‘Still Waiting for a “21st Century Trade Agreement’,” co-authored with Kevin P. Gallagher. He argues that the TPP is simply an extension of the failed NAFTA model that creates asymmetry between trading partners and primarily protects the rights of multinational firms.

Download the full LATN Brief, which is based on the Task Force on North American Trade Policy Report, now available in Spanish. Read Wise’s recent blog on the TPP.

September 16, 2011 | Posted in: Videos | Comments Closed