Miami-based investors are suing Honduras after their own false promises left families picking up the pieces.
U.S.-Backed Housing Scandals Threaten to Rip Off Honduras and Panama
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Highway Heist in Honduras: How Corporations Fleece Regular People in Impoverished Countries
Extraordinary corporate privileges in U.S. foreign and trade policy are designed to help companies win even when their investments fail.
Crypto Bros Are Trying to Bankrupt Honduras for Scuttling Their Private Cities
After throwing off its narco-dictatorship, Honduras is trying to take its cities back from U.S.-based libertarians.
How Predatory Energy Developers Harassed Hondurans
Honduras’s coup-era government opened the floodgates for predatory energy projects. Now that Hondurans are fighting back, the companies are trying to take them to arbitration.
Honduras: A Case Study In How “Mafia Style” Investments Menace Impoverished Countries
A flurry of corporate lawsuits stemming from the coup period threaten to bankrupt the Central American country.
A Tribute to a Brave Anti-Mining Activist: Juan López, Presente!
The assassination of a Honduran environmental rights defender comes as multinational corporations use dubious legal mechanisms to hamstring Xiomara Castro’s administration.
Highway Robbery: How Bad Trade Policies Make Life Unaffordable
A lawsuit over toll booths in Honduras shows how corporate trade policies make life unlivable in poor countries — and send people fleeing north.
A Mining Lawsuit in Guatemala Shows How Trade Courts Put Locals Last
A U.S. mining company is suing Guatemala over a shuttered project. The state relied on affected communities to mount a legal defense, but now it’s trying to bypass them to open the mine.
Missing from the Climate Talks: Corporate Powers to Sue Governments That Limit Pollution
Allowing extractive industries to file expensive lawsuits over environmental regulations could undermine whatever agreements might be reached at COP26 in Glasgow.
Latin America Should Withdraw from the World Bank’s Harsh Trade Court
A secretive World Bank tribunal lets multinational corporations sue governments over basic regulations. Mexico should lead a Latin American exodus.