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ISDS in numbers — Guatemala

Overview of the transnational investment protection regime that undermines water, territories and self-determination.

ISDS is a threat to climate action and should be removed from the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA (AANZFTA)

Heading into the AANZFTA review in late 2026, dozens of regional civil society organizations are urging ASEAN nations, Australia, and New Zealand to remove or bilaterally bypass Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions. They argue these corporate-friendly clauses allow foreign investors to sue governments for billions over public interest laws, serving as a major systemic obstacle to urgent environmental and climate action.
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EFTA and Vietnam sign free trade agreement

A new free trade agreement, described as “ambitious” by its stakeholders, has been signed between the European Free Trade Association, of which Switzerland is a member, and Vietnam.

“We have to do whatever we can”

While ISDS proceedings tend to be plagued with misinformation and omissions, the reliance on La Puya´s records helped keep the facts straight. At the same time, La Puya and their national and international allies also brought public attention to the injustice of KCA’s arbitration and its gold mine that should never have been approved.

A mining company loses its bet

For fourteen years, the social movement Peaceful Resistance La Puya has maintained a 24-hour camp on the side of a dusty road just north of Guatemala City. The camp sits at the entrance to an open pit gold mine owned by Nevada-based Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (KCA).
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