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One Small Country, Nearly $20 Billion in Corporate Claims (insideclimatenews.org)
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Using a secretive arbitration system, multinational companies could bankrupt Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the world. A recent advisory opinion from a human-rights court calls for an overhaul.

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma

Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. But that vulnerability has not stopped foreign companies from filing a wave of legal claims against the small nation that collectively seek roughly $20 billion, according to a new analysis by advocacy groups, a figure equal to more than five times Honduras’ public expenditures last year.

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