ERI stands in solidarity with the Center for Human Rights and the Environment to oppose the World Bank's financing of two multinational enterprises to export their contaminating pulp mill industries to the beautiful beaches of the Uruguay River. The Bank is set to vote on November 16th on whether to finance or not - we encourage you to join CEDHA tomorrow afternoon to speak out against this investment!

CEDHA organizers and supporters will convene at the corner of 18th and Pennsylvania, NW, on Thursday, November 16th, at 12 Noon.

Facts you should know: 

• The conflict is MANIPULATED BY MEDIA as a “bilateral” dispute between Argentina and Uruguay, but this is really about multinational enterprises against local communities;

• This is FINLAND’s LARGEST FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT EVER and it will ruin the Uruguay River and its beaches;

• An Uruguayan Prosecutor is investigating the environmental permits for the project on grounds of IRREGULARITIES AND BRIBES to officials;

• The Bank’s Ombudsman confirms that the project FAILS TO COMPLY with the World Bank’s Social and Environmental Safeguards;

• The project is in VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW;

• The conflict has resulted in the WORLD’S LARGEST ENVIRONMENTAL MARCH EVER;

• The economic interests of two multinational corporations are DETERIORATING THE FRIEDNLY RELATIONS between Argentina and Uruguay.

TAKE ACTION to oppose these illogical, harmful and unwanted investments and to convince the World Bank not to give financial support to these projects that do not even comply with their own social and environmental safeguard policies.