COLOMBIA: THE CONSEQUENCES OF AN UNSUSTAINABLE MINING POLICY
A new report from UK-based ABCColombia examines the confusion of government policies, social protests and asks how to increase international accountability
PERU: TORTURE AT THE RIO BRANCO MINE
A new and detailed study of disputes since 2003 at the Río Blanco mine, Piura.
COLOMBIA: THE CITY OF LONDON’S ROLE IN THE BLOODY CIVIL WAR
UK companies and banks are some of the leading investors in Colombia, much of the money going to extractive projects and the means of securing them.
BOLIVIA: GOVERNMENT POLICY AND THE MINERS’ CONFLICTS
The mobilisations of the Huanuni miners and others have helped form government policy
PERU: MONTERRICO BUYS JUSTICE CHEAPLY
UK mining company Monterrico settles out of court at a very low price
Mining in Latin America: deepening contradictions
Governments of right and left are welcoming large scale mining, but the social and environmental costs are mounting and communities are less inclined to suffer them
“Order our extinction and bury us here”
The dramatic statement of a neglected Brazilian Indigenous community.
Brazil: Forest code vote shows strength of agribusiness lobby
With the new Forest Code approved by the Senate, the agribusiness lobby presents President Dilma Rousseff with a new challenge: how much will she veto?
The Two Perus
The gulf between the Coastal and Highland economies, the dispossession caused by extractive industry and failure to involve local people mean that inequality in Peru remains stubbornly high, says Christian Aid partner, CEDAP.
The Amazon Region between protection and profit
New studies of the Amazon show that protected areas represent 45% of the river basin, but in Brazil protected areas are under pressure.