‘Fake environmentalist’ campaign against Guapinol defenders
A Twitter campaign smearing the reputation of environmental activists in Honduras is a coordinated effort to protect mining interests.
Migration & displacement – LAB Newsletter July 2019
Dear LAB Supporter and Friend,
31 July 2019
Migration
and Displacement at crisis point
In addition to our website, LAB’s Facebook page provides a daily stream of summaries...
EL ORO Y EL APOCALÍPSIS AMBIENTAL Y SOCIAL EN MADRE DE...
In this article in Spanish, the Peruvian journalist, Roger Rumrrill, says that after just two years of illegal gold mining 20,000 sq. kms of one of the most biodiverse regions in the world have been destroyed.
Brazil’s sea of mud
With the bursting of a dam full of iron ore tailings and other toxic metals in Minas Gerais state, Brazil is facing one its most serious environmental disasters ever.
Brazil — The Polluted Face of Carajás. 1
Piquiá de Baixo is dying from pollution from the production of pig iron at the giant Carajás mine
ARGENTINA: ¡CATAMARCA RESISTE!
In the Northern Argentinian province of Catamarca, environmental activists and local people have been blockading mining inputs since February 2012
Brazil: another dam collapse imminent
Situated only 60km from Brumadinho, where a massive tailings dam collapse killed 270 workers and local residents on 25 January 2019, is the small...
Amazon Diary 1: Everything that no-one wants
This is the first of three Letters from the Amazon, written in recent weeks by LAB collaborator Dan Baron Cohen. Further letters will be...
Ecuador: the struggle for Sumak Kawsay
Ecuador: the struggle for Sumak Kawsay, or 'the right to a good life'. Both the government and social movements see themselves as engaged in the struggle to forge a new and more sustainable way of life for the country.