Guatemala: resisting destruction
Guatemala Women Defenders Defy Canadian Mines and Plead for Help
GUATEMALA: INDIGENOUS CHALLENGE
An indigenous group has gone to court to challenge the government's legal right to change the mining law without consulting the indigenous population.The Center for International Environmental Law and MiningWatchCanada report.
COLOMBIA: COMBATTING ANGLOGOLD
Environmental activists and local people are protesting about the damage that a large gold mine, called La Colosa, and an associated processing plant, will do to people and biodiversity in the department of Tolima.
Ecuador: community vs the gold miners
Indigenous communities in Azuay, Ecuador, are fighting Canadian gold mining company Dundee Precious Metals, whose Loma Larga mine threatens to pollute the Kimsakocha moorlands and its rivers.
Mining and the Management of Water Resources in Peru
Peru is a country rich in natural resources. It is the world’s largest producer of silver, the second of copper and zinc, and the sixth of gold. Yet the distribution of these resources within the country is highly uneven.
PERU: WAYS OF MAKING MINING MORE SUSTAINABLE
The Red Muqui, which monitors extractive industries in Peru, says there are exciting alternatives to the current dirty and socially unjust mining model.
COLOMBIA: ‘MINING COMPANIES WEAKEN LOCAL DEMOCRACY’, SAY NGOs
Colombian NGOs accuse the mining companies of destroying democracy in the regions where they operate.
MEXICO: FARMERS TAKE ON THE MINING COMPANIES
Mexican farmers are up in arms against mining companies that threaten their communities.
Argentina: Marcelo Giraud on mining in Mendoza
An interview with Marcelo Giraud, of the Asamblea Popular por el Agua, about the efforts of the mining companies to have Mendoza's Law...
GUATEMALA: HISTORIC PUBLIC HEARING
Indigenous communities express their support for the legal challenge to the government's right to change the mining law. Beth Geglia reports.