ARTISANAL MINING IN PERU: BLESSING OR CURSE?
Small-scale mining is often portrayed as the worst exploiter, both of workers and the environment. The truth is more complex.
WILL LATIN AMERICA BE THE NEW MIDDLE EAST?
Latin America is on the way to becoming the world's main provider of energy resources and minerals. But this apparent boom, argues Raúl Zibechi, is a disaster, increasing the region's dependence on exports of natural resources.
PERU: ESPINAR CONFLICT BACK FROM THE BRINK
A long-running conflict around the town of Espinar in southern Peru shows how social conflicts over mining develop and can be resolved
MINING IS ONLY ONE OF THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
Not only minerals and oil, but monocultures such as soya and prawn farming are extractive industries. We need a new response to the wider problem.
ARGENTINA: ¡CATAMARCA RESISTE!
In the Northern Argentinian province of Catamarca, environmental activists and local people have been blockading mining inputs since February 2012
BOLIVIA: VIOLENT CLASHES PIT MINER AGAINST MINER
At Colquiri tin mine, unionised miners are again in violent conflict with independent co-operative producers over rights to the most lucrative seams
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.
CENTRAL AMERICA: CANADIAN MINING COMPANIES RAMPANT
An interactive map of major mine projects by Environmental Campaign for Central America (ENCA)
COLOMBIA: COMMUNITIES MUST DECIDE
Key to avoiding conflict around mining is genuine and informed consultation with local communities
PERU: MONTERRICO BUYS JUSTICE CHEAPLY
UK mining company Monterrico settles out of court at a very low price