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COLOMBIA: THE CONSEQUENCES OF AN UNSUSTAINABLE MINING POLICY

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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

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A new and detailed study of disputes since 2003 at the Río Blanco mine, Piura.

‘FESTIVAL OF KILLING’ IN SAO PAULO

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There has been alarming increase in unexplained killings in São Paulo in recent months. In a special article for LAB, Jan Rocha looks at what is going on.

WILL LATIN AMERICA BE THE NEW MIDDLE EAST?

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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

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A long-running conflict around the town of Espinar in southern Peru shows how social conflicts over mining develop and can be resolved

ARGENTINA: ¡CATAMARCA RESISTE!

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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

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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

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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

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The mobilisations of the Huanuni miners and others have helped form government policy

PERU: MONTERRICO BUYS JUSTICE CHEAPLY

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UK mining company Monterrico settles out of court at a very low price

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