Maristella Svampa: the extractivist paradigm
Argentine sociologist Maristella Svampa, a researcher for CONICET, speaks to the Facultad Libre in Buenos Aires, 19 January 2016. Her lecture addresses the problem...
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...
Mariana, Brazil: the facts they won’t let you know
News report on the tragedy in the city of Mariana, Minas Gerais , led by Proteste Já , exhibited on the show CQC,...
Chile mobilizes: Caimanes
Documentary which explains the history of the El Mauro tailings dam at Caimanes, the threat it poses to the community, and the mining company's...
Environmental hazards in Chile’s mines
Afshin Rattansi goes underground on how the mining of its resources are linked to environmental disaster, and the London Stock Exchange. ...
Protest at the Mines & Money Conference, London
Documentary by Zoe Broughton for London Mining Network, detailing the protests at the annual industry conference on mining. Frontline defenders from Global Majority, including...
Las Huellas del Cerrejón
The documentary "Las Huellas Del Cerrejón" recounts the experiences of some of the people living near the largest coal mine in the world:...
Colombia: forced removal to make room for the mine
Rogelio Ustate recalls (in a poem) the day when his community (Tabaco, a township of Alto Nuevo in Guajira) was displaced by public...
Bolivia: 21 days working in a tin mine
Spanish journalist Samanta Villar Fans spent 21 days working in an artesanal tin mine in Bolivia in 2009. She filmed it for her programme...
Pumé
The Pumé people (sometimes called Yaruro) live in the savanna plains of Venezuela, the Llanos, located west of the Orinoco River. Most Pumé communities...