• Canadian mining investments in Latin America

    The Canadian International Development Platform has published a report documenting the rapid expansion of Canadian mining investment in Latin America. The full report can be read here.

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  • Pascua-Lama suspended

    The operations of the Pascua Lama project owned by Barrick Gold corporation has been suspended following a court order due to environmental violations. This is the last of a series of events that have seen the company lose the value of its share. Since February 2013 the company has been …

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  • Zenaida’s story

    Whilst some in Venezuela are mourning the death of Hugo Chávez, the indigenous Yukpa people are mourning the death of their leader, Chief Sabino Romero, murdered on 3rd March. The story of his daughter Zenaida is told here.  

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  • The women of Cañaris

    A meeting of the indigenous women’s group ONAMIAP (Indigenous Andean, Amazonian and Afro-Peruvian Women of Peru), held in early February, 2013, called for the authorities not to neglect their obligations and to guarantee, by complying with the law of a democratic state, the collective rights of the Cañaris community. The …

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  • Peru prosecutor prosecuted

    On the 9th of November 2012 the former public prosecutor of Huancabamba, Lorenzo Félix Toledo Leyva, was tried in the city of Piura on charges of failing to report instances of torture in the case of 28 peasant farmers held prisoner at a mining camp belonging to Rio Blanco Copper …

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  • European Speakers’ Tour

    LAMMP is pleased to announce that its second European Speakers’ Tour is under way. Four indigenous people from Venezuela, Guatemala and Peru will be meeting in Brussels, Geneva and London with members of parliament, government officials and NGOs to describe the problems they face.

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  • Last Stand of the Yukpa

    To mark the 12th of October, the day on which the arrival of Christopher Colombus in America in 1492 is commemorated, LAMMP denounces the silent ethnocide of the Yukpa indigenous people in the state of Zulia, Venezuela.

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Pascua-Lama suspended

The operations of the Pascua Lama project owned by Barrick Gold corporation has been suspended following a court order due to environmental …

SabinoRomero

Zenaida’s story

Whilst some in Venezuela are mourning the death of Hugo Chávez, the indigenous Yukpa people are mourning the death of their leader, …

mujerCanaris

The women of Cañaris

A meeting of the indigenous women’s group ONAMIAP (Indigenous Andean, Amazonian and Afro-Peruvian Women of Peru), held in early February, 2013, called …

Policia_conduciendo_a__campesinos_encapuchados

Peru prosecutor prosecuted

On the 9th of November 2012 the former public prosecutor of Huancabamba, Lorenzo Félix Toledo Leyva, was tried in the city of …

europeanSpeakersTour

European Speakers’ Tour

LAMMP is pleased to announce that its second European Speakers’ Tour is under way. Four indigenous people from Venezuela, Guatemala and Peru …

Chaman_JuanManuel_romero_yukpa

Last Stand of the Yukpa

To mark the 12th of October, the day on which the arrival of Christopher Colombus in America in 1492 is commemorated, LAMMP …

Death in Totonicapan

We stand in solidarity with our Maya sisters and brothers in Guatemala and the families who have suffered the loss of lives …

Appointment of Trustees

We are looking for people to join our board who share our vision of a world where women and girls affected by …

Checkmate for Barrick Gold

ARGENTINA’S SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS GLACIER PROTECTION LAW Straddling the high peaks of the southern Andes, the Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold’s $5Bn. …