Laguna Negra (“Black Lagoon”) is a video by Michael Watts that explores the core values of a subsistence farming community in Huancabamba (Peru), the way the fabric of this society has been threatened by large scale mining and the destructive outcome of imposing a capital intensive model of development on a society based on traditional values.
It features Cleofe Neyra, one of the women LAMMP supports.
03/11/2009 • Isolation and Persecution of Women Activists These testimonies demonstrate that, women mining activism requires courage and tremendous doses of commitment. “I...Read More
03/11/2009 • The decade 1990 to 2000 saw mining investment in Peru increase five-fold. Mining now comprises 6.6 % of GDP and...Read More
03/11/2009 • Margarita lives with her mother and two young sons in Glorieta de Mayoc, a village 80km east of Lima. Mining...Read More
03/08/2009 • El Frente de Mujeres Defensoras de la Pachamama is a grass-roots group led by women for women activists committed to...Read More
