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March 2009

Marlin Mine on the BBC

The BBC recently dedicated a part of its Crossing Continents radio programme on BBC4 to a piece by Bill Law on the Marlin mine in Sipacapa, Guatemala, under the title Canadian mine accused of causing skin infections. This is the company which LAMMP-ULAM targets in Guatemala. Our forthcoming European Tour …

Cleofe Neyra

Isolation and Persecution of Women Activists These testimonies demonstrate that, women mining activism requires courage and tremendous doses of commitment. “I am constantly the target of comments and jokes from the workers of the mine and their families. Some of them spit at me when they meet me in the …

Hilda Huaman

The decade 1990 to 2000 saw mining investment in Peru increase five-fold. Mining now comprises 6.6 % of GDP and makes up 57 percent of the country’s exports. The staggering growth of the mining industry has earned Peru a place among world-class producers. A 2005 World Bank report puts Peru …

Margarita Anchiraica

Margarita lives with her mother and two young sons in Glorieta de Mayoc, a village 80km east of Lima. Mining has been a feature of this Andean village since colonial times; and large-scale mining has brought business, jobs and environmental problems. Through chronic exposure to mining dust and toxic tailings, …

Ecuador: Women Defenders of Mother Earth

El Frente de Mujeres Defensoras de la Pachamama is a grass-roots group led by women for women activists committed to raising awareness of the devastating impact of mining on rural and indigenous women’s capacity to earn a living from traditional farming. Tired of the way authorities dismissed their complaints about …