Long-form News Articles/Artículos de Formato Largo
In English
Annand, Amanda. 2019. “The Pit of San Pedro: The Life and Death of a Canadian Mine in Mexico.” The Narwhal, June 22. https://thenarwhal.ca/pit-san-pedro-life-death-canadian-mine-in-mexico/
The town of Cerro de San Pedro was named after an iconic hill that — after two decades of mining — has been transformed into an open pit. As the Canadian-owned mine moves into its closure phase the community is grappling with the legacy of both development and disruption left in its wake.
Brown, Alleen. 2019. “She defended her land against a mine in Guatemala. Then she fled in fear for her life.” The Intercept, June 23. https://theintercept.com/2019/06/23/guatemala-land-defender-san-rafael-mine/
In response to the anti-mining movement in San Rafael, Tahoe hired firms run by U.S. and Israeli ex-special forces veterans to protect the project and lobbied the Guatemalan government to quash the resistance. Over the course of the 12-year conflict, mine opponents have been shot, imprisoned, and even killed.
Hylton, Annie. 2017. "Is Canada to Blame for Human Rights Abuses in Guatemala?" The Walrus.
https://thewalrus.ca/is-canada-to-blame-for-human-rights-abuses-in-guatemala/
Canadian mining firms are not held responsible for horrors inflicted on Indigenous communities by foreign subsidiaries. But a Toronto court could change that. With the help of Canadian attorneys at the Toronto-based Klippensteins law firm, German Chub Choc, Angélica Choc (the widow of Adolfo Ich Chamán), Rosa Coc Ich, and ten other women from Lote Ocho are suing Hudbay in Canada for negligence, and seeking damages. The case is likely the first of its kind in Canadian courts.
“Introduction: Consulta Previa in Chile, Colombia, Guatemala and Peru.” Americas Quarterly.
https://www.americasquarterly.org/content/introduction-consulta-previa-chile-colombia-guatemala-and-peru
Between August 2013 and January 2014, an Americas Quarterly research team traveled to four countries in Latin America—Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, and Peru—to study the varied implementation of consulta previa across the Americas.
The four countries we studied have all ratified International Labour Organization Convention 169 (ILO 169), a binding international treaty that establishes the right of Indigenous and tribal peoples to be consulted when a policy or project affects their culture or heritage. With support from the Ford Foundation and local researchers in the four countries, we spoke to Indigenous and Afrodescendant leaders, company representatives, government officials, lawyers, and NGOs to better understand their experiences, successes and frustrations with consulta previa.
Watts, Jonathan, 2019. "Resource extraction responsible for half world's carbon emissions." The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/12/resource-extraction-carbon-emissions-biodiversity-loss
Extractive industries are responsible for half of the world’s carbon emissions and more than 80% of biodiversity loss, according to the most comprehensive environmental tally undertaken of mining and farming.
In Spanish
Cañedo Sibely, Marcos Vizcarra, Sheila Arias. 2019. “Desplazados por el Yugo Narco-Minero en Sinaloa.” Noroeste. https://www.connectas.org/especiales/desplazados-por-yugo-narco-minero-sinaloa/.
La historia de cómo el crimen organizado se vincula con la expansión minera en la sierra del Triángulo Dorado, donde la industria extractiva ha prosperado sobre los territorios de los desterrados por la violencia.
Escalón, Sebatián. 2018. “Viaje al pueblo tras la Mina Marlin: la debacle económcia y moral (1/2).” Nómada, 23 agosto.
Mientras la élite presiona a la Corte para que permita la operación de la tercera mina de plata más grande del mundo en San Rafael Las Flores, Nómada viajó a San Miguel Ixtahuacán para ver cómo es la vida en el pueblo en el que la Mina Marlin operó durante 12 años. https://nomada.gt/identidades/guatemala-rural/viaje-al-pueblo-tras-la-mina-marlin-la-debacle-economica-y-moral-1-2/
Escalón, Sebatián. 2018. “Viajamos al agujero (físico y social) que dejó la Mina en San Marcos (2/2).” Nómada, 14 septiembre.
Un problema medio ambiental, muertes impunes, grupos de crimen organizado que fueron aliados y ahora se oponen y demandas de resarcimiento. El panorama en San Marcos después del fin de la Mina Marlin.
https://nomada.gt/identidades/guatemala-rural/viajamos-al-agujero-fisico-y-social-que-dejo-la-mina-en-san-marcos-2-2/
García, Jody. 2019. “Historia desde el Estado de Sitio: la excusa para neutralizar a El Estor.” Nómada, 7 de octubre. https://nomada.gt/identidades/guatemala-rural/historia-desde-el-estado-de-sitio-la-excusa-para-neutralizar-a-el-estor/
Una comunidad perdida entre kilómetros de palma africana de Naturaceites está rodeada de militares. Tras el extraño asesinato de tres soldados hace un mes, el gobierno de Jimmy Morales dijo que era una afrenta del narcotráfico, decretó Estado de Sitio en 22 municipios del país, dejó a una aldea bajo control del ejército y neutralizó la organización comunitaria de toda una región en disputas con megaempresas. Nómada viajó a Izabal y encontró que el Estado de Sitio ha tenido poco que ver con “la lucha contra el narco.”