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Mining expansion, lack of communication leading to more conflicts - study - Peru

Kailash — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:57:27 +0100

The growth in the number of mining concessions in Peru coupled with poor communication with local communities affected by the new developments are largely responsible for an increase in social conflicts in the nation, according to a study compiled by three local NGOs.

Mining concessions in Peru currently cover 19.8Mha of national territory, up 165% from approximately 7.45Mha in 2002, according to the study.

The region with the highest percentage of territory under concession is Apurimac, with over 55%.

Clash Over Peru Irrigation Project Kills One

Kailash — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:30:34 +0100

LIMA, Peru —- The police and demonstrators opposed to an irrigation project in the south of the country clashed Thursday, killing one man and injuring 18, as President Alan Garcia faced a new conflict over natural resources in Peru’s surging economy.

The skirmish occurred before dawn in the town of Espinar, 400 miles south of Lima, officials in Peru’s human rights office said. Police officers fought with protesters who contended that the Majes-Siguas II irrigation project would leave Espinar without water, said Silvio Campana of the human rights office, which tries to mediate conflicts.

Wayuu women in Colombia ask UN Permanent Forum to act

whit — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:10:59 +0100

In July 2010, the Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuu, an indigenous women’s organisation, created by and composed of members of the Wayuu community in Colombia, presented a report to the United Nations’ Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), denouncing the multiple forms of human rights violations that Wayuu women experience due to their gender and because they belong to an indigenous group fighting for the recognition of their land rights in Colombia.

The report highlights that Wayuu community members, especially women, experience threats towards their physical integrity and their cultura

"Whoever Opposes Mining is Seen as a Terrorist"-Wikileaks on the US and Peru

Kailash — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:50:07 +0000

A Wikileaks cable reveals the US Embassy in Lima, Peru, identified Indigenous activists and tracked the involvement of Bolivian President Evo Morales, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Bolivia Ambassador Pablo Solon, prominent Quechua activist Miguel Palacin Quispe and community leaders.

Since the writing of this cable, the bonds with Native Americans and First Nations have grown stronger in the struggles for justice. Bolivian President Morales and Ambassador Solon were in the forefront of the Indigenous global climate change efforts in 2010.

Fear Companies Lurking in Dark Financial Shadows

Kailash — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:47:59 +0100

On the face of it, Glencore International AG doesn’t look too scary. With about $80 billion in assets, the Swiss-based commodities trader is a lightweight in comparison to global megabanks like Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), one of its trading rivals.

Xstrata Copper’s El Pachón Project in Argentina Places over 200 Glaciers at Risk

Kailash — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:56:48 +0100

Argentina – . A study released this weekend by the Center for Human Rights and Environment (CEDHA) reveals that the mega-mining copper project El Pachón, by Xstrata Copper in the southernmost corner of San Juan Province on the Border between Chile and Argentina (set for 2012), will destroy rock glaciers and periglacial environments.

Submission to UN Committee on Racial Discrimination (CERD) with regard to the United Kingdom

whit — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:53:01 +0100

Indigenous Peoples Links coordinated a submissions to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 79th Session with regard to the United Kingdom’s responsibility to ensure respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples overseas in the context of UK transnational corporations (TNC) activities impacting on them.

The UK will be reviewed on the 23rd and 24th of August 2011 and the concluding observations should be posted at the close of the session on the 2nd of September.

Submission by PIPLinks, Down to Earth, University of Middlesex and London Mining Ne

Peru uses emergency rules to end violent protests at Xstrata mine

whit — Tue, 29 May 2012 11:24:05 +0100

LIMA (Reuters) – Two people were killed and 50 were injured in protests against Xstrata’s Peruvian copper mine Tintaya on Monday, prompting the government to suspend freedom of assembly in a bid to break roadblocks isolating the mine.

At least 30 of the injured were police and one judicial official was detained by protesters in the mountainous southern region of Cusco, officials said.

President Ollanta Humala, a former military officer like Prime Minister Oscar Valdes, has urged mediation to avert violence, but critics say he has become impatient with intransigent protesters and too will

Xstrata offices targeted in London demonstration

Kailash — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:00:47 +0100

Xstrata offices targeted in London demonstration

Xstrata offices were ‘occupied’ by demonstrators in London yesterday, supposedly in a protest over executive pay. Over 20 arrests were made.
Lawrence Williams -http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page72068?oid=140779&sn=Detail&pid=92730

1 December 2011
LONDON – In an incident that suggests multinational mining companies may be major targets for anti-capitalist demonstrators, Xstrata’s London offices were the target for protestors believed to be associated with the ‘Occupy’ movement in London yesterday.

PIPLinks join London activists expose corporate greed

whit — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:16:50 +0100

Activists expose corporate greed

by Rory MacKinnon

Morning Star – http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/120279

15 June 2012

Death and destruction begin in the boardrooms of London, activists from around the world warned today in a Carnival of Dirt’ against the mining industry.

Around 200 protesters from 30 different campaigns marched in funereal black through London’s Square Mile to highlight commodity traders’ and mining corporations’ treatment of indigenous peoples.

Today’s carnival – featuring a New Orleans jazz band and a Congolese choir – aimed to mak