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Am 10. April warf eine Gruppe unbekannter vermummter Männer einen Molotowcocktail, der die Büros des Bergbauunternehmens Agua Rica in Andalgalá in der argentinischen Provinz Catamarca in Brand setzte. Dies geschah während einer Demonstration von Anwohnern, die seit über einem Jahrzehnt jeden Samstag für die Umwelt auf die Straße gehen, immer auf friedliche Art und Weise. Trotz des Mangels an Beweisen und obwohl alles darauf hindeutete, dass es sich um eingeschleuste Provokateure handelte, ordnete ein Staatsanwalt, der für den Bergbausektor arbeitete, die Verhaftung von zwölf Anwohner...

From Argentina to Honduras, communities resist the expansion of mining in Latin America, carried out by British, Canadian and Chinese companies

Two men shot Arnold Joaquín Morazán Erazo to death in his home in Tocoa, Honduras, one night in October 2020. Morazán was an environmental activist and one of 32 people criminalized by the Honduran government for defending the Guapinol River against the environmental impacts of a new iron oxide mine in the Carlos Escaleras National Park. So far, at least eight people who have opposed the mine have been killed, putting its owner, Inversiones Los Pinares, at the centre of a deadly environmental conflict in the mineral-rich Bajo Aguán region. Local communities are concerned about the mine�...

Fighting for water December 29, 2020 For the families of eight water protectors in Honduras, there will be no holiday season this year. They will continue to fight for the freedom of their loved ones who have each been jailed for up to two years for participating in a struggle to keep iron ore mining out of the headwaters of the rivers they depend on. “It is the start of a new stage of struggle, a stage of unity and we are not going to stay at home,” said Juana Zúniga, the wife of one of the eight imprisoned water protectors, during a December 21 press conference, “The joy of spendin...