MONGABAY: Brazilian firm’s mega-dam plans in Peru spark major social conflict
David Hill May 11, 2015 A mural in the town of Celendín opposing the proposed Conga mine. Many people believe dams like Chadín 2 and Rio Grande 1 and 2 … Continue reading
Former President of Peru Dodges Question About Newmont and School of the Americas
Posted: May 8, 2015 Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo was in Denver on April 10, 2015 to speak at a symposium titled: Sovereign and Sacred, Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice … Continue reading
CANADA: Newmont`s mine closure plan hugely lacking
Length of Con Mine water treatment concerns environmentalist Consultant told Newmont getting rid of arsenic could take anywhere from 50 to 400 years CBC News Posted: Apr 30, 2015 6:00 … Continue reading
MINERA YANACOCHA destroyed Maxima Acuña`s new construction and stole her guinea pigs
Photo: Referencial Wednesday 29th April, police and employees of Minera Yanacocha again entered Maxima Acuña`s land, destroyed a building that was under construction and stole 15 of her guinea pigs that she was raising. … Continue reading
MONGABAY: Peru’s mega-dam projects threaten Amazon River source and ecosystem collapse
David Hill April 28, 2015 ‘The Marañón River in Peru where the government is proposing more than 20 dams on the main trunk.’. Photo credit: David Hill Peru is planning … Continue reading
RURAL WOMEN in Latin America Define Their Own Kind of Feminism
Written by Fabiana Frayssinet Friday, 17 April 2015 10:38 (IPS) – Rural organisations in Latin America are working on defining their own concept of feminism, one that takes into account … Continue reading
GHANA: Chaos at Newmont´s Ahafo Mine
Aggrieved residents at Damso and its environs, mining communities within the Ahafo catchment area of the Newmont Ghana Gold Limited, have threatened the lives of the expatriate workers, if the … Continue reading
HUFFINGTON POST: Gold Rush. How The World Bank Is Financing Environmental Destruction
By Ben Hallman and Roxana Olivera THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 LA PAJUELA, Peru — It started as just another farm chore for Elvira Flores, a teenage shepherd in the northern … Continue reading
Federal Court Orders Newmont Mining to Turn Over Evidence to Peruvian Wounded in Protest
Federal Court Orders Newmont Mining to Turn Over Evidence to Peruvian Wounded in Protest March 19, 2015 New human rights tool will shed light on the events leading to the … Continue reading
Yanacocha hopes to amplify Conga, says Benavides
Peru’s Yanacocha eyeing alternatives to develop Minas Conga By Juan Andres Abarca – Tuesday, March 24, 2015 Peruvian mining company Yanacocha, the JV between US-basedNewmont Mining and local mining company Buenaventura, is considering … Continue reading
Conga Conflict 