Conga Conflict

Reporting on the conflict between the mega mining project Conga and the people of Cajamarca, Peru

FRONT LINE DEFENDERS: Intimidation and death threats against land rights defender


[versión española abajo] 6 August 2015 Update: Peru – Intimidation and death threats against land rights defender Maxima Acuña de Chaupe On 5 August 2015 Ms Maxima Acuña de Chaupe … Continue reading

August 7, 2015 · Leave a comment

Animals die at San José, contamination by Yanacocha blamed


The inhabitants of San José report that water contaminated by Minera Yanacocha has killed their animals   The inhabitants of the small village of San José have reported that more than … Continue reading

April 6, 2015 · Leave a comment

(GUATEMALA) DECLARACIÓN POLÍTICA. Encuentro Continental contra la Minería y por la Soberanía Popular


Originally posted on CELENDIN LIBRE:
En el municipio de Mataquescuintla – Guatemala, los días 11, 12, 13, 14 y 15 de marzo de 2015, representación de pueblos, comunidades y organizaciones…

March 25, 2015 · Leave a comment

AMNISTÍA INTERNACIONAL: Máxima continúa sufriendo acoso policial


Máxima continúa sufriendo acoso policial Fecha: 04-02-2015 | Meta: 2000 | Actual: 624 Máxima Acuña y su familia, agricultores de subsistencia del norte de Perú, han denunciado nuevos actos de … Continue reading

February 5, 2015 · 1 Comment

The Latin American Solidarity Centre Expresses Solidarity With Maxima Acuña & Family


Conga Conflict welcomes an international expression of solidarity with Maxima Chaupe & family. On the 20th November 2014, the Latin American Solidarity Centre, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, published the … Continue reading

November 21, 2014 · Leave a comment

The Diminishing Light of the Right to Life in Peru : Law No. 30151 & ICCPR


(above: Downtown Murial in Celendin highlighting the use of force) The intrinsic worth and dignity of the human being, explicitly stipulated in the Preamble of the International Covenant on Civil … Continue reading

November 14, 2014 · Leave a comment

Robert Moran’s report about Minas Conga – GRUFIDES Peru


Originally posted on CELENDIN LIBRE:
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May 27, 2014 · Leave a comment

Celendín se levanta para frenar persecución judicial y criminalización en torno al proyecto Conga y Chadín 2


Originally posted on CELENDIN LIBRE:
En el día de la Madre Tierra la población celendina se levanta para exigir el respeto de sus derechos. Los pobladores de la provincia de…

April 26, 2014 · Leave a comment

Flow, for Love of Water


Excellent award-winning documentary about argauably the single most important element for the survival of our people and our planet – water. It deals with contamination, damming, mass agriculture, oil, Coca … Continue reading

April 1, 2014 · Leave a comment

INDIGNACIÓN : pésima actuación del Fiscal de Celendin pone en peligro la defensa legal de la familia Chaupe.


El día de hoy, 13 de diciembre de 2013, Yanacocha y el poder judiciaf han demostrado una vez más su falta de humanidad. Esta es la quinta audiencia del proceso … Continue reading

December 13, 2013 · Leave a comment