The hazardous machinations of Canada’s mining elite
Posters placed by activists from Carrizalillo on the entrance sign to Equinox Gold’s Los Filos mine in Guerrero State, Mexico. Photo supplied by the author. With all eyes on the…
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AMLO’s push for environmental reforms angers Canadian mining sector
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador waving the flag of Mexico. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. In early February, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) proposed a package of 20…
As Lasso flails, Ottawa pushes for more Canadian mining in Ecuador
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso. Photo courtesy Presidencia de la República del Ecuador/Flickr. As embattled Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso faces public disdain, struggles against potential impeachment, and foments regional divides, Ottawa…
Trudeau government’s support for Peruvian coup regime all about Canadian mining companies
Supporters of ousted Peruvian President Pedro Castillo protest his detention in Lima. Photo from Flickr. Seven weeks after Pedro Castillo was ousted as Peru’s democratically elected president, protests and blockades…
2022 ‘mining risk index’ takes aim at left wing governments in Latin America
Pedro Castillo, the president of Peru, speaks during a rally in Lima. Photo from Shutterstock. On July 7, 2022, Florida-based market research firm Americas Market Intelligence (AMI) released a report…
Corporate Canada Behind Slow Motion Coup Attempt in Venezuela
Photo by Marcos Salgado It’s convenient but incorrect to simply blame the USA for Ottawa’s nefarious role in the slow motion attempted coup currently underway in Venezuela. Critics of the…
Canada’s ongoing complicity with exploitive extraction schemes
Photo from report, The ‘Canada Brand’: Violence and Canadian Mining Companies in Latin America On June 15, 1841, the newly established Legislative Council of the Province of Canada — a…
Profits, Coercion, and Resistance in Latin America
Photo from PulitzerCenter.org An article published in Third World Quarterly in 2008 was our initiation into collaborative work on Canadian mining imperialism and the popular forms of resistance it systematically…
Toxic Tsunami
An abandoned car amidst the ruins of the village • Photo by Senado Federal A year and counting of mud and struggle since Latin America’s worst mining disaster. Judith Marshall…