By CEJIS-ODPIB, La Region: Indigenous leaders from the Paiconeka Central of San Javier denounced that the land seizures reported in March have facilitated the entry of heavy machinery for the illegal extraction of gold, without prior consultation and causing visible damage to the forest. Illegal gold mining is advancing in the Monte Verde Indigenous Territory,…
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When Gold Is Worth More Than Life: The Criminal Spiral of Illegal Mining in Bolivia | Cuando el oro vale más que la vida: la espiral criminal de la minería ilegal en Bolivia
By ANA Bolivia: “No effective control halts the flow of the mineral that enriches mafia networks while displacing communities, corrupting authorities, and replacing state power with de facto structures,” says Jaime Cuellar. La Paz, May 11 (ANA).- Bolivia is on the verge of a silent territorial takeover, fueled not only by illegal gold but by…
Indigenous Territory is crossed by 180 illegal gold mining rafts | Territorio Indígena está atravesado por 180 balsas auríferas ilegales
By Cejis, Erbol: MADRE DE DIOS RIVER CEJIS: Multiethnic Indigenous Territory II is crossed by 180 illegal gold mining rafts Along the 183 kilometers of the Madre de Dios River that cross the Multiethnic Indigenous Territory II (TIM II), 180 out of 203 active gold mining rafts operate illegally in unauthorized areas. Only 22 are…
The greatest predators must NOT be within 500 km of the Uyuni Salt Flat | Los mayores depredadores, NO pueden estar ni 500 Km cerca al Salar de Uyuni
By ANF, Eju.tv: Comcipo and peasant communities reject miners’ request to enter the Uyuni Salt Flat The Minister of Environment and Water, Álvaro Ruiz, clarified that the cooperative miners’ aspiration is not to enter the Uyuni Salt Flat to carry out exploitation work, but rather to operate in the surrounding areas. The Potosinista Civic Committee…
Use of water for lithium: What will quinoa producers live on? | Uso del agua para el litio: ¿de qué vamos a vivir los productores de quinua?
By Erbol: Ayllu Huatari and the use of water for lithium: What will quinoa producers live on? Great promises of economic well-being through lithium exploitation face an unavoidable reality: water—yes, enormous quantities of water are required to exploit this mineral. However, communities living in areas surrounding the Uyuni, Coipasa, and other salt flats, such as…
Community members contaminated with arsenic, lead, and mercury will make their voices heard in the Legislature | Comunarios contaminados con arsénico, plomo y mercurio se harán escuchar en el Legislativo
By Vision 360: Mining contamination Three Indigenous organizations from Oruro, La Paz, and Potosí will arrive in La Paz this Friday to participate in a public hearing at the ALP. They will denounce the contamination affecting their residents as a consequence of mining. A highland resident undergoes an analysis to measure mercury damage. PHOTO: Cenda…
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