Category: First Take, Mining

First Take: Two Tales of Mining and Human Choice

First Take: Two Tales of Mining and Human Choice

Jan 15, 2014

Two tales of very small human settlements with mining potential may help us reflect on what Latin America, on a larger scale, faces today regarding the exploitation of minerals from its territories. At these two settlements, mining was stopped because of human choices and…

First Take: The Mining Boom in Latin America

First Take: The Mining Boom in Latin America

Jan 9, 2014

Latin America has witnessed an unprecedented natural resource boom in the last decade. The prices of many of the commodities exported by the countries in the region have dramatically risen over most of the last ten years…

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