Tia Maria: is a mining project of the company Southern Peru Copper Corp. (SPCC) that if imposed will process copper oxides from the La Tapada and Tia Maria deposits, both located in…
Mining that violates human rights, health and adequate housing. Imagine, for a brief moment that around your house there are five mineral smelting companies that start working…
La multinacional canadiense opera en Argentina desde 2003, cuando comenzó la construcción de su mina Veladero, en la provincia de San Juan.
Old churches in particular are teeming with gold – and this is not least for theological reasons. For gold stood for the divine and was considered a gift from heaven
When the time comes to make the decision to divest in projects that destroy the environment, one of the most frequent
In January 2018, the Bishops’ conference of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAM) has released a pastoral letter
La Red Iglesias y Minería invita a dialogar sobre los efectos de la minería en territorios de Guatemala y formas de acompañar los conflictos socioambientales por comunidades de fe.
Latin American Caravan for integral ecology in extractivist times. European tour March – April 2022.
Showing Reality
The main purpose of the campaign is to raise awareness based on the brutal and cruel experiences lived in these territories, communities and the people who have been victims of mining. In addition, it helps to demonstrate the various strategies and practices used by mining companies to obtain the legal and social licenses. As a result, they violate the basic rights of our people.
Creating Alliances
In our journey as a network we have discovered that in different places and environments there are organizations, social movements, NGOs and people with whom we share common causes. One of the main goals of the campaign is to invite all our people and groups to join us in this task by being part of the campaign or helping us to meet some of the objectives proposed here.
Disputing narrative
One of the things that mining companies have done best is to seduce the public opinion, with respect to the benefits that this activity brings to the countries and the territories, generating an image of contributions greater than the problems it causes. This strategy is replicated permanently and uncritically; generating an image of truth that we know is not real.
Divesting
Many faith and social organizations have given resources to investment funds managed by an administrator under liability policies with very strong social and ethical criteria. However within those shared packages are often found investments coming from mining companies with bad practices, which are not known by those who possess these money.
