Panamanian unions lead renewed protests against copper mining concessions
Protests have spread across Panama in rejection of copper mining concessions granted to Canadian company, First Quantum Minerals
African Union suspends Gabon after military coup ousts President Ali Bongo
Military officers ousted President Ali Bongo on August 30, just minutes after Gabon’s national electoral body proclaimed the incumbent as the winner of the August 26 general elections. Bongo was placed under house arrest as hundreds of people took to the streets in Libreville to celebrate the ouster of a family that has ruled Gabon for 56 years
“For the Lasso government, the economic interests of private mining companies are above the decisions of the Constitutional Court”
Ecuadorian Lawyer Patricia Carrión spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the suspension of a controversial mining decree that activists allege promoted the interests of mining companies
Chile’s President Gabriel Boric announces plan to nationalize lithium industry
Chile’s President Gabriel Boric has proposed the creation of a state-owned company which will eventually take over the lithium mining sector from private industry giants. The Latin American country has one of the world’s largest lithium reserves and is the second largest producer of the metal globally, after Australia
Peru’s coup government is privatizing lithium mining
The move to privatize one of the country’s key strategic resources has been widely rejected by Indigenous community and left movements
How Maasai women are resisting land grabs
Pastoralists, such as the Maasai community, have lost their land to mining, tourism and conservation as a result of unjust practices that are rooted in colonial processes
Chile’s lithium provides profit to the billionaires but exhausts the land and the people
About a third of the world’s lithium comes from Chile. The needs of the people of Chile seem to only come after the needs of the large corporations.
Brumadinho: mental illness among people affected by the Vale disaster are on the rise
Depression, anxiety, insomnia and panic are among the disorders reported by those affected by the catastrophe
Report shows extent of discrimination, violence by Minneapolis police and other stories
Today we look at an investigation into racism in the Minneapolis Police Department (US), protests against the Capital Control law in Lebanon, and more
Line 3 ruptures cause 300 million gallons of groundwater to overflow and other stories
Today we look at major ruptures caused during the construction of the Enbridge pipeline in the US, discriminatory treatment of refugees in Europe, and more
People’s movements take to the streets against evictions throughout Brazil
The Zero Evictions Campaign is calling for demonstrations in cities throughout the country in observance of the Housing for Life day of action
Charges dropped against 4 Wet’suwet’en land defenders in Canada and other stories
Today we look at the continued threats against Wet’suwet’en land defenders in Canada, the killing of 3 Palestinian people in violent Israeli raids, and more
