Violence around anti-mining protests leaves 3 dead in Peru

As I wrote a few days ago, anti-mining protests in Peru have become deadly and involve large amounts of state repression throughout the month of June.  They have continued into July with protests yesterday causing three protester deaths and the government declared a state of emergency in three provinces. Protests happened in Cajamarca where the … Continue reading »

Anti-Mining Protests Around the World- Focus on Peru- May-June Update

For earlier stories on anti-mining protests around the world, see here. Getting away from the Rio+20 Sustainable Development Conference means turning to one of the other crucial issues this blog is highlighting: Anti-mining protests.  There were a number of new and ongoing anti-mining protests around the world (New Zealand, Australia [and at later protests, they … Continue reading »