anti-extractivism

January 26, 2017
Moira Birss

From attempts to close Ecuador’s leading environmental rights NGO to megaprojects on indigenous lands, Rafael Correa’s government continues to criminalize and threaten environmental activists and indigenous people. 

March 9, 2016
Fabiana Li

How local resistance halted construction of a destructive mining project on the Chilean border

July 2, 2014
Through alternative media, activists and artists demand justice for the victims of the Bagua Massacre.
May 21, 2014
Federico Fuentes

Anti-extractivism protests in South America are sometimes oversimplified to "rural communities vs. big government." This framing overlooks movements' internal complexities and alternative proposals.

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