U.S. military bases: destroy sovereignty, environment and human health

Destroy, pollute and kill

Again two American soldiers stationed at one of the military bases that maintains United States in Okinawa, have returned to stoke the controversy over the negative consequences of these facilities that Washington has sown worldwide to ensure its military hegemony.

 

Peru: Unstoppable land grant

Conga: resistance continues

The Peruvian territory by more than 25% is now to large mining companies, and there is when you are finished that process that is generating too many conflicts.

Today, through six specific cases and of great importance, the business community, which has in the current Peruvian rulers their best allies who granted large tracts of land without the consent of indigenous peoples can be demonstrated.

 

Argentina: Mapuche reject exploitation of uranium

In silence the project advances to squeeze uranium.

The Argentine State, in an attitude derogatory with the situation of the Limonau community, continues to drive the "uranium Lake project serve", in Santa Cruz.
 

Shipibos indians take oil wells

Natives defend their lives.

Since 10 days hundreds of indigenous shipibos of the Amazon community Cachiyacu Caanan (Ucayali-Peru), they keep taken nine oil wells of the company Maple Gas Corporation, in search of solutions by the pollution of the extractive activity. The company is dedicated to the exploration, exploitation, refining, distribution and marketing of hydrocarbons and their derivatives.
 

Guatemala: Population call for consult by gold mine

Strong opposition to irresponsible mining.

San Rafael Las Flores, Guatemala, multiple social organizations are demanding more than eight months ago a query to the population to decide if the mining company San Rafael may continue to run in the municipality.

 

Peru: Tons of mercury to illegal mining

Illegal mining has devastated 20 thousand hectares of forests.

Illegal mining, which is growing due to corrupt officials, continues to use large amounts of mercury to gold production.

Peru: Loses thousands of kilometers of Amazon forest

There is no way to stop the destruction of the Amazon.

A recent study shows that the causes of the loss of thousands of kilometers of the Amazon rainforest are extractive activities and territorial disorder; but also the lack of an environmental policy and the huge presence of corruption which have resulted in the loss of 15 thousand square kilometers of jungle in the past 10 years.

Guatemala: Government does not suspend mining operation

Arsenic from minig activities contaminates waters of Guatemala.

Beside that the Inter-American Commission on human rights (CIDH) ordered the suspension of mining activities in the Marlin mine, which performs operations in San Miguel Ixtahuacán and Sipacapa, the Ministry of energy and mines of Guatemala has issued a resolution which establishes that "... there is no cause to suspend operations of Marlin".
 

Peru: Dear Roque

Video produced by NADIENOSPAGA colective.

Peru: Pollution that never ends

Children Achuar (Loreto Region)-arrived at Lima 2007 asking for medical attention.

Since many years ago. native communities, who live mainly in the Peruvian Amazon, continue to claim and fighting to be heard and punish predatory and polluting transnational corporations.
 

México: Chinese risk lives from Nahua community

The Nahua people analyzed the effects of the exploitation of the deposit of iron "El Ratón".

In the nahua region of South Jalisco, the Gan-Bo mining international Chinese company exploits the resources of iron of  the mine , "El Ratón", open pit, very near where live the native, who are engaged in livestock and agriculture.

Perú: Powerful mine poisoned peasents

Antamina S.A., endangers the life of the peasant communities surrounding.

The Departmental Agrarian Federation of Ancash has asked the Peruvian Government to declare environmental emergency in the highland area the region where sits Antamina S. A. (500 kilometers from Lima, the Peruvian capital) due the contamination by spillage of 45 tons of 14 toxic minerals which seriously affected more than 200 settlers in the community of Santa Rosa, in the District of Cajacay.