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Social Movement Successes (by country) Category

Argentina

Argentina

▷ Several provinces have banned open-pit mining in glacier and peri-glacier ecosystems nationally. ▷ Organized communities in Esquel, Chubut and in the Famatina Mountain Range in La Rioja province have held individual projects at bay.

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Canada

Canada

▷ In Ontario, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI), Wahgoshig and Ardoch First Nations prevented mining projects from getting past the exploration stage on their lands. Their successes contributed to opening up Ontario’s 150-year-old mining act for reforms. ▷ The Prosperity copper-gold mine proposal that would have destroyed a lake of great importance to area First Nations in …

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Chile

Chile

▷ Barrick Gold was forced to suspend its Pascua Lama project in 2013. The mine is located at 4500 metres above sea level in an area dense with glaciers. It was the first project approved under a binational mining treaty an straddles the border with Argentina. Affected indigenous and downstream agricultural communities made numerous efforts …

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Costa Rica

Costa Rica

2010-2011 ▷ A strong citizens’ movement pressured the Costa Rican government to close down Infinito Gold’s Crucitas project and pass a ban on all future open-pit metal mining in 2010. ▷ In late 2011, a Costa Rican court annulled Infinito Gold’s .

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Colombia

Colombia

▷ Several communities have declared their ancestral territories no-go zones for large-scale mining. The Resguardo Indígena Cañamomo Lomaprieta in Riosucio and Supia, Caldas issued an internal resolution to this effect, which is constitutionally recognized under the Special Jurisdiction that Indigenous Peoples have. ▷ Afro-descendant communities in the department of Cauca and Indigenous people of Taraira …

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El Salvador

El Salvador

▷ Three municipalities in Chalatenango have held local plebiscites, declaring their territories free of mining. 2008 ▷ Since 2008, successive Presidents have committed to a moratorium on mining. 2004 ▷ Since 2004, OceanaGold (formerly Pacific Rim Mining) has been unable to advnace its El Dorado project in the department of Cabañas given local and now …

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Guatemala

Guatemala

▷ Three civil lawsuits are proceeding in Ontario courts agains HudBay Minerals for security guard violence agains Maya Q’eqchi’ Indigenous communities in El Estor. ▷ A civil suit has also been brought in British Columbia against Tahoe Resources for security guard violence against peaceful protesters in San Rafael Las Flores. 2014 ▷ An estimated 1 …

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Honduras

Honduras

▷ Three civil lawsuits are proceeding in Ontario courts against HudBay Minerals for security guard violence against Maya Q’eqchi’ Indigenous communities in El Estor. ▷ A civil suit has been brought in British Columbia against Tahoe Resources for security guard violence against peaceful protesters in San Rafael Las Flores. ▷ An estimated 1 million people in mining-affected …

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Mexico

Mexico

2013 ▷ The Federal government authority denied the Esperanza project now owned by Alamos Gold and environmental licence.  Area residents, environmental groups, and state authorities have opposed this project over risks to water, flora and fauna, and for its close proximity to the Xochicalco archaeological site. 2012 ▷ Dozens of communities with collectively held lands have declared …

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Peru

Peru

2013 ▷ The Cerro Quilish and Massive Conga expansion projects of the Yanacocha mine, jointly owned by the US company Newmont, Peruvian Buenaventura and the World Bank, have been stalled to local opposition over possible impacts, principally on water supplies. ▷ The Campesino Community of Cañaris organized against Candente Copper’s plans for an open-pit copper …

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