The intensification of criminalization and violence against mining-affectd communities and other social movement actors is a response of states and industry to successful efforts to defend land and the environment. Here are just a few of the successes against extractivism in the Americas to date.
Recent Victories
More Social Movement Successes by Country
Costa Rica
2010-2011 ▷ A strong citizens' movement pressured the Costa Rican government to close down Infinito Gold's Crucitas project and pass ...
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El Salvador
▷ Three municipalities in Chalatenango have held local plebiscites, declaring their territories free of mining. 2008 ▷ Since 2008, successive ...
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More Social Movement Successes by Country

Costa Rica
2010-2011 ▷ A strong citizens' movement pressured the Costa Rican government to close down Infinito Gold's Crucitas project and pass ...
Read More
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El Salvador
▷ Three municipalities in Chalatenango have held local plebiscites, declaring their territories free of mining. 2008 ▷ Since 2008, successive ...
Read More
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