Last Frontier
Local communities fight mineral exploration and eviction in the Andes

http://www.newint.org/columns/currents/2009/10/01/mining/
Date Written:  2009-10-01
Publisher:  New Internationalist
Year Published:  2009
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX11555

Afro-descendant communities in Colombia are fighting to retain control of their ancestral goldmines in the face of pressure from private interests.

Subject Headings

• Colombia
• Gold Mining
• Independence Movements
• Mining