Over the past ten years, changes in the patterns of mining investment in Latin America have generated a spike in environmental conflicts between peasant communities and transnational corporations. In Guatemala, this resistance has assumed the form of municipal referenda known as consultas comunitarias. Drawing from survey and open-ended interviews carried out in the municipality of Tectitán, Huehuetenango, this study aims to deepen our understanding of the factors that drive these conflicts on the part of indigenous peasant communities. I use the ecological distribution conflicts theory to frame this analysis, concluding that the explanatory power of this framework could be extended by explicitly incorporating political-cultural dimensions ...
In the course of half a century, the tropical mountains of Cahabón (a municipality in north-eastern ...
ilustraciones, fotografíasEl presente trabajo está centrado en el análisis de los conflictos ambient...
The Mirador project, located in the South-Eastern Ecuadorian Amazon, is a large-scale mining project...
<p>Over the past ten years, changes in the patterns of mining investment in Latin America have gener...
Opposition to extractive industries in Guatemala has in general been met with a violent response fro...
Este artículo analiza la relación entre conflictos mineros, desarrollo y procesos de participación d...
In this thesis, the authors look into the issue of indigenous resistance against large-scale mining ...
In this thesis, the authors look into the issue of indigenous resistance against large-scale mining ...
Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552This study characterizes ecological distribution c...
This paper explores how the growth of mining in the Sierra Mariscal (Mexico-Guatemalan border) has u...
On October 12th, 2015, the Nicaraguan Government declared as non-viable a mining project in Rancho G...
This article analyzes the relationship between environmental problem caused by pollution and pressur...
My study explores how indigenous Q’eqchi’ Mayas in Guatemala draw political cohesion from their cult...
América Latina es actualmente una de las fronteras mineras más atractivas del mundo, que concentra u...
In this article, I analyze how Guatemalan indigenous citizens claim their rights to be citizens and ...
In the course of half a century, the tropical mountains of Cahabón (a municipality in north-eastern ...
ilustraciones, fotografíasEl presente trabajo está centrado en el análisis de los conflictos ambient...
The Mirador project, located in the South-Eastern Ecuadorian Amazon, is a large-scale mining project...
<p>Over the past ten years, changes in the patterns of mining investment in Latin America have gener...
Opposition to extractive industries in Guatemala has in general been met with a violent response fro...
Este artículo analiza la relación entre conflictos mineros, desarrollo y procesos de participación d...
In this thesis, the authors look into the issue of indigenous resistance against large-scale mining ...
In this thesis, the authors look into the issue of indigenous resistance against large-scale mining ...
Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552This study characterizes ecological distribution c...
This paper explores how the growth of mining in the Sierra Mariscal (Mexico-Guatemalan border) has u...
On October 12th, 2015, the Nicaraguan Government declared as non-viable a mining project in Rancho G...
This article analyzes the relationship between environmental problem caused by pollution and pressur...
My study explores how indigenous Q’eqchi’ Mayas in Guatemala draw political cohesion from their cult...
América Latina es actualmente una de las fronteras mineras más atractivas del mundo, que concentra u...
In this article, I analyze how Guatemalan indigenous citizens claim their rights to be citizens and ...
In the course of half a century, the tropical mountains of Cahabón (a municipality in north-eastern ...
ilustraciones, fotografíasEl presente trabajo está centrado en el análisis de los conflictos ambient...
The Mirador project, located in the South-Eastern Ecuadorian Amazon, is a large-scale mining project...