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 South America
Resource Revenues Elusive in Peru

Money from mines and pipelines is hard to track, and not obviously helping the poorest people in the country.

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Bolivian Legal Research Organization Firebombed
Bolivian Legal Research Organization Firebombed
Oxfam America's South America regional office expressed concern and sympathy regarding the attack on the Centre for Legal Studies and Social Research (CEJIS) in Santa Cruz.
Amazon Defense Front Wins Prestigious Environmental Prize
Amazon Defense Front Wins Prestigious Environmental Prize
Luis Yanza and Pablo Fajardo of Ecuador are recognized for their effort to protect the natural world with the Goldman Environmental Prize for 2008.
Crossing the Cultural Divide
Crossing the Cultural Divide
In the mountains of Peru, indigenous leaders are taking a multicultural approach to overcoming centuries of racism and discrimination--and fighting poverty.
"This is the Future" Slideshow
"This is the Future" Slideshow
Sound and pictures about the Chiquitano people of Bolivia and the legal victory that brought them title to their ancestral homeland, Monte Verde.
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WHAT OXFAM IS DOING

Increasing Political Participation

Protecting Indigenous Territories

Improving Emergency Response

RESEARCH

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Mining Sector in Perú

Digging to Development

Extractive Sectors and the Poor

Río Blanco: Concerns About Mining

A proposal for a $1.4 billion copper mine in the environmentally fragile cloud forests of northern Piura, Peru, has local farmers, and civil society organizations concerned about pollution to the area’s rivers and wildlife habitats for endangered species.