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- La Oroya, Peru: Poisoned town
- American-owned Doe Run polluted this small mountain community for more than a decade. Now citizens are joining with Oxfam to hold the company accountable.
- La Oroya speaks to Washington
- Citizens of polluted city in Peru take their case to US Congress.
- Q&A: La Oroya's future
- A government decision could mean good news for families in Peru's most polluted town, and for their supporters here in the US. But the struggle to clean up La ...
- Marlin Mine: Violence and pollution lead to call for suspension
- Concerns about human rights violations and the environment in Guatemala lead indigenous communities to seek a suspension of mine operations in western ...
- Looking them in the eye
- In Ghana, a young woman learns to lead in a village flooded by water draining from an underground mine shaft.
- Knowledge is power
- Across Ghana, new leaders are emerging to voice concerns about the environment and basic justice.
- Leadership from the bottom up
- Oxfam’s partner in Ghana, Wacam, is building a network of activists – many of them women – and helping them learn technical as well as leadership skills.
- Oxfam's oil, gas, and mining program
- Oxfam advocates just government policies and corporate practices in the oil, gas, and mining industries, and supports the right of communities to participate ...
- Pacific Rim case against the Salvadoran government begins
- Civil society group criticizes handling of dispute between mining company Pacific Rim and the Salvadoran government, says environmental issues and the rights ...
- New tool helps communities focus on human rights
- A new system will help community members do their own analysis of the effects of foreign investment on human rights.
- In Prestea, Ghana, gold mine expansion threatens water sources
- Communities are requesting a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of a new mining project and for their right to free, prior, and informed consent regarding ...
- New potential for conflict in Peru’s Amazon
- Madre de Dios could be next flashpoint in ongoing confrontation between indigenous communities and foreign oil, gas, and mining companies.
- Caught on the wrong side of a gold boom
- Farmers in Ghana talk candidly about the impact of gold mining on their communities and how to hold mining companies and government accountable.
- Oxfam in South America
- To their government officials and to the corporations who want to exploit their lands and natural resources, the indigenous and rural people of South America ...
- Oxfam urges miner to address community engagement practices
- Our Land, Our Life
- The struggle of Carrie and Mary Dann, two Western Shoshone elders, to address the threat mining development poses to the sacred and environmentally sensitive ...
- Defending the people, and Lake Izabal
- Despite threats to her life, Eloyda Mejía raises awareness about industrial mining near a beautiful lake in eastern Guatemala.
- "We are united"
- An indigenous Q'eq'chi community in Guatemala struggles to defend its agricultural land.
- The Majaz effect
- What is the likely environmental impact of Minera Majaz's proposed copper mine?
- Rodolfo Pocop: an indigenous perspective on mining in Guatemala
- New economic realities in Central America reveal strong concerns about the future of Mayan culture.
- Referendum on Rio Blanco mining project
- "Do you agree with having mining activity in the district of Carmen de la Frontera?" This is the question that thousands of citizens will answer on Sunday ...
- Pollution risk at new gold mine in Ghana exposed
- Journalist in Ghana writes about environmental risks, wins award.
- New attention on ChevronTexaco case
- President of Ecuador speaks out on environment as indigenous leaders press for justice at shareholder meeting.
- 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.
- Conflict surrounds expansion of Peru gold mine
- Local communities turn to legal measures to protect land, water.
- Oxfam America partner Dr. Juan Almendares receives humanitarian award
- "My greatest inspiration was my mother...When I graduated from the university, I had three callings: To work on behalf of the poor, to educate, and to dedicate ...
- Interview: Humberto Piaguaje
- Humberto Piaguaje is the representative of the Secoya people to the Assembly of Delegates of Communities Affected by Texaco.
- In Texistepeque, El Salvador, farmers question wisdom of relying on mining
- Concerns about water and land lead to a debate about the role of mining in long-term economic development.
- Dead fish and acid pollution point to cyanide in stream
- Farmers in Ghana affected by chemical spill call on government to investigate and punish polluters.
- Río Blanco: history of a mismatch in Peru
- Here is a summary of the facts that have marked the relationship between the mining company and the local communities.
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