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5 Окт 2020

Автор:
TerraJusta

NGOs say Glencore should be accountable for human rights violations in the Espinar province, Cusco

“A Giant in Espinar - Glencore and the patterns of corporate power in the South of Peru”, September 2020

…Throughout its history Peru has attracted foreign powers and companies that have sought to profit from its mineral wealth. Time and again in places where mining operations exist a pattern repeats itself where we see the destruction of water sources and the surrounding environment, socio-environmental conflicts, violation of human rights and criminalization of social protest. The operations of the multinational mining giant Glencore in the province of Espinar, Peru, are emblematic of such patterns…In spite of the state of emergency and quarantines imposed during the Covid 19 pandemic, many governments in South America have privileged mining activity, allowing it to operate normally. In the case of Peru mine exploitation, storage, transportation, pit closures and even the construction of projects declared as being in the national interest have all continued more or less without interruption... In July and August of this year the province of Espinar, in the Cusco region of southern Peru, was the scene of one such conflict around mining and Covid 19. Social organizations in the area requested the use of a fund, previously created as part of an agreement between the mining company and civil society, to pay a ‘solidarity bond’ to the local population in order to alleviate the impact of the pandemic on families. When Glencore refused, the population called for a mobilization that lasted almost a month and that resulted in serious human rights violations…

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