Women Under the Surface

  In mining towns, such as Siglo XX and Potosi in Bolivia, women contribute to society in more ways than just one. In fact, women’s contributions to society and the economy are undervalued and under recognized in both the past and contemporary times. In particular, the undervalued contributions that women make in society take form Read More…

Mining and Slave Labor Today

Mining and Slave Labor Today By Evie Gieseman Slavery in the Mining industry is still present today. Even though there is no specific name for it like slavery or the Mita System, it still continues to exist. This practice is something that has become accepted because of lenient regulation, lack of law enforcement and a Read More…

Marked with Blood and Lined with Gold: Return to the Arc

Marked with Blood and Lined with Gold: Venezuela’s Return to el Orinoco Mining Arc By: Kevelis Matthews-Alvarado Returning to the Orinoco Mining Arc: Why now? Original image found at: https://www.occrp.org/en/goldandchaos/gang-lords-rule-the-orinoco-mining-arc The page Nuestra Tierra began with briefly describing some historical peaks in iron mining within this region, the Orinoco mining arc. The last peak was around Read More…

Gold Mining Madre de Dios

Small-Scale Peruvian Gold Mining in Madre de Dios  Peru is Latin America’s leading producer of gold and the sixth largest gold producer in the world; multi-national mining companies produce most of this gold, however, around twenty percent of Peru’s gold exports come from illegal or artisanal mines.[1]For the Peruvian government, the difference between illegal and artisanal Read More…