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Mining company to pay in Brazil disaster
Brazilian mining company Samarco agreed to pay $260 million after waste dams were breached at its facility, flooding nearby villages with toxic mud.
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Argentina: anti-mining struggle scores victory
Residents in the Argentine town of Famatina celebrated a major victory as La Rioja provincial authorities announced cancellation of a gold mine project following local protests.
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Argentina: more repression of anti-mine protests
Police troops broke up a roadblock at San Juan Jáchal, Argentina, where residents are mobilizing in the wake of last month's cyanide spill at Barrick Gold's Veladero mine.
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Argentina: protests follow death of popular leader
Thousands of protesters marched on government offices in Argentina's Chaco province after housing advocate Angel Verón died from wounds sustained in a beating by police.
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Argentina: police repression of anti-mine protest
A peaceful march against a gold mine in Argentina's La Rioja province was dispersed by police using tear-gas and rubber bullets to enforce a court order barring protests at the site.
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Chile: outrage over repression of Mapuche protest
Mapuche indigenous leaders in Chile are expressing outrage over the violent eviction of protesters who were occupying a government office in the southern region of Araucania.
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Brazil: party official sentenced in Petrobras scandal
A Brazilian court sentenced ex-treasurer of the ruling Worker's Party Joao Vaccari Neto to 15 years for charges related to the Petrobras corruption scandal.
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Argentina: protests follow gold mine cyanide spill
Residents of a town in northwest Argentina took to the streets in protest after a pipe carrying cyanide to Barrick Gold's Veladero mine fractured and spilled its contents in the area.
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Argentina: Mapuche blockade oil fields —again
Indigenous Mapuche residents blocked access to oil and gas wells to press demands over territorial rights, nearly shutting down production in Argentina's Neuquén province.
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Amnesty: ‘Trigger happy’ police kill hundreds in Rio
Amnesty International charges that Brazil's military police have been responsible for more than 1,500 deaths in Rio de Janeiro's favelas in the last five years.
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Brazil: police implicated in Sao Paulo massacre
Gunmen killed at least 18 people in outlying districts of Sao Paulo, and authorities suspect a coordinated campaign of revenge by off-duty officers for the death of two colleagues.
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Chile: suicide follows ‘dirty war’ conviction
One day after Chile's Supreme Court sentenced him to 20 years in prison for a "dirty war" crime, a Pinochet-era general shot himself in the head in his apartment in Santiago.