Impactos sociales de la minería a gran escala en la fase de exploración y el rol de las defensoras de la Pachamama en la resistencia a los proyectos río Blanco y Quimsacocha

Abstract

The expansion of the mining industry by increasing demand for minerals in the International Market, it is causing serious environmental and social damage worldwide. The extractive industry of mining allows the concentration and centralization of wealth in few transnational corporations; it is possible through the dispossession of land, pollution, violence, violation of Rights, deepening the submission and dependence semi-colonial countries; they are recipient of this capital. The social impacts of the mining industry are too destructive and grave such as environmental and they begin before a mine starts producing. In Exploration phase beginning the problems that these are related to the imposition of this activity over the interests, needs and rights of populations that they are living in the territories where there are the minerals. These social impacts directly affect to women for their status within the capitalist-imperialist and patriarchal. From worldwide resistance against mega mining is growing, and Latin America is no exception. Within this movement women are playing an important role that it transcends their community space and they are important players in the mining conflict. Such as the case of theFrente de MujeresDefensoras de la Pachamama, their experience includes my dissertation.