Chilean Glaciers Bill Watered Down
A recent bill to protect glaciers and their perimeters has been weakened. The modifications were made after CODELCO pressured Congress. Environmentalists argue this puts Chile’s...
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Atacama Indigenous Groups Fight Top Lithium Producer SQM
SANTIAGO — After a legal victory last week against top lithium producer SQM, indigenous Chilean groups vowed to continue their fight. The groups have been...
Codelco Adjusts Mining Operations to Fight Covid-19
SANTIAGO – After mounting pressure from copper miners to improve working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, state-owned Codelco released a statement on June 20, announcing...
Codelco Miners Demand Action Over Health Concerns
Miners at Codelco assets already threatened a walkout over health concerns. Now, more workers are demanding action as they face a rapid rise in infections...
Codelco Miners Threaten Walkout
As Chile’s economy struggles to recover from Covid-19, one of the most important companies, state-run Codelco, is seeing pressure from its workers to take protective...
The High Cost of Lithium Extraction in Chile
Chile has the largest deposits of lithium in the world. While mining companies race to gain rights of extraction to Chile’s Atacama desert’s rich lithium,...
The Water Highway: A Project to Fuel the North with Southern Water
CONCEPCIÓN – Although the plans are anything but complete, the idea of a Carretera Hídrica (water highway) that would provide the northern regions with water...
The Other Water Crisis in Chile: Drinking Poison
The need for proper solutions for the Chilean water crises grows: shouldn’t we have drinkable water, before having enough drinking water?...
Chilean Glaciers: An Unprotected Future
SANTIAGO – Today, more than ever, the stability of the environment worldwide is a concern, due to ever-mounting evidence of climate change, placing glaciers at...
Large Strike In Chuquicamata Copper Mine Turns Violent
For five days, workers of the Chuquicamata copper mine in Chile have been on strike. Negotiations between the unions and mining company Codelco haven’t resolved...