Investigative photojournalist Diego Cupolo returns to discuss the agricultural, health, and environmental dangers of corporate mining and how the Peruvian government facilitates it through passive acquiescence.
Category Archives: South America
2015: Brazil protests
An anti-govenment movement similar to the American Tea Party has emerged to in an attempt to challenge the Worker’s Party government in Brazil. Bryan Pitts, an assistant Prof of History @ Duke University, dissects the anti-govt movement by giving a greater frame of reference. It’s a history that includes economic, class, and racial divisions.
2015: Extrativist Economy in Bolivia
Nicole Fabricant, assoc prof of Anthropology at Towson Univ, discusses the pro’s and con’s of basing the Bolivian economy on extracting natural resources and its long-term environmental effects.
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