Anglo American intensifies land control and continues fragmenting communities
In January 2024, El Melon’s trade association of farmers and livestock farmers sent this public letter to Anglo American about conflicts over common land near the company’s El Soldado copper mine in Chile. The company has responded with this letter: Board of...
29 April – Who Controls the Land?
Join us on 29 April as we’re joined by Luis Acevedo and Bonnie VandeSteeg from the People’s Land Policy for a discussion on land rights and mega mining in Latin America and beyond. Meet Luis Acevedo Luis Acevedo is the president of the trade association of... People of El Melon VS Anglo American’s Legal Machinery
En Español debajo El Melon is a semi-rural area in the mountains of Valparaiso in central Chile, with a population of around 12,000 people. Since 2003, the British company Anglo American operates ‘El Soldado’, a nearby open pit copper mine with a...