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Exploitation of L America Indigenous Resources; Sami Fight Iron Ore Miine
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 7:45
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The Changing Map of Latin America. The map of Latin America is in full flux, with the recognition of indigenous peoples’ “ownership” of lands proving in some countries to be a disguised path to capitalist exploitation of the resources of those same territories.
The reindeer herders who are battling an iron ore mine. A British company has been carrying out test drilling for iron ore in an area of Scandinavia where the Sami, Europe’s only indigenous people, have lived for thousands of years. Sami reindeer herders say the proposed iron ore mine could destroy their livelihood.
