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AQ Videos: Natural Resource Extraction in Chile, Colombia and Peru

By AQ Online

Watch video clips from mining site visits in Chile and Peru and AQ's exclusive documentary about an initiative by the Cerrejón coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia to relocate a part of the Río Ranchería.

AQ traveled to Colombia, Chile and Peru in 2012 to study natural resource extraction and its effect on social inclusion, made possible with the generous support of the Ford Foundation. On each trip, the team met with mining officials, local government representatives, community leaders, and environmental activists to gain a broad, nuanced and diverse understanding of this issue. Learn more about the specific situations in each country through the video interviews on this page including a short documentary on the proposal by the mining company Cerrejón to move a river in Colombia...

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