Mining

Tens of thousands of people took the streets on Sunday for the 22nd consecutive day demanding the rejection of the special law that would allow the destruction of Rosia …

Paraguay's new president Federico Franco fast-tracked negotiations with the mining giant Rio Tinto for a $4 billion aluminum plant on the banks of a river there.

Sound familiar? It is an old and cruel tactic in any company town. Reduce wages and benefits to subsistence level. Break unions. Gut social assistance programs. Buy and sell …