Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining explained

Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining
Native Name:Red Mexicana de Afectados por la Minería
Native Name Lang:es-MX
Abbreviation:REMA
Founding Location:Temacapulin, Jalisco
Purpose:Environmental activism and human rights
Location Country:Mexico
Leader Title:Founders
Leader Name:Mariano Abarca, Bety Cariño

Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining (Spanish: Red Mexicana de Afectados por la Minería, REMA)[1] is a Mexican group that campaigns for political change and ecological conservation[2] and against open-pit mining.[3]

Two founders of the group were murdered within two years of the organization being founded.

Description

The group is part of the Mesoamerican Movement Against the Mining Extractive Mode, known as M4.[4] The group campaigns to end open-pit mining.

History

The organization was founded in June 2008 in the Temacapulin village of Jalisco. Founders included Mariano Abarca and Bety Cariño.[5] In 2009, Abarca was assassinated[6] Cariño was murdered in 2010.[7]

At the time, the group was protesting against Blackfire Exploration's work at its La Revancha mine.[8]

In 2022, the group was critical of the limitations of the nationalisation of Mexico's lithium, noting the reform did not take control of existing mines.[9] [10] The group predicted that Canadian and U.S. corporation would be the main beneficiaries of the reforms.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Wilton . Jen . Barrington-Bush . Liam . 2013-02-04 . Mexico mining: 'When injustice is law, resistance is duty' – in pictures . en-GB . the Guardian . 2023-06-16 . 0261-3077 . 2022-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220308153249/http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2013/feb/04/mexico-mining-resistance-in-pictures . live .
  2. Barkin . David . Sánchez . Alejandra . 2020-08-02 . The communitarian revolutionary subject: new forms of social transformation . Third World Quarterly . en . 41 . 8 . 1421–1441 . 10.1080/01436597.2019.1636370 . 199364103 . 0143-6597 . 2023-06-16 . 2022-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220804203027/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01436597.2019.1636370 . live .
  3. Web site: Shell . Michael . 5 July 2008 . Red Mexicana de Afectados por la Minería - La Jornada . 2023-06-16 . . 2021-09-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210917005346/https://www.jornada.com.mx/2008/07/05/index.php?section=opinion&article=018a2pol . live .
  4. Web site: 13 July 2012 . Protecting People's Health - Interview with Mexican leader: The Impacts of Goldcorp in Latin America and the Health Tribunal . 2023-06-16 . Radio Mundo Real . en . 2013-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130506024021/http://www.radiomundoreal.fm/Protecting-People-s-Health . live .
  5. Web site: Quienes somos REMA . 2023-06-16 . es . 2023-03-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230322231714/http://www.remamx.org/quienes-somos-2/ . live .
  6. Web site: Wells . Jennifer . 2019-03-24 . Opinion Murder of Mexican mining protester throws spotlight on role of Canada's embassies . 2023-06-16 . . en . 2022-02-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220208124244/https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/2019/03/24/osgoode-hall-professor-will-argue-canada-should-investigate-assassination-of-mexican-activist.html . live .
  7. Web site: Lakhani . Nina . Mexico promises justice for unsolved murders . 2023-06-16 . www.aljazeera.com . en . 2023-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230324022554/https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2014/5/16/mexico-promises-justice-for-unsolved-murders . live .
  8. News: 2009-12-07 . Canadian mining firm at centre of Mexican murder probe . en-CA . The Globe and Mail . 2023-06-16 . 2023-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230206230112/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-mining-firm-at-centre-of-mexican-murder-probe/article4295141/ . live .
  9. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud, May 1, 2022, Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining blasts mining law reform . Mining.com
  10. Web site: Duran . Paloma . 9 May 2022 . Mining Law Reform Faces More Criticism . 2023-06-16 . Mexico Business News . en . 2022-05-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220524164136/https://mexicobusiness.news/mining/news/mining-law-reform-faces-more-criticism . live .
  11. Web site: Rodriguez . Alfredo Valadez . 2023-02-26 . La Jornada: Protección legal al litio en México favorecerá a EU y Canadá: estudio . 2023-06-16 . www.jornada.com.mx . es-MX . 2023-03-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230330194226/https://www.jornada.com.mx/2023/02/26/estados/020n1est . live .

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