Politics Economy Local 2025-12-07T01:48:38+00:00

Water for the Peoples, Not for the Mining Companies!

Residents of Andalgalá report turbid water due to a mining company's activities. In Mendoza, decisive voting in the Senate on mining projects threatens water resources. A new environmental disaster at a Barrick Gold mine is confirmed.


Water for the Peoples, Not for the Mining Companies!

In Andalgalá, residents are once again reporting that the waters of the stream are running turbid from the hill where the mining company MARA is conducting advanced exploration activities. Three crucial interviews on the program «Que Arda» that you can watch on YouTube. Decisive hours in Mendoza: thousands of people are already mobilized across the province while the Senate, next Tuesday the 9th, will decide whether to approve the package of mining projects to exploit the mountains and use immense liters of water, to the detriment of people's health and the environment. Water for the peoples, not for the mining companies! In collaboration with AnRed, Huella del Sur, Asamblea Uspallata, Que Arda Radio, Archivo del Agua y La Mosquitera. You can watch the interviews at 1:05:00. Jachal, confirmed: the death of thousands of fish in the Cuesta del Viento dam reveals a new cyanide and mercury spill in the Jachal River basin by the Veladero mine, owned by Barrick Gold. Another environmental disaster that we demand must not go unpunished.