How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban
June 21, 2017 | U.S. environmentalists take note: El Salvador's activists proved that a national consensus on environmentalism can be forged one town at a time.
Articles by Sebastian Rosemont
Ecuador: All You Need Is Love…And Oil?
February 13, 2015 | Ecuador is marketing its lush rainforest to North American tourists. But there won't be much left if it drills for oil there.
Chilean Activists Change the Rules of the Game
December 2, 2014 | Graduating from protesters to politicians, Chile's student leaders achieved the legislative wins that have eluded their Occupy counterparts.
Seeking Justice in Canada: Hitting Mining Companies Where They Live
August 12, 2014 | Canadian mining companies have long evaded responsibility for abuses carried out by their subsidiaries in the developing world. That could be about to change.