January 6, 2012 /
From the gold in our jewelry to the shrimp at our favorite restaurant and the minerals within our electronics, the true cost of production—both social and environmental—too often remains hidden.
December 5, 2011 /
Global Post
Nadja Drost
Colombia's gold rush pits local subsistence miners against large corporate interests, criminal gangs and the police.
November 1, 2011 /
PBS
Nadja Drost
Small-scale miners in Colombia are fighting to protect their lands from large corporations looking to cash in on the country's gold rush.
October 18, 2011 /
Untold Stories
Anna-Katarina Gravgaard
What role will Colombia's new mining and energy minister, Mauricio Cardenas, play in defining Colombia's future as a competitor in the global energy market?
October 13, 2011 /
Americas Quarterly
Lorenzo Morales
The killing of a Colombian priest who spoke out against a gold mining project by a Canadian company is spreading fear and suspicion in the community.
September 23, 2011 /
Latitudes
Nadja Drost
Despite death threats and nine suspicious murders last year, the Afro-Colombians of La Toma refuse to hand over ancestral mining rights to multinational corporations.
September 22, 2011 /
Earth Island Institute
Anna-Katarina Gravgaard, Lorenzo Morales
A Colombian miner makes his first trip underground six weeks after a mining accident killed his brother and four others. Despite outcry from politicians, conditions in the mines have not improved.
September 15, 2011 /
Untold Stories
Lorenzo Morales
Colombia's recent surge in mining activity is threatening some of the country's most fragile eco-systems.
August 23, 2011 /
Untold Stories
Lorenzo Morales
A small community of gold miners in the Colombian jungle is fighting to turn a toxic industry into a green one.
July 21, 2011 /
Untold Stories
Nadja Drost
Carlino Ararat and other locals fear losing their mining rights and source of livelihood as the Colombian government gives mining exploration titles to large foreign and national mining companies.