[pp.int.general] O.T.: Documentary: They Come for the Gold, They Come for It All

eduardo at partidopirata.com.ar eduardo at partidopirata.com.ar
Sat Jul 21 04:22:42 CEST 2012


"In Argentine Patagonia, the Canadian company Meridian Gold was granted
mineral rights to a mountain located seven kilometers from the town of
Esquel. To extract the rich veins of silver and gold, the company used
huge amounts of water and cyanide, a practice that strongly polarized
opinions in the town. With 50 percent of the population living below the
poverty limit, the mining enterprise appeared to be a financial boon,
leading politicians to talk about “progress and civilization.” But the
towns people collected signatures opposing the mine, claiming that, as one
man puts it, "Gold sustains oppression, hunger, and destruction of the
people." Coming down firmly on the side of environmental activists, this
exhaustively researched documentary chronicles the epic victory of a
little town defeating huge political and economical powers to make
informed choices about their own futures. In Spanish;"

Here is complete:

http://youtu.be/-y3Ayu97DkY

A great history of a victory of the people.

But I don´t find english´s captions :-(

Best regard and week end.



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