La minería y la violación de derechos humanos en Argentina

The document argues that Argentina's shift toward a large-scale extractivist mining model, accelerated by the 2004 National Mining Plan, has led to systemic human rights violations. It highlights the repression of community protests against open-pit mining, citing police violence, arbitrary detentions, and the criminalization of dissent through legislation like the 2011 Anti-Terrorist Law. The text specifically identifies threats to the fundamental right to water and a healthy environment, while documenting numerous clashes in provinces such as Catamarca, Tucumán, and La Rioja.

• Since the 1990s, Argentina has established a regulatory framework and tax haven for multinational mining companies, which was further accelerated by the 2004 National Mining Plan. This has resulted in over 600 active projects across the country, particularly threatening the Andes mountain range.
• The Argentine government has facilitated the criminalization of environmental protests through the Anti-Terrorist Law approved on December 22, 2011, and through the systematic disqualification of environmentalists by provincial and national officials.
• Open-pit mining projects are identified as violations of the fundamental right to water and the constitutional right to a healthy environment (Article 41 of the National Constitution).
• Throughout 2012, numerous violent repressions occurred against mining opponents, including the detention of 18 people in Santa María on January 27, the destruction of a camp in Belén on February 8, and violent police actions in Tinogasta on February 10 and May 12.

APA

Salvatico, N., & Martinez, D. (2012). La minería y la violación de derechos humanos en Argentina. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/la-mineria-y-la-violacion-de-derechos-humanos-en-argentina/

Chicago

Salvatico, Natalia, and Diego Martinez. La minería y la violación de derechos humanos en Argentina. Friends of the Earth International, 2012. https://www.foei.org/es/la-mineria-y-la-violacion-de-derechos-humanos-en-argentina/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Salvatico |first1=Natalia |last2=Martinez |first2=Diego |title=La minería y la violación de derechos humanos en Argentina |publisher=Friends of the Earth International |date=11 September 2012 |url=https://www.foei.org/es/la-mineria-y-la-violacion-de-derechos-humanos-en-argentina/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{salvatico2012minera, author = {Salvatico, Natalia and Martinez, Diego}, title = {{La minería y la violación de derechos humanos en Argentina}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2012}, month = sep, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/la-mineria-y-la-violacion-de-derechos-humanos-en-argentina/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }