Latin America recorded 246 conflicts in mining regions in 2016, more than double the number in 2010, according to the Observatory of Mining Conflicts in Latin America. Such disputes are likely to rise. Last year, El Salvador’s legislature banned outright metals mining. Costa Rica has outlawed open-pit gold mining, and the highest courts in Colombia and Chile have suspended metals mines over environmental worries.
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