The New Conquistadors

Five hundred years later, there are some-particularly in the Indigenous communities of Latin America-who are seeing this as new era of economic conquest, one with significant environmental and social consequences. The new "conquerors" are Canadian mining companies that have generated enorm...

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Other Authors: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation., Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2014], c2012.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (25 min.) : sd., col.
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Table of Contents:
  • New Conquistadors: Introduction (1:58)
  • Mesoamerican Corridor (1:17)
  • Panama Development Plans (1:59)
  • Economic Changes (2:52)
  • Environmental Changes (1:24)
  • Environmental Concerns (1:37)
  • Protesting Canadian Mining (1:29)
  • Organizing Opposition (2:55)
  • Grassroots Victories (1:56)
  • Protecting the Comarca Reserve (1:13)
  • Panama Government Intimidation (2:57)
  • Resisting Development (1:24)
  • Defining Poverty (1:04)
  • Development Victory (1:27)
  • Credits: The New Conquistadors (0:10)