Ecological and Environmental Disaster in Huancavelica

Authors

  • Honorio Pinto Herrera Departamento Académico de Sociología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima - Perú.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/is.v14i25.7321

Keywords:

Mining, Caudalosa Chica, tailings, environmental pollutioN, Huancavelica.

Abstract

The work try to confirm, once again, that mining in Peru affects ecological systems and the environment. This is possible because of corporate power and the weakness and complicity of the state. In this sense, one of the objectives of this research is to contribute to the knowledge of a national problem, which is pollution, from a concrete case: A spill of mine tailings caudalosa Chica. The central themes developed include a description of the facts, causes, damages, penalties, environmental impunity. etc

Author Biography

  • Honorio Pinto Herrera, Departamento Académico de Sociología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima - Perú.

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Published

2010-12-31

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How to Cite

Pinto Herrera, H. (2010). Ecological and Environmental Disaster in Huancavelica. Investigaciones Sociales, 14(25), 321-338. https://doi.org/10.15381/is.v14i25.7321