Ms. Que Banh<p>In 2013, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChineseMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseMining</span></a> company <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Chinalco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinalco</span></a> (中国铝业集团有限公司) sparked an international conversation about extractive impacts with the news it had successfully relocated an entire <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Peruvian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Peruvian</span></a> town of 5,000 residents to clear space for a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CopperMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CopperMine</span></a>. At the time, the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/relocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>relocation</span></a> project in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Morococha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Morococha</span></a>, central <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Peru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Peru</span></a>, was touted as a solution to protect villagers from <a href="https://beige.party/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> degradation as a result of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> practices, and as a potential template for <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> overseas <a href="https://beige.party/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a> in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LatinAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LatinAmerica</span></a>. </p><p>Ten years later, experts describe the move as a “tragedy.” </p><p>Joselyn Jaua, a Peruvian <a href="https://beige.party/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalist</span></a> who covers the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> and communities in the region, explained to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GlobalVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalVoices</span></a> that Chinalco’s policies have deeply impacted both Old Morococha and New Morococha: “The rise of poverty is notorious for relocated and non-relocated people alike.” </p><p><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2024/10/11/a-chinese-mining-company-relocated-a-whole-peruvian-town-now-they-are-struggling-to-survive/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalvoices.org/2024/10/11/a-</span><span class="invisible">chinese-mining-company-relocated-a-whole-peruvian-town-now-they-are-struggling-to-survive/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/GlobalSouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalSouth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SouthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Globalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Globalization</span></a></p>