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{{Infobox organization
| name = Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining
| formation = {{start date and age|2008|6}}
| native name = Red Mexicana de Afectados por la Minería
| native_name_lang = es-MX
| logo = Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining logo.jpeg
| abbreviation = REMA
| founder =
| founding_location = Temacapulin, [[Jalisco]]
| purpose = Environmental activism and human rights
| location_country = Mexico
| leader_title = Founders
| leader_name = [[Mariano Abarca]], [[Alberta Cariño|Bety Cariño]]
| website = {{url||https://www.remamx.org/}}
}}{{Short description|Mexican organization}}
'''Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: Red Mexicana de Afectados por la Minería, '''REMA''')<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Wilton |first1=Jen |last2=Barrington-Bush |first2=Liam |date=2013-02-04 |title=Mexico mining: 'When injustice is law, resistance is duty' – in pictures |language=en-GB |work=the Guardian |url=http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2013/feb/04/mexico-mining-resistance-in-pictures |access-date=2023-06-16 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2022-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308153249/http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2013/feb/04/mexico-mining-resistance-in-pictures |url-status=live }}</ref> is a Mexican group that campaigns for political change and ecological conservation<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Barkin |first1=David |last2=Sánchez |first2=Alejandra |date=2020-08-02 |title=The communitarian revolutionary subject: new forms of social transformation |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01436597.2019.1636370 |journal=Third World Quarterly |language=en |volume=41 |issue=8 |pages=1421–1441 |doi=10.1080/01436597.2019.1636370 |s2cid=199364103 |issn=0143-6597 |access-date=2023-06-16 |archive-date=2022-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804203027/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01436597.2019.1636370 |url-status=live }}</ref> and against open-pit mining.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Shell |first=Michael |date=5 July 2008 |title=Red Mexicana de Afectados por la Minería - La Jornada |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2008/07/05/index.php?section=opinion&article=018a2pol |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=[[La Jornada]] |archive-date=2021-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917005346/https://www.jornada.com.mx/2008/07/05/index.php?section=opinion&article=018a2pol |url-status=live }}</ref>
Two founders of the group were murdered within two years of the organization being founded.
== Description ==
The group is part of the Mesoamerican Movement Against the Mining Extractive Mode, known as M4.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 July 2012 |title=Protecting People's Health - Interview with Mexican leader: The Impacts of Goldcorp in Latin America and the Health Tribunal |url=https://www.radiomundoreal.fm/Protecting-People-s-Health |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Radio Mundo Real |language=en |archive-date=2013-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506024021/http://www.radiomundoreal.fm/Protecting-People-s-Health |url-status=live }}</ref> The group campaigns to end open-pit mining.<ref name=":0" />
== History ==
The organization was founded in June 2008 in the Temacapulin village of [[Jalisco]]. Founders included [[Mariano Abarca]] and [[Alberta Cariño|Bety Cariño]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quienes somos {{!}} REMA |url=https://www.remamx.org/quienes-somos-2/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |language=es |archive-date=2023-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322231714/http://www.remamx.org/quienes-somos-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, Abarca was assassinated<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wells |first=Jennifer |date=2019-03-24 |title=Opinion {{!}} Murder of Mexican mining protester throws spotlight on role of Canada's embassies |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/2019/03/24/osgoode-hall-professor-will-argue-canada-should-investigate-assassination-of-mexican-activist.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=[[Toronto Star]] |language=en |archive-date=2022-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208124244/https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/2019/03/24/osgoode-hall-professor-will-argue-canada-should-investigate-assassination-of-mexican-activist.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Cariño was murdered in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lakhani |first=Nina |title=Mexico promises justice for unsolved murders |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2014/5/16/mexico-promises-justice-for-unsolved-murders |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324022554/https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2014/5/16/mexico-promises-justice-for-unsolved-murders |url-status=live }}</ref>
At the time, the group was protesting against [[Blackfire Exploration|Blackfire Exploration's]] work at its [[La Revancha mine]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-12-07 |title=Canadian mining firm at centre of Mexican murder probe |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-mining-firm-at-centre-of-mexican-murder-probe/article4295141/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |archive-date=2023-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206230112/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-mining-firm-at-centre-of-mexican-murder-probe/article4295141/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2022, the group was critical of the limitations of the nationalisation of Mexico's lithium, noting the reform did not take control of existing mines.<ref>Valentina Ruiz Leotaud, May 1, 2022, [https://www.mining.com/mexican-network-of-people-affected-by-mining-blasts-mining-law-reform/#:~:text=The%20Mexican%20Network%20of%20People,Mining%20Law%20was%20designed%20in ''Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining blasts mining law reform''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706013015/https://www.mining.com/mexican-network-of-people-affected-by-mining-blasts-mining-law-reform/#:~:text=The%20Mexican%20Network%20of%20People,Mining%20Law%20was%20designed%20in |date=2022-07-06 }}. Mining.com</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Duran |first=Paloma |date=9 May 2022 |title=Mining Law Reform Faces More Criticism |url=https://mexicobusiness.news/mining/news/mining-law-reform-faces-more-criticism |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Mexico Business News |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524164136/https://mexicobusiness.news/mining/news/mining-law-reform-faces-more-criticism |url-status=live }}</ref> The group predicted that Canadian and U.S. corporation would be the main beneficiaries of the reforms.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Alfredo Valadez |date=2023-02-26 |title=La Jornada: Protección legal al litio en México favorecerá a EU y Canadá: estudio |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2023/02/26/estados/020n1est |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.jornada.com.mx |language=es-MX |archive-date=2023-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330194226/https://www.jornada.com.mx/2023/02/26/estados/020n1est |url-status=live }}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.remamx.org/ Official website]
[[Category:Environmental organizations based in Mexico]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2008]]