The Aratirí open-pit mine project in Uruguay: politics of time, local and national environmental resistance to an extractivist government priority
- Autores: Germán Bidegain, Martín Freigedo
- Localización: Revue internationale de politique comparée, ISSN 1370-0731, Vol. 28, Nº. 3-4, 2021, págs. 63-91
- Idioma: francés
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Resumen
This article shows the importance of the “politics of time” for explaining the success of relatively weak environmental movements against mining projects. Through the analysis of the Aratirí open-pit mining project in Uruguay, the article shows that the politics of time worked in favor of the movement in two ways. First, since Uruguay was a latecomer in the regional open-pit mining context, social actors had important information that propitiated mistrust toward the project and was useful for coordinating actions and generating a common framework against it. Second, different actions of the movement were important in delaying the implementation of the mining project, contributing to its failure in a context of falling international iron ore prices. The empirical analysis is based on secondary data and 19 interviews with social and political actors.
