Ms Ramona Margarita Domingo Díaz:

In our case, in the west of the country, there has also been forced displacement. It is a new form of exile. We have also had cases where explosions from mining exploration have caused cracks in people's homes. This means they are forced to migrate, often to the USA. It has caused social division within families. This is a corporate strategy to divide communities where some are in favour of the mining project and others are against. This also causes displacement, not just because of the damage to people's homes but also because rivers contaminated with mining chemicals impacts on the fertility of the soil because of mining. In these situations, where there is no water and no fertile soil, people have no choice but to migrate to look for ways to live.