Earth’s Guts

Earth’s Guts

A Canadian mining firm is toasting Keiko Fujimori's election as a green light for lithium and uranium extraction in Peru's indigenous highlands. Behind the celebration lies a familiar story of stolen water, forged consent, and a family name soaked in the memory of forced sterilizations.

Earth’s Guts

In the Peruvian town of La Oroya, nearly every child carries lead in their blood while a foreign company grew rich. This is the anatomy of a poisoning that international courts have finally called a crime.