The violent faces of extractivism in the northern region of Central America: Expulsions and Borders in the context of COVID-19 Cover Image

Los rostros violentos del extractivismo en la región norte de Centroamérica: Expulsiones y Fronterización en el contexto de la COVID-19
The violent faces of extractivism in the northern region of Central America: Expulsions and Borders in the context of COVID-19

Author(s): Daniel Villafuerte Solís, María del Carmen García Aguilar
Subject(s): National Economy, Energy and Environmental Studies, Environmental and Energy policy, Welfare systems, Health and medicine and law, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Extractivism; expulsions; bordering; pandemic;

Summary/Abstract: We live in times of extreme violence, the central origin is the organization of society based on the principles of an economic-social system where life doesn’t matter. In recent years, the search for capital appreciation has led to the exploitation of nature with great brutality, causing its accelerated destruction. This phenomenon called extractivism, causes the expulsion of millions of people around the world, particularly in underdeveloped countries. In Central America, the extractivism, the systemic violence, poverty, climate change, and now, the pandemic, are articulated to give rise to escape. The objective of this article is to analyze the consequences of these factors that are expressed in migratory flows and forced displacements. It is about expulsions as a form of expression of the logic of global capitalism. The expulsions face a fundamental contradiction: increasing bordering, containment and confinement, now deepened by COVID-19.

  • Issue Year: 1/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 71-88
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Spanish