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A person stands on the salt flat Salar de Arizaro, in Salta province, Argentina. In Salta and Jujuy provinces, Indigenous communities, whose livelihood depends on the extraction of salt from great deposits, oppose lithium mining, which directly impacts th

Catholics in Argentina speak out against mining and other extractive industries

Catholic church leaders in Argentina are speaking out against several high-impact projects involving mining, fossil fuels and industrial use of water in the South American country.

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By Catholic News Service

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