El “consentimiento” negociado entre dos comunidades mineras mexicanas y las trasnacionales Goldcorp y Ternium

Abstract

This article seeks to reconstruct the dynamics of the relationship between transnational corporations and Mexican rural communities, based on two case studies: the Canadian transnational mining firm Goldcorp, in Mazapil, Zacatecas; and Italian-Argentinian transnational firm Ternium, in San Miguel Arcángel, in Aquila, Michoacán. Our hypothesis is that the rational search for maximum benefits and risk value calculation are present in negotiations established between the communities and the corporations involved, and despite the hegemony of a capitalist rational economy, community consent has not been passive, but rather active and negotiated.