This article explores a possible answer to the broad question of how the Jesuits and their institutions contribute to environmental issues in Latin America. The paper focuses on the work of Latin American Jesuit social centers, specifically regarding mining issues. The main argument is that acute environmental conflicts caused by the mining boom in the region are being attended to by advocacy strategies inspired by the environmental justice movement. The article is divided into three sections: first, it describes the broad characteristics of the current mining boom in Latin America; second, it offers examples of the advocacy strategies developed by two Jesuit social centers in Colombia and Honduras; third, it analyzes the place of such work within the diverse currents of the environmentalism movement. It concludes by pursuing a connection between the advocacy work in question and relevant theological reflections widespread within the Jesuits, the Catholic Church, and the global society.

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拉丁美洲耶稣会社会中心和环境正义：倡导和支持当地社区和自下而上的知识建设

本文探讨了耶稣会士及其机构如何为拉丁美洲的环境问题做出贡献这一广泛问题的可能答案。该论文侧重于拉丁美洲耶稣会社会中心的工作，特别是关于采矿问题。主要论点是，受环境正义运动启发的倡导策略正在关注由该地区采矿繁荣引起的严重环境冲突。文章分为三个部分：第一，描述了当前拉丁美洲矿业繁荣的广泛特征；其次，它提供了哥伦比亚和洪都拉斯的两个耶稣会社会中心制定的宣传策略的例子；第三，它分析了此类工作在各种环保运动潮流中的地位。