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

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.