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Editorial Notes Rodolfo García Zamora, Pascual Gerardo García Macías, José Salvador Cueto-Calderón1-3 ARTICLES Extractivism and Democracy. A scene of incestuous relationships Alberto Acosta, John Cajas Guijarro5-19 Informal, illegal, artisanal, traditional, ancestral: unraveling the intricate gold extractivisms in South American rivers Eduardo Gudynas, Axel Rojas21-45 Financialization effects on naturalization in the context of COVID-19 Gabriel Alberto Rosas Sánchez47-62 Extractivism, neo-extractivism and developmentalist illusion commodities Elizabeth Concha63-70 The violent faces of extractivism in the northern region of Central America: Expulsions and bordering in the context of COVID-19 Daniel Villafuerte Solís and María del Carmen García Aguilar 71-88 Agricultural extractivisms in times of pandemic: flexibilities, asymmetries, authoritarianisms and other spill-over effects Tamara Artacker, Jorge Campanini, Eduardo Gudynas89-107 The COVID-19 pandemic: challenge to the development discourse under the neoliberal economic model Alhelí Fabiola Urquizú Solís109-119 Extractivism, mining conflicts, and uneven development in North America Federico Guzmán López121-139