The channels for the resolution of these disputes have generally been limited, and communities have seen a necessity to protest massively in order to reach a resolution to these disputes.
In the case, first, of Law 30, it was not passed, as a result of massive protests throughout the country at that time in 2010. Similarly, in 2011 and 2012, while there was recent resolution to disputes over mining law reforms that were being proposed, it was only after several indigenous protesters were killed at the hands of police and border patrol guards that a dialogue space was opened up. In this case, mining code reforms were shoved through, and a prohibition was placed on mining in an indigenous-administered area that has, for now, quelled the protests in that part of the country. However, in terms of a resolution for affected communities in other parts of the country, those are still outstanding.