Protected areas affected: Cuenca del Río Guayabamba (Area 1); Flanco Oriental de Pichincha and cinturón verde de Quito; and Maquipucuna. The first two mentioned are state run and the latter is private.
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Ecuadorians call on Chile to stop financing human rights abuses.
On Monday, February 6, hundreds of Ecuadorians from different mining-affected communities, including those from 22 communities in the Intag area, came to Quito to express their rejection of mining activities carried out in their territories. Other residents of the Pacto … Continue reading
Twenty-One Reasons Why Codelco should stay out of the Llurimagua mining Project in Intag
The communities of Intag, backed by most local governments, have forced two transnational mining companies to abandoned the Llurimagua mining project since 1995, the year the resistance to mining initiated in Intag. Since 2012, the government of Ecuador, with support … Continue reading
The Most Recent Letter From Intag’s Four Most Crucial Communities to Chile’s President
Click here to view the letter to Chile´s president: Carta a Bachelet
Dragones en el Eden
Haga Click Aqui para el documento completo/Click here for to get the attachement:DRAGONES EN EL EDEN Junio 2016
Javier Ramirez wins again in tense election.
While Ecuador and Codelco try to sell the myth everyone is happy in Intag with their project, they lose critical support at the communities closest to the project
26.2 million lies: Codelco in Intag
Yesterday the government of Ecuador proudly announced the signing of a new agreement between the Ecuadorian state-owned mining company, ENAMI, and Chile’s CODELCO- the world’s largest copper producer (also state-owned). The shame-full act was presided by none other than Codelco’s … Continue reading
One year ago: petition protesting Codelco in Intag draws 100,000 signatures
Breaking News: CODELCO in Intag
Click on the following link for the latest on Codelco in Ecuador: CODELCO IN INTAG Update PDF
Javier’s Nightmare is NOT OVER
Recent ruling could send him back to jail for two more months Prison overpopulation is seen by several international organizations as a violation of human rights of the prisoners. The European Committee on Crime (1999) found that prison populations with … Continue reading