To Codelco’s Directors Intag, 9 October 2014 Dear Codelco, After reviewing the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Llurimagua mining project, I got to wondering whether you know what you are getting into here in Ecuador, and if you had … Continue reading →

This morning around 10am 14 vehicles with ENAMI employees, accompanied by six police squad cars, tried to go into the JUNIN mining concessions on two fronts;    JUNIN and the Barcelona-Cerro Pelado area. The moment the vehicles turned around In … Continue reading →

On Wednesday 27 of these , the multipurpose room Nangulví Ecotourism complex , located in the Intag was deluged by men and women from all corners of the Intag to hear Peruvian activist Marco Arana talk about his experiences with … Continue reading →

On Thursday 22 , Enami tried to socialize their ill-conceived mining project with a group of professional truck owners in the Nangulví Ecotourism Complex, the largest resort in Intag. Since the complex is managed by a group of decent communities … Continue reading →

The communities of the Intag zone reject the manipulation and misrepresentation of information by Enami EP and CODELCO in their publicity campaign. Contrary to what these videos by Enami EP and CODELCO maliciously suggest (see videos here and here,) in … Continue reading →

June of this year saw the reactivation of the Community Development Council, which was the leading community organization involved in confronting Ascendant Copper Corporation during the years 2004-2008 in the Junín area. As then, the president is Polivio Perez, and … Continue reading →

Indigenous organizations in Ecuador and Peru unite to resist extractivism On the 6th of July 2013 leaders of Indigenous groups, Women’s Groups and Agricultural Organizations met in the province of Bomboiza in Southern Ecuador. They met in solidarity in opposition … Continue reading →

Nineteen Twenty-One Reasons Why Nortec,  Ascendant Copper,   Codelco Should Keep Away from Intag   After the communities kicked out Mitsubishi subsidiary, Bishimetals in 1997, mining has not gotten any easier for the companies.  Back when Nortec was showing interest in purchasing the … Continue reading →