Assassination of South Africa community leader opposing mining by Australian Company
STATEMENT BY CULLINAN AND ASSOCIATES: We are appalled at the brutal assassination of Sikhosiphi “Bazooka” Rhadebe from Mdatya village, the chairperson of the Amadiba Crisis Committee. We have had the privilege of working with Bazooka and of representing the people...
El presidente Correa nos declara “infantiles” por cuestionar su visión “explotación adecuada”
El presidente Correa nos declara “infantiles” por cuestionar su visión “explotación adecuada” de crecimiento sostenible a través de la explotación minera en el Ecuador. ¿ Lo Somos? En una entrevista con New Left Review, el presidente Correa dice: “Es una...
Are we Infantile?
President Correa declares us “infantile” for questioning his vision of Eco-friendly sustainable growth through mineral exploitation in Ecuador. Are We? In an interview with New Left Review, President Correa said: “It is madness to say no to natural resources, which...
Stop The Mirador Open Pit Copper and Gold Mine in The Head Waters of The River Amazon
Sign our petition to the Ecuador Courts now on Avaaz at http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_The_Mirador_Open_Pit_Copper_and_Gold_Mine_in_The_Head_Waters_of_The_River_Amazon/?fSJdoeb&pv=1 The Mirador Mine has been opened. In four years it will mine 60,000 tons of rock every day. It is located in the Tropical Cloud Forests of the...
Send a letter of support for Ecuador’s Rights of Nature to Judge Paul Narvaez
Help protect the Condor Highlands of Ecuador from the proposed massive Mirador open pit mining project. Sign our petition to Judge Paul Narvaez, Twenty Fifth Civil Judge of Pichincha or send your own letter. Ecuador is facing one of its...
The case for Rights of Nature in face of the Mirador Open Pit Copper Mining Project
In March 2012, the government of Ecuador signed a contract with Ecuacorrientes (ECSA), a company of Chinese capital to extract copper, gold and silver from the Condor Highland in southeastern Ecuador. Today the humid tropical forest of the Condor Highland...
Ecuador’s green president pushes massive Chinese mine
QUITO, Ecuador — President Rafael Correa was once the toast of environmentalists around the world after his government adopted a groundbreaking new constitution that recognized “the rights of nature.” The 2008 constitution even used the words “Pacha Mama” — the...
Large scale mining in Ecuador – Domingo Ankuash, Shuar
Domingo Ankuash speaks on behalf of the Shaur and Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador about the threat of the proposed Mirador open pit mining project. This video has been created to bring to the eyes of the world the situation in...
Large scale mining in Ecuador
by Luis Corral The environmentalist Luis Corral talks about the environmental liabilities and heritage losses associated with the large scale mining. He describes with clarity the incompatibility of mining with the cultural and ecological survival of the Condor Mountain Range,...
