Update from Junin
22 May 6:30 pm Word just in from Junin: A newly formed women’s group in Junin decided to go and confront the miners, who were cleaning up the old abandoned mining camp (site of the Mitsubishi bonfire) , and asked the miners to leave. The miners left!!!, but we don’t have any details on what […]
Read MoreEMPRESA MINERA EN JUNÍN-ECUADOR
Se crea el Consejo de Desarrollo Comunitario para enfrentar la nueva amenaza minera e impulsar el desarrollo comunitario, y Junín decide a favor de enjuiciar el estado ecuatoriano. El día 15 de mayo del año en curso, y 7 años después del incendio del campamento minero de una subsidiaria de la Mitsubishi Corporation el cual […]
Read MoreEMERGENCY IN JUNIN
We’ve been without a phone since right after sending the last news update – the only bad line in our neighborhood. Some bad news: this morning I found out the miners went back to Junin without asking permission or holding a regional forum on mining; the Brigadier General, we are told, has come back with […]
Read MoreNEW MINING THREAT IN INTAG
The Community Development Council is created in the Junin area to confront the new mining threat and to support community development, and Junin decides to sue the Ecuadorian government. (updated 28 May) Dear friends, This past Sunday (May 16th) I came back from a two day trip to Junin with some good, but also some […]
Read MoreTroubling Developments
I just finished talking to Roberto Castro, our principal employee and Decoin member, who, on his latest trip to Otavalo, told me someone on the bus talked out loud almost the whole way about the wonders of mining, and about the bad work of the “few persons” who oppose progress, and who are keeping inteños […]
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