Month: April 2014

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Earth Day 2014- Sumak Kawsay, a New Conservation Force, or a Farce

I wrote this knowing a friend and activist from Junin is illegally being kept in jail for defending his land, his community, the unique environment of Intag’s Cloud Forest, and fundamental human rights.  The criminalization of the social protest here in Ecuador- most of it aimed at environmental protesters-  has taken a nasty turn lately, […]

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Enami and Codelco want to revive the nightmare by September // Codelco y Enami quieren reactivar la pesadilla en Intag hasta Septiembre

Title of article from March 29 Wall Street Journal Ecuador Mining Project Expected to Begin This Year Codelco, Enami Plan to Start Exploration at Llurimagua Copper and Molybdenum Project by September So, the cat is out of the bag.  Codelco and Enami think they can begin exploration by September when they haven’t even started on […]

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