Ascendant- Constituent Assembly to Deal with Mining Conflicts
español ABAJO ECUADOR: Constituent Assembly to Deal with Mining Conflicts By Kintto Lucashttp://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39101QUITO, Aug 31 (IPS) – A solution to the ongoing confrontations between mining companies and rural communities in Ecuador is likely to be left up to the constituent assembly that will begin to rewrite the country’s constitution in October. Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa […]
Read MoreBAN TO OPEN PIT MINING SOUGHT IN ECUADOR
Espanol tan pronto pueda…. http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN2219295420070822 PDATE 1- Ecuador wants mining reforms via assemblyWed Aug 22, 2007 6:38PM EDTEmail | Print | Digg | Reprints | Single Page | Recommend (0) [-] Text [+] Featured Broker sponsored link Power. Price. Service. No Compromises.(Adds deputy mining minister and Acosta comments, byline) By Alonso Soto QUITO, Aug 22 […]
Read MoreHuman Rights Organization on Ascendant’s Abuses/ Cedhu: Persecución de líderes en Intag
ESPAÑOL ABAJOHuman Rights Organization on Ascendant’s Abuses www.cedhu.orgEcumenical Human Rights Commission- CEDHU- Leaders in Intag Singled Out for Persecution and Intimidation Quito, Agosto 23 2007 For Intag’s leaders, the opposition to the activities of the transnational Ascendant Copper has meant grim persecution characterized by a series of intimidation of increasing violence. Ascendant Copper manages the […]
Read MoreANTI-MINING ACTIVIST NEARLY LYNCHED BY "Ex MINING COMPANY WORKERS"
Anti Mining Activist Almost Lynched Nation’s Anti-Corruption Commission Calls for Ascendant’s Properties to Revert Back to the State New Incursion at Villflora ( 26 July 2007) Nuevo intento de incursión por la empresa Amnesty International Support for Intag anti-mining activists Apoyo de Amnistía Internacional para activistas anti-minería Comisión Anti-Corrupción vincula a Ascendant en tráfico de […]
Read MoreAnti Corrupion Takes a close look at Ascendant’s Lands in Intag
Nation’s Anti-Corruption Commission Calls for Ascendant’s Properties to Revert Back to the State New Incursion at Villflora ( 26 July 2007) Nuevo intento de incursión por la empresa Amnesty International Support for Intag anti-mining activists Apoyo de Amnistía Internacional para activistas anti-minería Comisión Anti-Corrupción vincula a Ascendant en tráfico de tierras en Intag, y pide […]
Read MoreAmnesty International Takes Action
Amnesty International has launched campaign to save the lives of two anti-mining activists protesting a mining project in Intag. Please read the Action Alert and distribute widely. (PDF)
Read MoreYET ANOTHER BLOW FOR ASCENDANT
Commission Calls for Ascendant’s Properties to Revert Back to the State Yesterday (July 23), Ecuador’s Civic Anti Corruption Commission announced in a news release (PDF), that it had found evidence of illegalities concerning the transfer of ownership in 18 of Ascendant’s land titles in the Intag mining area (JUNIN mining project). The Commission is soliciting […]
Read MoreAscendant Told To Stop
(espaniol tan pronto alguien me de una mano) High officials with the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (formerly Energy and Mines) of Ecuador – including the Minister himself – sent two very crucial official documents to Ascendant Copper Corporation on the 12th and 15th of July of 2007, pointing out grave issues related to the […]
Read MoreSome Very Bad News For Ascendant
Ascendant told to Stop by Ministry officialsAntofagasta pulls out of joint mining project Ascendant Told To Stop(español tan pronto alguien me de una mano!!) High officials with the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (formerly Energy and Mines) of Ecuador – including the Minister himself– sent two very crucial official documents to Ascendant Copper Corporation on […]
Read MoreCommunity Leader Implicates Ascendant in Death Threats/ Ascendant’s Troubles in Ecuador
COMMUNITY LEADER IMPLICATES ASCENDANT COPPER IN DEATH THREATS Polibio Perez, president of the Community Development Council, asked the District Attorney of Imbabura Province that Ascendant Copper Corporations employees be investigated in conjunction to the death threats he has received during the past few months. Mr. Perez suspects that the death threats emanate from Jorge Mantilla, […]
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