UPDATE 21 Enero 07- Actualizaciones —
resumen en español abajo- ASCENDANT LOSES ANOTHER ONE The presiding Superior Court judge in the alleged kidnapping of two Ascendant employees in September of 2006 threw out the court case for lack of evidence. The company had falsely accused Robinson Guachagmira and Alirio Ramirez of the alleged crime when the employees were held by community […]
Read MoreAscendant Copper’s Contractors Hit with New Stop Work Orders
Ascendant Copper’s Contractors Hit with New Stop Work Orders This past week, the government of Ecuador ordered several subcontractors that were working in the Junin mining project for Ascendant to stop all work. The official document, dated 9 January from the Ministry of Labor and Employment, further stated that the subcontractors, including Falericorp, Daimi Services, […]
Read More***VIDEO CLIPS of DEc 2nd shootout/ Clips del enfrentamiento del 2 de Diciembre
This is the address to see the clips of the Dec 2nd violent confrontation between the “paramilitary?” group and the Junin community Esta es la dirección para observar los clips del video mostrando el enfrentamiento del 2 de diciembre entre la comunidad y el grupo de supuestos paramilitares http://youtube.com/profile?user=decoinintag See the December 23rd Update to […]
Read MoreAgresion a Campesinos de Junin
Agresion a Campesinos de Junin, Intag, Ecuador. Promovida por la Empresa Minera Ascendant Copper. 2 de Diciembre del 2006. Visit DECOIN’s channel on YouTube
Read MoreDec 23rd Update- REsponding to AScendant and call to action from ISN
Dear Everyone Before anything else, and on behalf of Intag’s communities, DECOIN and myself, I want to sincerely thank all of you for helping; for caring and for acting on our behalf during this very difficult past 12 months. During this past year most of you wrote letters, some sent money, and all of you […]
Read MoreGovernment Rejects EIS !! / Estudio de Impacto rechazado por gobierno!!
Español abajo Government Rejects Environmental Impact Study The Subsecretary for Environmental Protection of the Ministry of Energy and Mines made it official today: the Ministry rejected Ascendant’s Environmental Impact Study for its Junin mining project. The decision was taken basically because of: Insufficient consultation with affected communities; insuficient deforestation and impacts to the area’s threatened […]
Read MoreUpdated 12/12 Guards Freed / Actualizado 12/12 Comunidad libera a "paramilitares"
ESPAÑOL ABAJOSunday 10 december Yesterday, Saturday 9 December, several Ministry of the Energy and Mines representatives, together with the Mayor of Cotacachi helicoptered in to the community of Junin to officially receive the 56 guards that had been detained in Junin since they were arrested on the 4th. Community leaders and representatives of Intag’s Parish […]
Read MoreEntrevista Ecuavisa de activista de la DECOIN / TV interview Decoin member
07/12/2006 | 08:50 A piedrazos y balas: Seis activistas agredidos por presuntos empleados de empresa minera El activista Jorge Pereira denunció la brutal agresión de la que fue víctima (Imagen: Ecuavisa).
Read MoreAscendant Stopped by government / Gobierno frena a Ascendant
Español abajo “As is publicly known, in the last few days grave confrontations have taken place in the communities within the area of influence of the Junin Mining project, which is under the responsibility of the company you represent, putting at risk the security and integrity of the inhabitants of the area..”“….Therefore, as competent environmental […]
Read More****Suspension for Ascendant ***/ TARJETA ROJA para Ascendant
IS IT LIGHTS OUT FOR ASCENDANT? 7 decemberExtra officially we heard from a very reliable source that this afternoon (7 december) the Ministry of Energy and Mines ordered a suspension of mining and mining related activities for Ascendant’s Junin project!!!! If confirmed, it was an extremely long overdue decision. One which the Ministry and the […]
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