TWO moving letterS of solidarity from Germany/ DOS CartaS de solidaridad de Alemania
THANK YOU To The authorities of the Canton Cotacachi and Intag The communities and social organisations in the region Organisations representing women, artisans, peasants All residents of Intag In Solidarity February 6, 2012 Our organisation, Rainforest Rescue, has been observing the community empowerment process in the Intag region since 1998. Over the years, people organised […]
Read MoreCODELCO COMMENCES DRILLING PARADISE
CODELCO COMMENCES DRILLING PARADISE Today, CODELCO, with military personnel (15 in total as of today) in the area, started drilling its first exploratory wells in the Paraiso community. The irony is that the military personnel are supposedly in the area is to control criminal activity (like trafficking of stolen motorcycles!). I guess the more obvious […]
Read MoreWe live in a weird world
(Español ya mismo!!, hasta mientras, favor usen una de las traductoras en la web como http://translate.google.com/ Surreal lawsuit in a surreal place Codelo- update And, the hypocrisy behind the Yasuni Initiative Monday, 23 January FIRST, Codelco. Luckily, I don’t have much to report at this time. CODELCO has not brought in new equipment to the […]
Read MoreLAST DAY OF THE YEAR UPDATE AND CODELCO still IN INTAG
LAST (and quick) UPDATE FOR 2011 FINALLY!!!! Earth Economic’s Economic groundbreaking Analysis of Intag’s ecosystem value HAPPY NEW YEAR Word has it that Codelco will try to go into the Paraiso area within two weeks. Their Environmental Impact Study was approved- something we confirmed from a high government official. Organizations will meet in the next […]
Read MoreThe Curse of Copper: Codelco in Intag (again)
Ecuador’s state mining company, signed a deal to begin exploration of promising copper deposits in the north of the country and within mining areas belonging to Ecuador. There are very few places with such characteristics, and of course, the main one is in Intag. And, in fact, Codelco mentions in this news release […]
Read MoreMILITARY PRESENCE IN INTAG
Please see this blog for the photos accompanying the denouncement of the presence of military personnel in Intag to suppossedly control the traffic of illegal lumber and alcohol, and updating mapping information http://cordinadorazonalintag.blogspot.com This comes at a time when the Correa regimen has made it public its intent on opening up and exploiting the […]
Read MoreUpdate Sept 2011-
Intag news, September two thousand and eleven Police arrests anti-mining activists Updated 25 September Stopping Codelco in Intag- For Now Large Scale mining: another green light The folly of Ecuador’s new mining plan Conservation in Intag Selva Alegre and Lafarge: New Arrests in Intag This last September 9, a squad of police from the town of […]
Read MoreWhy Codelco Will Also Fail
WHY CODELCO WILL ALSO FAIL IN INTAG I recently had a look at the government’s brand new mining development plan for 20II-20I5. Junin is mentioned several times, not just as having an incredible 40% of the country’s mineral wealth (supposedly 84 billion dollars worth- quite a stretch!!), but also because the government thinks it can […]
Read MoreMining Paradise II
JUNE 4 UPDATE: Mining Paradise II: Intag’s New Ominous Mining THREATS Is the Junin nightmare about to restart? Paraiso and Codelco Lafarge Cement taken to court Mining mayhem June 4… Yesterday we heard that Codelco, Chile’s state-owned copper company and the world’s largest producer of the red metal, was officially interested in reopening the JUNIN […]
Read MoreMINING PARADISE: The new mining threat in Intag
Mining Paradise: Intag’s New Ominous Mining Threat Lafarge Cement Two courtroom Losses in the same week Mining Paradise II: Update 5 April It’s been a while. I’m going to try to summarize as much as possible as too much is going on.The new mining threat, in the area of the El Paraiso community, lies approximately […]
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