Curse of Copper
The documentary short “Curse of Copper” is available for download at ekosTV.com. This is the official 34-minute version that will be shown at this year’s Environmental International Film Festival in Toronto.
Read MoreAnti-Corruption Commission Finds Irregularities with the Junin Mining Project
Congressional Anti-Corruption Commission finds a host of irregularities with Ascendant’s Junin mining project After months of investigation, Ecuador’s Congressional Civic Anti-Corruption Commission released their initial findings related to Junin’s mining project and found a number of serious irregularities and illegalities. Many of the findings point out the irregularities with the way the Environmental Impact Study […]
Read MoreImages from the Quito March
Ascendent’s office being closed down for violating community rights, July 13, 2006. View All Images
Read MoreQUITO MARCH A HUGE SUCESS
14 July 2006 The march in Quito was a huge success, and very moving. It much bigger than we anticipated. The Ap and MSN Money carried the news today, though their estimation of the total number of participants was much too low (250) We estimated that around 700 people participated, filling one of Quito-s main […]
Read MoreINTAG MARCHES IN QUITO
13 july 2006 INTAG MARCHESNEW THREATS Yesterday, approximately 400 men, women and children came from Intag to Cotacachi and later to Quito to march against the Junin mining project. After the march in Cotacachi the people got on buses and came to Quito’s beautiful San Franscisco Plaza, within earshot of the presidential palace. There was […]
Read MoreMore Legal Hassles for Ascendant
MiniUpdate 8 July 2006 More Troubles for Ascendant: The Nation’s Ombudsman Intervenes in the Junin Case “….With the above antecedents, and in view of the fact that the facts denounced would indicate that Articles 24(6), 86, 87, 88, 89 and 91 of the National Constitution of the Republic have been violated and by virtue of […]
Read MoreFriends of the Earth calls on Canada’s Auditor General to investigate corruption by a Canadian mining company in Ecuador
Reposted from Environmental Communication Options News Releases (www.huffstrategy.com/MediaManager/ReadRelease.php?ReleaseID=235) 14/6/06 3:03PM(Ottawa, June 14, 2006) On the eve of a federal government-led initiative to debate regulating the activities of Canadian mining companies abroad*, Friends of the Earth has formally petitioned the Auditor General to investigate a junior mining company’s activities in Ecuador’s endangered Cloud Forest. “The Canadian […]
Read MoreJune 11, 2006 Update* WHY IS THE MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINES SO UPSET AT ASCENDANT?AND, WHY IS THE MAYOR OF COTACACHI SO PISSED WITH THE COMPANY?(and other tales Ascendant woes) “The Ministry of Energy and Mines, concerned with the escalation of conflicts in the areas of Golden 1 and Golden 2, takeS no responsibility […]
Read MoreINTAG RECHAZA ASCENDANT COPPER CORPORATION
20 de Mayo 2006 Golpe Mortal para Ascendant: Todo indica que la Asamblea Zonal realizada por las Juntas Parroquiales de Intag este último sábado en García Moreno, se convertirá en el golpe mortal para los planes de la empresa transnacional Ascendant Copper Corporation de minar cobre en la zona de Intag. Los que estuvieron en […]
Read MoreImages From the May 20th Meeting
Intag’s Parishes and Communities Demand: "ASCENDANT HAS TO LEAVE INTAG IMMEDIATELY" View Images >
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