International Investment Complaint Filed Against Canadian Mining Company
DECOIN, along with Friends of Earth Canada and Miningwatch Canada filed a complaint with Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development this past Thursday. Click here for a copy of the release.
Read MoreYet Another Infamy by Ascendant
This past April 23rd in the town of Garcia Moreno an Assembly organized by Ascendant Copper Corporation’s CODEGAM, an organization created by the company and supposedly for community development council, took some rather outrageous and aggressive resolutions. Included in the resolutions are direct attacks on DECOIN, and me personally, the Mayor of Cotacachi, three other […]
Read MoreApril 23 Infamy by Codegam and Ascendant
This past April 23rd in the town of Garcia Moreno an Assembly organized by Ascendant Copper Corporation’s CODEGAM, an organization created by the company and supposedly for community development council, took some rather outrageous and aggressive resolutions. Included in the resolutions are direct attacks on DECOIN, and me personally, the Mayor of Cotacachi, three other […]
Read MoreOTRA INFAMIA MAS: MINERIA EN INTAG
OTRA INFAMIA MÁS: LA MINERÍA EN INTAG El 23 de abril se realizó una asamblea muy importante en la Parroquia de García Moreno, Cantón Cotacachi, Ecuador. Importante no tanto por las agresivas y hasta violentas resoluciones tomadas en contra del Alcalde de Cotacachi y organizaciones e individuos que trabajan en Intag que no comparten la […]
Read MoreLAW FIRM QUESTIONS ASCENDANT’S ACTIONS
The prestigious, international law firm, Heller Ehrman, on behalf of DECOIN, today notified Chris Werner of Ascendant Holdings of improper activities in conjunction with the Junin mining project, which Ascendant, against firm and growing local, regional and international opposition, wants to carry out. (PDF of the letter.) The letter opens by saying: “We are writing […]
Read MoreMiners Attack Us
Resolutions taken against our Mayor, local organizations, and foreigners here in Intag on April 23rd. Seeing is believing, but this is just too much to believe: CODEGAM Resolutions Needles to say, not a single president from communities near to the mining area signed the resolution, and only one of 7 parish presidents did so. We […]
Read MoreAscendent’s New Claims are Misleading
Dear All,I don’t know what you can do about all the lies on Ascendant Corporation’s new web page, but this is my first take on this one particular page. The information on their website is totally misleading. For starters, as I mentioned earlier, even the Japanese, in the 1996 report, counted 40 families in Junin […]
Read MoreIn a Single Voice: NO TO MINING
The following statement rejecting Ascendant’s presence in Intag and asking them to leave within 30 days has been signed by approximately 700 members of the Cotacachi community, including Cotacachi’s Mayor and Municipal Council members. Cotacachi, March 27 2005 The citizens, legitimate representatives of communities, organizations, and public entities of Cotacachi County, Imbabura Province, Ecuador, who […]
Read MoreASCENDANT’S New Lies
UPDATE 21 APRIL 2005 ASCENDANT’S New LiesThe Government’s fallAttempted Password TheftCall for Intag’s Militarization Lucio Gutierrez, (until yesterday) Ecuador’s president, fell wednesday. YEAH!! The majority in Congress declared he had abandoned the presidency, and, in effect ousted him, the president of congress and other high level politicians, and the Vice president took over. But most […]
Read MoreFollow up to 11 April
Dear all, Follow up to the mail I sent on the night of 11 April and the siege of the Municipality of Cotacachi. Finally, around 10pm, the Mayor was able to meet only with Ascendant Copper Corporation, and they were able to present their presentation to the Mayor and the six council members of the […]
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