FOTOS FROM THE 16TH
Meeting that took place after Ascendant’s employees left Junin, called to organize a permanent Community Security Plan Arrival to Junin of Luz Marina Vega, wife of Mayor Auki Tituana, accompanied by Cotacachi’s Vice Mayor, Patricia Espinosa Making do in Junin, nearly 300 persons arrived from all over Intag to support Junin, and to witness the […]
Read MoreESCALADA DEL CONFLICTO MINERO EN INTAG
ESCALADA DEL CONFLICTO MINERO EN INTAG14 de Septiembre ESCALADA DEL CONFLICTO MINERO EN INTAGEl 12 de septiembre, un grupo de seis personas que fueron identificadas por miembros de la comunidad de Junín como trabajadores de la empresa minera Ascendant Copper Corporation, fueron encontrados sin autorización dentro de la reserva de bosques de esta comunidad. Esta […]
Read MoreIntag Marred by Violence
Update 13 September Yesterday, September 12 a group of six persons identified as Ascendant Copper Corporation employees by Junin community members were found inside Junin’s forest reserve without authorization. First reports tell of a confrontation between the two sides, and the six alleged employees fleeing to the forest. The call went out and up to […]
Read MoreAMPARO FRENA PROYECTO MINERO
Cotacahi, 24 de Agosto 2006 Hoy, el presidente de la comunidad de JUNIN, presentó un amparo constitucional para frenar la aprobación del Estudio de Impacto Ambiental de la empresa mineras Ascendant Copper Corporation, para el proyecto minero JUNIN. El amparo solicita que, debido a las irregularidades, y violaciones a la constituciòn y leyes nacionales, el […]
Read MoreASCENDANT HIT WITH COURT INJUNCTION
ASCENDANT COPPER CORPORATION HIT BY CONSTITUTIONAL INJUNCTION Cotacachi, 24 August 2006 (corrected 25/08) Today a Constitutional Injunction to stop Ascendant Copper Corporations Environmental Impact Study for the Junin Copper Mining Project from being approved by the Ministry of Energy and Mines was presented by Mr. Edmundo Lucero, president of the community of Junin. The injunction […]
Read MoreBASEBALL HATS AND BULLSHIT
Red Baseball Caps, Pens and Signatures: Socializing the EIA the Ascendant WayAnti-Corruption Commission and Ombudsman Come Down Hard on AscendantThe Army and AscendantNew Legal Obstacles for Ascendant 14 AugustDuring the past few weeks the company has been going through the motions of “socializing” what they consider to be the Environmental Impact Study for the Junin […]
Read MoreCurse 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 […]
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