[news] Canadian Mining Project in Ecuador Tainted by Human Rights Abuses

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

(W)elcome to Intag, Ecuador, home to Ascendant (Copper's) Junin Project...The company is awaiting confirmation from the Ecuadorian government to begin the exploration phase for a potential open-pit copper mine in these areas...According to human rights organizations and lawyers representing many residents of the region, the company's activities in the area are anything but socially responsible and even amount to complicity in human rights abuses with the Ecuadorian government. 

  


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