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Indigenous Peoples’ Land and Rights in Latin America: The Impacts of Free Trade Agreements

Indigenous Peoples’ Land and Rights in Latin America: The Impacts of Free Trade Agreements

dev On Saturday April 29th, 2017 Saturday April 29th, 2017 Filed under Learn More No Comments
Indigenous Struggle and Survival in the Face of Canadian Colonialism and Mining

Indigenous Struggle and Survival in the Face of Canadian Colonialism and Mining

dev On Saturday April 29th, 2017 Filed under Learn More No Comments
Persecution of Indigenous Leaders Persists in Ecuador

Persecution of Indigenous Leaders Persists in Ecuador

dev On Saturday April 29th, 2017 Monday May 8th, 2017 Filed under Learn More No Comments
Indigenous Farmers Confront Canada’s Goldcorp

Indigenous Farmers Confront Canada’s Goldcorp

dev On Saturday April 29th, 2017 Monday May 8th, 2017 Filed under Learn More No Comments
Campesino and Indigenous communities resist IAMGOLD

Campesino and Indigenous communities resist IAMGOLD

For nearly a decade, in the south central highlands of Ecuador, just south of the country’s third largest city of Cuenca, campesino and Indigenous communities that depend on farming and dairy production have been fighting against the gold and silver projects of Canadian mining companies, such as IAMGOLD. They continue to voice concerns about the destructive …

dev On Tuesday February 28th, 2017 Tuesday August 8th, 2017 Filed under Case Studies: Criminalization of Dissent, Ecuador No Comments
Criminalization, Murder and Blackfire Exploration in Chiapas

Criminalization, Murder and Blackfire Exploration in Chiapas

Calgary-based Blackfire Exploration operated a barite mine in the municipality of Chicomuselo, Chiapas in late 2007. In late 2009, the mine was shut down for environmental reasons days after the murder of environmental activist Mariano Abarca. Canadian Complicity The criminalization and murder of Mariano Abarca in November 2009 in connection with Blackfire Exploration’s Payback mine …

dev On Monday February 27th, 2017 Wednesday August 9th, 2017 Filed under Case Studies: Criminalization of Dissent, Mexico No Comments
Cañaris: “We are community members and we want to defend our lands”

Cañaris: “We are community members and we want to defend our lands”

Since 2012, Vancouver-based Candente Copper has been exploring for copper and gold in the community of San Juan de Cañaris, in the province of Ferranafe, a largely Indigenous, Quechua-speaking agricultural community. The company’s proposal to construct an open-pit mine near the principal source of water for downstream communities in San Juan de Cañaris has given …

dev On Monday February 27th, 2017 Tuesday August 8th, 2017 Filed under Case Studies: Criminalization of Dissent, Peru No Comments
Success! World Bank divests from Eco Oro Minerals and mining project in Colombian Páramo

Success! World Bank divests from Eco Oro Minerals and mining project in Colombian Páramo

dev On Tuesday February 7th, 2017 Tuesday February 7th, 2017 Filed under Recent Successes No Comments
Success! Top Ecuadorian Environmental Group Wins Legal Battle Threatening Closure

Success! Top Ecuadorian Environmental Group Wins Legal Battle Threatening Closure

dev On Tuesday February 7th, 2017 Tuesday February 7th, 2017 Filed under Recent Successes No Comments
Report (PDF) – Against All Odds: the perils of fighting for natural resource justice

Report (PDF) – Against All Odds: the perils of fighting for natural resource justice

dev On Thursday January 12th, 2017 Tuesday February 7th, 2017 Filed under Learn More No Comments
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