A declaration signed by many inhabitants of the area affected by the Rio Blanco mining project in Ecuador, declaring that they had never been consulted on the impact of the mine, was delivered to the offices of the Defensoría del Pueblo in Azuay.
More details are available here (in Spanish), and press coverage in El Tiempo and El Mercurio.
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