Defenders of the Pachamama, group in Ecuador which LAMMP supports, have publicly rejected the statement of President Correa and deception about the Quimsacocha project; they have also denounced a campaign to discredit them. More information is available on their blog.
Dr. Katy Jenkins, Senior Lecturer in sociology at Northumbria University, recently travelled to Peru and Ecuador in order to carry out research into the impact of mining on women. Dr. Jenkins is using a feminist, life history approach to collect women’s accounts of mining activism there. Issue 5 of the …
For March 8th, two of LAMMP’s groups in Ecuador (Defenders of Mother Earth and Guardians of Amazonia) organised an event in the Calderón Park in Cuenca. With posters and photographs, the women showed the true impact of mining on their communities. They also showed how planned developments would affect the …
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has visited Totonicapán in western Guatemala. She was presented with a document setting out the concerns about the violations of individual and collective human rights of indigenous people in Guatemala. She was also given a copy of the legal action …
A huge march is taking place in Ecuador to protest at the risks to water sources and the environment arising from mining activity. The demonstration intends to reach Quito in a week’s time. Press coverage in El Comercio can be read here (in Spanish), with further coverage here. Reports in …