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As miner quells protests in Ecuador, Canadian firms rights record faces scrutiny

As miner quells protests in Ecuador, Canadian firms rights record faces scrutiny
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Chiapas: Violence plagues Mexico s southern border towns | International

Prosecutors in Chiapas maintain all is well, but residents have reported 20 murders by rival criminal gangs

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From Ontario to Panama, Indigenous communities are rising up to resist Canada s mining industry

The ‘green’ transition is spurring a neocolonial rush for minerals

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A human rights defender pitted against a miner s targeted violence

Mariano Abarca was brazenly murdered in daylight in 2009, after speaking out against a local mining project.

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Justice for Mariano Abarca

Environmentalists like Mariano Abarca face tremendous oppression from foreign-owned mining companies. This means, inevitably, that they face the wrath of Canadian companies, given that Canada-based companies make up 41 percent of the largest firms in Latin America. Community activists who oppose Canadian mines are frequently harassed, intimidated, or killed.

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