MiningWatch Canada Expresses Support for Ongoing Community Resistance Against Canadian Mining Project in Southern Ecuador
(Ottawa) On March 13th, Vicente Ribadeneira, the judge of the Judicial Unit of Protective Measures and Dismissals in Quito ordered the National Electoral Council (CNE) to suspend the ongoing Giron referendum vote. The judge accepted an injunction that had been filed by the pro-mining group “United for the Development of the Cantons of Giron and San Fernando”, who are arguing the referendum goes against their constitu