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several years, rural and indigenous communities in different parts of Ecuador have been kicking up a fierce resistance to mega mining projects of transnational corporations, which obtained concessions without processes of information and consultation. By mobilizing communities emission was achieved in 2008 by the National Assembly amended the Constitution of Ecuador, the Constituent No. 6, known as mining mandate, which declares the termination of the concessions have not made consultation processes (Art. 1). However this was never implemented, despite the resolution the Ombudsman of Ecuador No. 79-CNDHIG-Exp-No. 40821-2009, which is recommended to the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Mining Mandate.
This position of support by the government and the Ecuadorian State to the illegal and illegitimate concessions transnational mining companies, is complemented by the criminalization, repression and persecution by those who claim rights violated, with women being affected communities by mining victims of a series of threats such as criminalization, prosecution or more accurately a real prosecution, arbitrary deprivation of liberty, assault, verbal and sexual part of the security forces and pro-mining, intimidation, smear campaigns, discrimination and all this is compounded by the impunity from the complaints of violations against the rights of women and communities.
example of this is what happened with President Front Women Defending Mother Earth, who was threatened by mining Molleturo area where the organization requested the Ministry of Environment to conduct an inspection for the presence of illegal miners in June last year. This complaint came to the prosecution but nothing was done, arguing that the threat was only to try him, not death.
Another example is the trial that exists against Lina Solano Ortiz, by the Corriente Resources mining company, which thrives not by the inconsistency of the charges, but in which prosecutors did not proceed to file the case that was opened in early 2007, having even The time for fiscal inquiry. This case remains open with the clear intent to intimidate.
helpless in these circumstances and legal uncertainty for communities, especially for women, since late last year the government of Ecuador is beginning the process of negotiating contracts with multinational mining companies. This has intensified the activities of companies on the pretense of buying social license through donations miserable as plastic chairs bands, godmothers, broilers, candy and other trinkets. This in turn increases the social conflict in communities, as recipients of donations from mining companies become shock troops of the same.
All this creates a risk scenario, rising by the stubbornness of the government to impose the mega projects, against which the communities continue to resist, and the obvious answer is repression, persecution, prosecution against those who claim the rights violated as to be appropriately informed and consulted on the implementation of projects affect the environment.
In the case of the Amazon, because the mega mining will cause unprecedented devastation in large areas of this region not impacted by oil, is essential to strengthen the organization and presence of women found in resistance against corporations both indigenous communities and peasants, and strengthen ties with other women who are fighting for environmental rights and the Pachamama in this region of Ecuador.
In the specific case of the Kichwa people of Tzawata-Ila-Chucapi Region Arosemena Tola, Napo province, who have struggled against the transnational mining Merendon last November suffered a military incursion into its territory by special forces, there is a continuing risk in these communities, the danger of militarization and eviction of the camp of resistance.
several years, rural and indigenous communities in different parts of Ecuador have been kicking up a fierce resistance to mega mining projects of transnational corporations, which obtained concessions without processes of information and consultation. By mobilizing communities emission was achieved in 2008 by the National Assembly amended the Constitution of Ecuador, the Constituent No. 6, known as mining mandate, which declares the termination of the concessions have not made consultation processes (Art. 1). However this was never implemented, despite the resolution the Ombudsman of Ecuador No. 79-CNDHIG-Exp-No. 40821-2009, which is recommended to the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Mining Mandate.
This position of support by the government and the Ecuadorian State to the illegal and illegitimate concessions transnational mining companies, is complemented by the criminalization, repression and persecution by those who claim rights violated, with women being affected communities by mining victims of a series of threats such as criminalization, prosecution or more accurately a real prosecution, arbitrary deprivation of liberty, assault, verbal and sexual part of the security forces and pro-mining, intimidation, smear campaigns, discrimination and all this is compounded by the impunity from the complaints of violations against the rights of women and communities.
example of this is what happened with President Front Women Defending Mother Earth, who was threatened by mining Molleturo area where the organization requested the Ministry of Environment to conduct an inspection for the presence of illegal miners in June last year. This complaint came to the prosecution but nothing was done, arguing that the threat was only to try him, not death.
Another example is the trial that exists against Lina Solano Ortiz, by the Corriente Resources mining company, which thrives not by the inconsistency of the charges, but in which prosecutors did not proceed to file the case that was opened in early 2007, having even The time for fiscal inquiry. This case remains open with the clear intent to intimidate.
helpless in these circumstances and legal uncertainty for communities, especially for women, since late last year the government of Ecuador is beginning the process of negotiating contracts with multinational mining companies. This has intensified the activities of companies on the pretense of buying social license through donations miserable as plastic chairs bands, godmothers, broilers, candy and other trinkets. This in turn increases the social conflict in communities, as recipients of donations from mining companies become shock troops of the same.
All this creates a risk scenario, rising by the stubbornness of the government to impose the mega projects, against which the communities continue to resist, and the obvious answer is repression, persecution, prosecution against those who claim the rights violated as to be appropriately informed and consulted on the implementation of projects affect the environment.
In the case of the Amazon, because the mega mining will cause unprecedented devastation in large areas of this region not impacted by oil, is essential to strengthen the organization and presence of women found in resistance against corporations both indigenous communities and peasants, and strengthen ties with other women who are fighting for environmental rights and the Pachamama in this region of Ecuador.
In the specific case of the Kichwa people of Tzawata-Ila-Chucapi Region Arosemena Tola, Napo province, who have struggled against the transnational mining Merendon last November suffered a military incursion into its territory by special forces, there is a continuing risk in these communities, the danger of militarization and eviction of the camp of resistance.
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