Copper Mesa/Ascendant Copper

According to reports from the Intag Solidarity Network and CEDHU, the Ecumenical Human Rights Commission of Ecuador, on October 17, 2006, police raided the home of environmental activist Carlos Zorrilla and that of his neighbour Roberto Castro in an unprovoked and unjustified show of force, intimidating his family and Mr. Castro. Mr. Zorrilla was not present at the time and his whereabouts are still unknown, although we understand he is alive and well.

Friends of the Earth Canada - MiningWatch Canada

Communities in Ecuador's Intag region have filed for an injunction to stop Canadian junior mining company Ascendant Copper Corporation (TSX:ACX) from working to develop an open pit copper mine on their land

As hundreds of people from the Ecuadorian countryside took to the streets in the capital city of Quito last Thursday, investors and dozens of international organizations voiced their objections to the activities of Canadian-based Ascendant Copper Corporation (TSX:ACX).

It was a hot, perfectly sunny day in the town García Moreno where, depending on three different sources, between 500 and 800 representatives from all of Intag's Parishes and most of its communities, in addition to most organizations working in the Intag area of Northwest Ecuador, met to try and resolve once and for all the problems created by the presence of Ascendant Copper Corporation, which has generated a strong and determined resistance to its copper mining project (the higher estimate of attendees came from an official polic