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22 August 2007, 1:23pm EDT

MiningWatch Responds to the National Post

Ecuador
Jamie Kneen

National Program Co-Lead

MiningWatch Canada has responded to three articles written by Peter Foster for the Financial Post section of the National Post, as well as to one erroneous correction that ran in the Financial Post. For more information about the situation in Ecuador, see MiningWatch Canada's recent analysis: Canadian Mining Investment in Southeast Ecuador Exacerbates Divisions, Conflicts.

MiningWatch response to National Post

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