On March 8, 2012 several hundred Indigenous people began a two week march across Ecuador to call attention to their protest of a large-scale open-pit copper mine. Ecuacorriente, a Chinese company, has been authorized by the Correa government to develop a mine near El Pangui, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, in the southern part of the country.
By Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois)
Photos by Julien Defourny
By Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois)
Photos by Julien Defourny
When thousands take to the streets to defend their livelihoods and territories, the world needs to bear witness.
New documentary by acclaimed journalist Brandi Morin captures Shuar Peoples' resistance to a copper mining project threatening 268 square kilometers of pristine Amazon rainforest
Over the past six months, Indigenous journalist Brandi Morin has travelled repeatedly to Ecuador, reporting on the impact of Canadian mining projects on the Indigenous Peoples who live there. In February, she spent time with the Shuar people, whose ancestral territory is threatened by a Solaris Resources copper mining project.
By Brandi Morin (Iriquois, Cree)
Over the past six months, Indigenous journalist Brandi Morin has travelled repeatedly to Ecuador, reporting on the impact of Canadian mining projects on the Indigenous Peoples who live there. Morin reports from the rolling hills outside the city of Cuenca, Ecuador, where Dundee Precious Metals, a Canadian company, plans to develop the underground Loma Larga gold mine.
By Brandi Morin (Iriquois, Cree)
En los últimos seis meses, la periodista Indígena Brandi Morin ha viajado en varias ocasiones a Ecuador para informar sobre el impacto que tienen los proyectos mineros canadienses en los Pueblos Indígenas que habitan en ese país. Informa desde las colinas onduladas en las afueras de la ciudad de Cuenca, Ecuador, donde la empresa canadiense Dundee Precious Metals planea desarrollar la mina de oro subterránea Loma Larga.
Por Brandi Morin (Iriquois, Cree)
This is an urgent letter from Domingo Antun, leader of the Shuar Arutam Maikuaints Peoples in Ecuador. The Maikuaints are facing imminent displacement as Solaris Resources, a transnational mining corporation, advances operations on Shuar ancestral territory without tribal consent. This is not merely a land dispute but an existential crisis for a people whose spiritual, cultural, and physical identity is inextricably bound to these lands and waters.
El gobierno y la industria harán lo que sea necesario para sacar adelante los proyectos mineros, pero la oposición Indígena es fuerte en el corazón de los Andes.
Por Brandi Morin (cree/iroquesa/francesa). Fotos por Ian Willms
Canadá ha finalizado las negociaciones de un tratado de libre comercio con Ecuador, pero las supuestas protecciones a los derechos humanos suenan vacías ante las denuncias de represión estatal.
Por Brandi Morin (cree/iroquesa/francesa). Fotos de Ian Willms
Por Brandi Morin (cree/iroquesa/francesa). Fotos de Ian Willms
Reconocimiento de tierra
Reconocemos que nuestra sede está en la tierra de Massachusetts, en Cambridge, MA, y agradecemos a los administradores Indígenas pasados, actuales y futuros de este territorio.
