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Viviana @vivianaherrerav.bsky.social · 21h

"la información que corría es que no había peligro".

Las comunidades del noroeste de Argentina se han visto obligadas a beber agua embotellada desde 2015 debido a este y otros derrames en la mina de oro canadiense Veladero de Barrick Gold.

MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 21h

10 yrs after the first spill at Barrick Gold’s Veladero mine, in Argentina, that released toxic substances into downstream watersheds causing irreparable harm to the Jáchal river & downstream communities,
@jachalnosetoca.bsky.social
continues to demand justice!
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwnI...

10 años del derrame en Veladero, una herida abierta en la Cordillera de San Juan

YouTube video by Huarpe Tv

www.youtube.com

Viviana @vivianaherrerav.bsky.social · 2d

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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 6d

Other organizers of the March for Protection of Water in Cuenca, including the Cuenca Water Council (Cabildo por el Agua de Cuenca in Spanish), have also being target of criminalization, arbitrary detentions, and even frozen bank accounts.

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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 6d

"The government seeks to criminalize us with fabricated crimes, when our only 'crime' is defending water and protecting Kimsakocha." said Lauro Sigcha, president of the Federation of Indigenous and Campesino Organizations of Azuay (FOA)

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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 6d

The Ecuadorian government been intensifying its persecution of water defenders and social organizations, and harassing water defenders, by surveilling their homes and offices, and the Tarqui community center.

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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 6d

In a press conference this week, water defenders, Indigenous organizations, trade unions, and student unions denounced the criminalization of social protest in Azuay since the Massive March for Protection of Water in Cuenca on September 16.

📸: FOA Azuay

A photograph of the press release sent out to the media by Indigenous organizations, water defenders, and trade and student unions in Azuay, Ecuador on September 30th.

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Viviana @vivianaherrerav.bsky.social · 6d

"Earlier this week in Ottawa, I was honoured to meet with brave Indigenous women from Guatemala representing the Xinka people, who are fighting a Canadian silver mine, the Escobal mine, that is violating their rights".

#PuebloXinkaDijoNo

Green Party of Canada | Parti Vert du Canada @canadiangreens.bsky.social · 12d

When Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada, asked why the office that investigates human rights abuses by Canadian companies abroad has been left vacant for months, the Minister for International Trade had no answer. Watch the full exchange here:

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Viviana @vivianaherrerav.bsky.social · 12d

“They are criminalizing us for protecting our water! They are putting our basic rights and livelihoods at risk—all to line the pockets of a few Canadians who are already rich.”

– Freddy Díaz, President of the Las Naves Water and Nature Defence Front, sentenced to three years in prison.

MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 12d

While shareholders gather in Vancouver, Canada, for Silvercorp Metals Inc.’s AG $SVM.TO, Ecuador is experiencing widespread unrest.

Read our joint press release: shorturl.at/8yT9X
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 13d

Representatives from the governments of *Canada, France, and Germany appeared at the court yesterday to observe the ruling, a reminder that governments and international civil society are watching this case closely.

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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 13d

Once again, the 5 prominent Water Defenders who faced politically-motivated charges have been declared innocent!!
International Allies against Mining in El Salvador call:
✅The Salvadoran Attorney General to abstain from further legal action
✅ All civil liabilities are dropped

Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 14d

NEW: Today, a tribunal in El Salvador found the five Water Defenders who faced politically-motivated charges innocent of all charges. ✊

International Allies against Mining in El Salvador celebrates this outcome and demands that all civil liabilities are finally dropped. Statement:

International Allies against Mining in El Salvador Applauds Judicial Ruling That Finds All Five Water Defenders Innocent of All Charges - Institute for Policy Studies

The five prominent Water Defenders who faced politically-motivated charges are heroes of El Salvador — and they should never have been arrested.

ips-dc.org

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Viviana @vivianaherrerav.bsky.social · 15d

Canada must take a strong stance affirming Xinka people self-determination and supporting their demand for the Vancouver based Pan American Silver's Escobal mine permanent closure.

Xinka people said NO!

MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 15d

Watch the full press conference on parliament hill here: www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...

Guatemalan Indigenous Leaders Urge Closure of B.C.-Owned Mine

At a news conference in Ottawa, Marisol Guerra and Marta Muñoz, two Xinka women from Guatemala, call on the Canadian government to support the closure of Vancouver-based Pan American Silver’s Escobal ...

www.cpac.ca

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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 22d

Today, thousands of Cuencanos are taking to the streets to march for the protection of water against metal mining, showing an overwhelming opposition to Canadian mining in the paramo de Kimsakocha, Ecuador!

📸: FOA Azuay

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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 26d

10 years since Barrick Gold's toxic spill in Argentina

10 years of demanding justice by the Asamblea de Jáchal 💧

The spill at the Veladero mine has been called the worst environmental mining disaster in the country’s history

➡️ miningwatch.ca/2022/11/14/v...

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Agencia de Noticias Tierra Viva @agenciatierraviva.com.ar.web.brid.gy · 26d

Barrick Gold lo hizo: diez años del mayor derrame minero de la historia argentina

Millones de litros de agua con cianuro, cinco ríos contaminados y miles de habitantes de San Juan con miedo. Sucedió hace una década, tuvo como protagonistas a la empresa Barrick Gold y los gobiernos de San Juan y Nacional. Aún no hubo condenas y mucho tuvo que ver la jueza federal María Romilda Servini, que dejó prescribir la causa. La Asamblea Jáchal No Se Toca sostiene el pedido de justicia y mantiene la organización por la defensa del agua y la vida. La entrada Barrick Gold lo hizo: diez años del mayor derrame minero de la historia argentina se publicó primero en Agencia de Noticias Tierra Viva.

agenciatierraviva.com.ar

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Viviana @vivianaherrerav.bsky.social · 28d

Ottawa, September 23 at 5:30 PM!

MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 28d

Canada must respect Indigenous self-determination in Guatemala & support closing the Escobal mine.

Join us to hear directly from Xinka leaders visiting Ottawa ➡️

September 23rd, 5:30-7:30pm
FSS Building, uOttawa

RSVP ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/canada-mus...

🚫 #PuebloXinkaDijoNo #XinkaPeopleSayNo

On the left, this banner graphic shows a photo of two Xinka men holding a green and yellow protest sign in Spanish about arsenic contamination at a rally in Guatemala City. On the right, the title of the graphic is "Canada must respect Indigenous self-determination in Guatemala City." There is a short description of the upcoming event with two Xinka women leaders in Ottawa on September 23rd at 5:30-7:30pm at the uOttawa Faculty of Social Sciences building, room 5028. The logos of host and partner organizations are listed at the bottom.

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Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · Aug 27

Shameful, but ongoing for such a long time (red flag, if a European country won't allow that activity why would it be exported to another place?)

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

UN experts allege health damage from Dundee Precious Metals smelter in Namibia

Human rights experts also allege the Toronto-based mining company erected barriers to medical care during its ownership of the copper smelter

www.theglobeandmail.com

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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · Aug 28

New Op-Ed from @justice-project.bsky.social !

"With more deregulation and less accountability, companies such as Dundee can mislead shareholders about the viability of their projects and investors might find their portfolios on the wrong side of the law."

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/27/o...

Loma Larga looming large: why fast-tracking mines leads to financial and social blowback

A coalition of Ecuadorian organizations and their Canadian allies have filed a complaint with the Ontario Securities Commission against a Canadian company for allegedly misleading its shareholders abo...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social · Aug 1

“We don’t need deep-sea minerals for the clean energy transition, and we certainly don’t need another tech-bro CEO like Gerard Barron to continue a legacy of exploitation, disregard for frontline communities and international law.”

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/31/n...

Canada risks legal blowback over deep-sea mining firm's actions

Vancouver-based The Metals Company is attempting to circumvent international regulations via a backdoor US mining bid, but its actions may expose Canada to proceedings for failing to uphold its intern...

www.nationalobserver.com

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NB Media Co-op / Coop Média NB @nbmediacoop.bsky.social · Jul 29

Canada needs to reset its free trade plans with Ecuador

Human rights, not corporate rights, should drive international trade relations under this new government.

Commentary by Peggy Nash, Viviana Herrera and Caren Weisbart
nbmediacoop.org/2025/07/28/c...

Canada needs to reset its free trade plans with Ecuador

International relations today are rife with difficult challenges to peace, security, democracy, the rule of law, human rights, and a

nbmediacoop.org

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Peggy Nash @peggynash.bsky.social · Jul 24

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · Jul 23

The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion Wednesday said countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change.

Top UN court rules on climate change

The UN's top court said countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to protect the planet from climate change.

www.aptnnews.ca

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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · Jul 23

Canada is pushing ahead with a Free Trade Agreement with Ecuador that would protect corporations - even while 100+ environmental defenders have been criminalized for fighting 🇨🇦 mining companies.

We need to hit reset. Trade must never come at the expense of human rights or the environment.

Canada needs to reset its free trade plans with Ecuador

Human rights, not corporate rights, should drive international trade relations under this new government.

www.hilltimes.com

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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · Jul 21

🚨 #DeepSeaMining threatens vital ecosystems, sacrificing irreplaceable nature, climate resilience, and cultural heritage for short-term corporate profit.

This is why we are calling for a global moratorium at #ISA30: buff.ly/iYv5Rqi #DefendTheDeep DefendTheDeep.org

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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · Jul 20

MiningWatch Staff took to the water today as part of the Global Activation to Stop Deep Sea Mining! @deepseaconserve.bsky.social #DefendtheDeep

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BC Mining Law Reform @reformbcmining.bsky.social · Jul 15

⚠️ Copper Mountain Expansion – A Major Risk
The mine has never undergone an environmental assessment. Now, a planned expansion into Ingerbelle Pit would make one of its mine waste dams the second tallest in the world.
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