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Ascendant Copper Corporation Meets Resistance in Ecuador

May 15, 2006 Cyril Mychalejko 0

In spite of criticism and resistance from local residents, Canadian mining company Ascendant Copper Corporation has big plans for its two large mining operations in Ecuador.   "We are confident that Ecuador will grow to be one of the world’s great copper districts," said Gary E. Davis, President and CEO of Ascendant.

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The Wealth Underground: Bolivian Gas in State and Corporate Hands

May 7, 2006 Benjamin Dangl 0

Years before the arrival of the Spanish, Bolivia‘s indigenous people used “magic water” to cure wounds and keep fires going.  With the invention of the automobile in the 1880s this black liquid took on a new importance. Since then, the oil and gas has been more of a curse than a blessing for the Bolivian people. On May 1st of this year, the history of these resources entered a new phase.

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Police Brutality in Atenco, Mexico

May 7, 2006 John Gibler, ZNet 0

San Salvador Atenco, Mexico—At 7 AM this past Wednesday, May 3rd, state police blocked 60 flower vendors from setting up their stands at the Texcoco local market in the State of Mexico, about 20 miles east of Mexico City. The police beat and arrested those who resisted.

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A Day Without Gringos

May 3, 2006 UpsideDownWorld.org 0

At May Day in Mexico City 200.000 workers spilled out of the city’s famous Zocalo into surrounding streets. This year’s theme obviously centered on the plight of Mexico’s 26,000,000 countrymen and women living abroad in […]

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