Powerful words from the Cabildo Popular por el Agua de Cuenca in #Ecuador, marking the 1-year anniversary since the Citizens Assembly for Water and the Páramos of Azuay. #HandsOffKimsakocha #KimsakochaNoSeToca | English translation of the statement here: bit.ly/4h7xjPL

During the cleanup, waste abandoned by the Canadian company DPM Metals Inc were collected at the headwaters of the Irquis and Tarqui rivers.

Defending water cannot be treated as a crime.
#HandsOffKimsakocha!
#KimsakochaNoSeToca!

Today, 100+ organizations and 48 academics from 19 countries around the world, to 🇨🇦DPM Metals Inc

: DPM must permanently shut down its #LomaLarga project in Ecuador and comply with the law

#HandsoffKimsakocha
#KimsakochaNoSeToca

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In a context where Ecuador and Canada are seeking to ratify a FTA that primarily aims to increase Canadian mining investment in the country, this new blow to DPM also sends a strong message to Canada that Canadian mining investment is not welcome in Ecuador.
#HandsoffKimsakocha
#KimsakochaNoSeToca