Good for mining but bad for democracy? Why Indigenous groups in Ecuador oppose free trade deal with Canada | Unpublished
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Publication Date: February 10, 2025 - 16:42

Good for mining but bad for democracy? Why Indigenous groups in Ecuador oppose free trade deal with Canada

February 10, 2025
Ecuador’s largest Indigenous organization is vowing to fight a proposed free trade agreement with Canada. Critics say the deal favours mining corporations and could encourage human rights abuses in the ecologically and culturally diverse South American country.


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