100,000 Ecuadorians protest Canadian mining project threatening key water source
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More than 100,000 people marched through Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador, on Sept. 16, demanding that authorities revoke an environmental license for a gold mining project that may impact an important freshwater source. The Loma Larga mining project, run by Canadian mining company Dundee Precious Metals, borders the 3,200-hectare (7,900-acre) Quimsacocha National Recreation Area, […]