Our full brief: miningwatch.ca/2026/3/8/min... "National-security language can become a political shortcut for faster permitting and weaker scrutiny, especially if Ottawa starts calling more projects strategic without clearly defining the public interest." www.northernminer.com/news/canadas...

“As women defenders of Kimsakocha who plant, sow and care for the land, and produce natural food without chemicals, we denounce before the Canadian embassy the criminalization we are facing, which seeks to obstruct the peaceful resistance we are carrying out against mining in the páramo.” Ruth Pugo

The Canadian embassy in Ecuador must recognize the widescale criminalization of rights defenders at the hands of Canadian mining in Ecuador and its responsibility to promote the protection of rights defenders. No FTA with investor protections over rights protection! @miningwatch.bsky.social

These legal actions against Indigenous/water defenders represent a pattern of criminalization in Ecuador aimed at silencing peaceful resistance to Canadian mining. We urge the Canadian government to ensure that its diplomatic engagement in Ecuador is consistent with its HR commitments

The Canadian government consistently states that it expects Canadian companies to respect the law wherever they operate; that doesn’t include trying to change the law for their own benefit.

Argentinian lawmakers must stand up to the Canadian mining industry’s lobbying efforts and listen to the demands of the people to safeguard the glaciers and periglaciers, which are fundamental for sustaining life and livelihoods for millions of Argentinians.

Defending water, territories and nature is a right, not a crime! In solidarity with #Ecuador Water Defenders

We stand in solidarity with the water and land defenders being criminalized in Las Naves, Ecuador, by Canadian mining companies #VoicesAtRisk miningwatch.ca/blog/2026/2/...

Our latest report breaks down how the Save Sangihe Island coalition is building a powerful movement to defend the land and waters that communities depend on. Read the full report here: miningwatch.ca/2026/2/24/mi...

🌿 On Sangihe Island in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province, a grassroots movement is challenging a Canadian company's gold mining plans.

Our thoughts are with the workers and their families. “With the price of precious metals where it is, the temptation [for the company] to overlook security risks, or any other risks for that matter, gets a lot more compelling” - Jamie Kneen. vancouversun.com/news/local-n...

According to the Colombian Ministry of the Environment, “the FAO confirmed that its communication piece had been tampered with and that the award had been given to [another organization], not to the mining company" #Greenwashing

¿Qué tal esto? #Greenwashing #CanadianMining #ArisMining

Read the full blog on our website: miningwatch.ca/blog/2026/2/... 📸: Federation of Indigenous and Campesino Organizations of Azuay

Message to Canadian embassy in Ecuador could not be clearer!

I just sent a letter to Canadian Senators: Stop C-12. Speak up against this attack on migrants! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/send...

"Canadian weapons are being used right now by Israel, the U.S. military, and ICE in their violent attacks." Fill out this form to send an urgent email to your MP and key Ministers: actionnetwork.org/letters/fill...

The Morning After in Venezuela: Perspectives on what comes next from Venezuelans PWS sat down for extended conversations with three close contacts from very different parts of Venezuelan society to ask them their thoughts LATEST for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/the-mornin...

U.S. corporations want New Brunswick’s land. Local communities and Indigenous nations are saying no. Robin Tress and Jacalyn Den Haan report that they’re organizing to stop American-backed mining, gas, and data centre projects that endanger land, water, and health. breachmedia.ca/new-brunswic...

Han liberado a algunos pero faltan más de 1.000 activistas de DH, periodistas, sindicalistas, líderes comunitarios, militantes de partidos de oposición, jóvenes, extranjeros. ¡Que los liberen a todxs! Venezuela: Political Prisoners Cut Off from the World www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Tell the Canadian government to condemn U.S. threats to sovereignty in Venezuela and the Americas actionnetwork.org/letters/acti...

Two coalitions comprising over two dozen civil society orgs just sent this letter to @mark-carney.bsky.social urging him to condemn the unlawful, lethal, U.S. military attack in Venezuela and take immediate steps to ensure peace and security in the region. tinyurl.com/2u79mues

Another interesting take on the US attempts to annex Venezuela! So now it's about critical minerals too! A short thread.... www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

I'm also struck by the fact that Canada's political-media-business voices seem to be far more concerned with the implications of the USA kidnapping Maduro for Canadian oil and gas profits than they are about what it portends for other countries' continued independence — including Canada's.

This is one of those examples where the narrative move from mining for the energy transition to mining for the military is causing real problems... www.ft.com/content/42ab...

"Viviana Herrera, a MiningWatch coordinator, argues the audit framework contains major gaps, beginning with the exclusion of more than half of First Quantum’s environmental commitments, including 170 obligations outlined in the mine’s Environmental Impact Study." www.mining.com/panama-to-ch...

IPS-Global Economy pgm joins this call for a full audit of the Cobre Panama mine toward its definitive closure. Without a doubt, the billion-dollar ISDS suits brought against Panama by First Quantum and associates under the Panama-Canada FTA and other agreements are weakening the process #StopISDS

We are concerned that the current scope and terms of reference of the audit could lead to a process that lacks legitimacy & generate results that are used to justify and facilitate the reopening of the Cobra Panama mine

#HumanRightsDay #HumanRightsDefendersDay

#HumanRightsDay #HumanRightsDefendersDay

The Federation of Indigenous and Campesino Organizations of Azuay (FOA) Denounces the Criminalization of Water Defenders after Exposing Mining Pollution in Kimsakocha miningwatch.ca/news/2025/11...

My latest for @canadiandimension.bsky.social “All we are doing is conducting a scientific investigation...we are discovering new species for science, which could disappear if the Vizcachitas mining project were to go ahead," says Cádiz-Véliz, local biologist targeted for opposing the Canadian mine

“All eyes are on the Loma Larga project. DPM can’t continue hiding the fact that it does not have and will never have a social licence for this project.” MiningWatch Latin America program coordinator Viviana Herrera said in a release tied to the open letter. www.northernminer.com/news/ngos-ur...

Next Tuesday!

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

“This is a win for life, for nature, for Earth defenders,” said Natalia Greene, director of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature. Greene was speaking about Ecuador's affirmation of its 2008 constitution, which recognizes nature has inherent rights to exist and regenerate.

No system, no power, no government, no big company seeking profit should trump the rights of billions of people in the world. And that's whats happening. srdefenders.org/statement-on...

I went on a bit of a rant about the Carney government’s megaproject mania.

Angus Wong is one of the citizens who delivered the petition: “This is not the first time Canadian allies have had to come in person to the company's headquarters to ensure Pan American Silver cannot ignore the message from the Xinka people"

Today, a group of citizens delivered a petition to mining company Pan American Silver's HQ in Vancouver, demanding the company respect the self-determination of the Xinka Indigenous people and close the Escobal mine in southeastern Guatemala. Read the press release: miningwatch.ca/news/2025/11...

✅ Defending NO in the November 16 public consultation means defending economic sovereignty and territories from extractive projects that prioritize corporate interests over citizen rights and environmental protection

✔️The Free Trade Agreement between Ecuador and Canada and the November 16 consultation are part of a strategy to dismantle the constitutional protections in Ecuador that limit resource extraction by mining investments

Brief article on The Ecuador-Canada Free Trade Agreement & the Upcoming Referendum in Ecuador on whether to rewrite the world’s only constitution that recognizes the Rights of Nature, with sharp comments from✍️ @lughiotto.bsky.social -TNI ▶️ shorturl.at/qdBM1 🧵1/

MiningWatch Canada est à la recherche d'un.e coordinateur·trice intérimaire du programme Amérique latine (remplacement pour congé de maternité)! La date limite pour postuler est fixée au vendredi 28 novembre 2025 à 23 HR EST. miningwatch.ca/fr/blog/2025...

"Over the past 18 months, the Canadian govt has negotiated an FTA with Ecuador, claiming the two countries share important values of respect for democracy/HR Yet, during the same time, the HR situation in 🇪🇨 has deteriorated to unprecedented levels of militarization" www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

🌱 What We Can Do It’s time to stop glorifying gold and start valuing what truly matters—clean water, wild salmon watersheds, and thriving ecosystems. (8/9)

📬 ICYMI: Our October newsletter is out! This month, we look at how gold is not all that glitters. Behind the sparkle lies a toxic legacy of waste, pollution, and misplaced priorities. Here's a quick recap...🧵👇(1/9)

Canada’s critical minerals mining is sold as key to the energy transition — but who really benefits? The US Dept of War just bought into a BC mining firm. As war spending rises, Canada’s mining push raises tough questions about greenwashing and militarization. 📖 More from The Tyee: bit.ly/3Jg4C4H

"The Vizcachitas project, owned by [Canadian] Los Andes Copper Ltd.,...has been presented by the company as a solution to help meet the demands of the global green energy transition." news.mongabay.com/2025/10/rese...