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

A woman stands poses for a headshot with trees in the backgroun.

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.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/ecuador-canada-free-trade-agreement-finalized-1.7455450?cmp=rss
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