Under Rich Earth

[merryprankster60]

the three posts below are translations, from Google Translator, of the description that goes with this video.

[merryprankster60]

Determined to defend the land that has been colonized by their grandparents, they come together and risk their lives to stop the mining company. Their resistance leads to a historic confrontation with a gang of paramilitary gunmen and hidden in the cloud forest. Passionate and provocative, Under Rich brings critical voices of the people whose communities estándivididas by global forces.

[merryprankster60]

Under Rich Earth tells the story of an extraordinary collision between farm families and the powerful global mining industry. In a remote valley in Ecuador, farmers are confronted with the possibility to be forced off their fertile land to make way for a mining project.

[merryprankster60]

Synopsis What happens when a virtually unknown mining company raises millions of dollars in Toronto to finance a project in Ecuador, which local farmers are determined to stop? How far will the company to impose its vision of progress and profit?

[shabaash]

We in North America have a responsibility to STOP this sort of project which is initiated in the NOrhtThere is enough copper already mined to serve the world's needs. At what point to we say NO to rampant corporate greed and protect the environment?

[BufeoDude]

I lived in Ecuador 14 years and am presently living in Toronto. I have seen similar activities in other areas of Ecuador too and with different companies.