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Ecuadorean court denies public vote on halting mining projects - Earth News Report
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador’s Constitutional Court late on Friday denied for a second time a request by activists to hold a public vote on whether to ban mining in the Andean country’s mineral-rich Azuay province, where several mining projects are in development. Azuay’s prefect, Yaku Perez, who submitted the request, said gold and copper mines