Young people from Guayaquil, united by the desire to carry out environmental activism in favor of the last vestiges of virgin forest in Ecuador and the people who live there (at least 5 different ethnic groups) who are threatened by the new round of bidding for oil blocks that the Ecuadorian government will open at the end of this month, have announced that they will maintain a constant vigil that will be reflected in actions to spread awareness of the problem in different parts of the country's economic capital: Guayaquil.
Domenica Chavez, one of the organizers, said that "we must eradicate the false concepts that the interested parties in exploiting and extracting crude oil are handling with the media apparatus, such as that of "cutting edge technologies." These technologies, the organizer adds, have been proven every week that they do not serve to avoid contaminating fragile areas, the proof is the continuous spills that occur around the world, you have to be very naive and have a minimum of logical thinking to believe that if they cannot avoid spills in places close to where the large companies have their headquarters, they will do so in our country; she concludes.
Meanwhile, Jorge Alvarenga, another of the organizing activists, insists that “the President of Ecuador himself criticizes Petroecuador for its inefficient processes and, on the other hand, wants that to be one of the companies that shares the cake of this bidding in exchange for our culture and biodiversity” and asks for consistency in showing an image of our purpose as a country in terms of energy and biodiversity conservation by promoting the ITT Yasuní and over here and skipping prior consultation and other points established in the Constitution and International Treaties, wanting to expand the oil frontier, under the pretext of “development and progress.”
For these reasons, young activists from Guayaquil will be distributing information and informing the citizens of Guayaquil about the situation, this and every Saturday from 6 pm at Las Peñas, piso blanco (a sector where street theater is performed) next to the MAAC at the end of the Malecón Simón Bolívar. In addition to other sectors where they will arrive by surprise with posters and fanzines.
A few weeks ago, coinciding with the Guayaquil festivities, there was a large-scale promotional activity that was a continuation of others that have been taking place in different cities.
The young activist Mado Navarro adds as a question for awareness:
Why put money above our lives?
Is the life of our indigenous people worth less than oil?
Doesn't the pollution of the jungle have an impact on the environmental crisis we are currently experiencing on the planet?
If you want to stay informed, join the fan page Sarayaku resists; no more oil blocks in the virgin forest of Ecuador.
Or in the section Peoples in Resistance
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