We denounce to the Ecuadorian people that on Saturday, September 14, 18 ENAMI trucks, accompanied by soldiers and police, began occupying the Intag area in the province of Imbabura, where farmers and residents are actively resisting large-scale open-pit mining, which they have attempted to […]
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Researcher Manuel Palacios explaining a petroglyph in the province of Morona Santiago. He regularly publishes the results of his research at http://tayoscave.wordpress.com. Current scientific knowledge and the philosophical ideas we have about the world we live in are not only the product of the brilliant minds of the twentieth century but also of the contributions left by ancient cultures that served […]
From the moment the president announced the decision to exploit the Yasuní River, citizen protests across the country were swift. Thousands of images circulate daily on social media expressing this discontent. But these protests haven't been the only ones taking place on social media. Little by little, young people […]
By: Guadalupe Rodríguez (Director of Salva la Selva) The Yasuní Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon is one of the most biodiverse places in the world. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa recently decreed oil exploitation in its last remaining corner. The harsh reality is that he has taken another step towards […]
Arturo Hortas, a Spanish documentary filmmaker, director, and singer-songwriter (Zaragoza, 35) who has already produced several documentary and research projects on the situation of the Amazonian peoples, recently visited our country to prepare his latest film about the Sarayaku people. Ballenita Sí had the pleasure of speaking with […]
The ITT is one of the largest oil extraction projects in Ecuador, coveted by multinational corporations of all stripes and origins, not only for the volume of commercially exploitable reserves (900 million barrels of crude oil), but also primarily because it is located in the heart of the Yasuní National Park, an area that would allow companies […]
"If you can't convince, confuse." This maxim of Ecuadorian politics over the years was repeated a few days ago when, in a convoluted presidential speech that mixed half-truths, "inadvertent errors," misleading figures, and even the omission of crucial information, Ecuador and the world were made aware of […]
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urged its member states to guarantee full respect for the human rights of indigenous peoples of the Americas on the occasion of their international day, August 9. The IACHR called for "full respect for the human rights of indigenous peoples […]
Nearly 500 archaeological artifacts, currently being studied at the National Institute of Cultural Heritage to determine if they are original, were confiscated on August 7 by the National Police's Specialized Unit for the Investigation of Crimes Against Cultural Heritage. The 469 artifacts were found in an apartment in the citadel […]
The UN (United Nations, of which Ecuador is a member) commemorates this August 9th the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples with a strong call to states to comply with existing agreements and commitments with these communities. In fact, the 2013 theme is "Indigenous Peoples Building Alliances: […]
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