Indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation need your support. Guayaquil. Even though the issue has ceased to be covered in the media, society must not forget their violated rights. Therefore, the organization CDES (Center for Economic and Social Rights) invites you to this first International Film Festival on Isolated Indigenous Peoples, the same […]
Author Archives: PachaMamita EC
Hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered on May 25th in hundreds of cities across 40 countries around the world to demonstrate their rejection of genetically modified foods and their main exponent, the multinational corporation Monsanto, in a protest organized globally by the Occupy Monsanto movement. The […]
When months ago the Provincial Director of Environment of Santa Elena, Daniel Castillo, sent a letter to the Ecuadorian Transit Commission to carry out vehicle control at Olón beach based on Article 173 of the General Regulations for the Application of the Organic Law on Transportation, which specifically prohibits "the circulation […]
The thousands of people visiting beaches lead to an increase in waste. The most common type is plastic (bags, drink caps, wrappers). It's also the most deadly for marine wildlife. Some marine species (seagulls and turtles) ingest pieces of plastic that they mistake for food, which is dangerous because […]
In the Kichwa Indigenous People of Sarayaku, "People of Midday," Pachamama Uyanza is celebrated every year in May. This celebration is held in gratitude for the bounty of the earth, the Kawsak Sacha – Living Forest, and the protective beings who maintain the harmony of the […]
A smiling Rafael Correa waves to a robot in Incheon, South Korea (2010). Photo: www.terra.com.ec. Yachay, the “city of knowledge,” has been hailed by President Correa as the most important project in Ecuador's history; however, Dr. Arturo Villavicencio[1], former Rector of the IAEN (Institute of Advanced National Studies, Ecuador), describes it as […]
Hello! says this letter, coming from the heart, as a greeting to this beautiful planet to which I owe my life and love. A round of applause to the air that lets me live, to the time my life lets pass, to the earth that feeds me, and to the water that quenches my thirst. How are you? Follow my letter, to ask how they are […]
The most repeated narrative today by multinational mining companies and their sponsoring governments is undoubtedly that the activity is no longer polluting but rather socially and environmentally "responsible" in its operations, even attempting to make people believe that the final result of the water used […]
Indigenous peoples have always sung of their land, the joys and sorrows of love, their heroes, the beauty of their women, and the courage of their people. All of this, wrapped in longing and poetry that springs from the heart of the people, to the rhythm of the magical instrumentation of their voices, their pingullos, their […]
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