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 […]
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BY: Tizziana RussoFrom a hammock I contemplate the nightIn the distance a star shinesAbove the mountain sheds a sighA deep solitude visits me and embraces me,ties me up and bites me.Last night there was hell and also heavenwhere I found a woman who was cryingand as she did her pain turned into rainthat wet my skin.A man was praying to the God […]
Reprint requested. The interviewees come from diverse backgrounds but share a common characteristic: their commitment to defending the rights of nature. Also present with Decio Machado were: scientist, writer, and social activist Vandana Shiva, from India, who recently visited Ecuador; the current president of the Confederation of […]
Mr. President of the Republic of Ecuador: As you are aware, on June 27, 2012, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a judgment in the case of the Kichwa Indigenous People of Sarayaku against the Ecuadorian State. In that judgment, the Court declared the Ecuadorian State internationally responsible for the violation […]
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) today condemned Ecuador for granting an oil concession in the Amazonian indigenous territories of the Sarayaku Kichwa people in the early 1990s without conducting free, prior, and informed consultations, in accordance with international standards, in violation of the Sarayaku people's rights to […]
Franco Viteri, from the Kichwa people of Sarayaku, is currently a representative of the Amazonian Indigenous Peoples. The Tegantai Environmental Agency conducted this interview. Tegantai Agency: What has oil exploitation historically meant for Indigenous Peoples? Franco Viteri: It has represented the gradual death of Indigenous cultures. The deterioration of the quality of life of Indigenous peoples […]
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will arrive in Ecuador in the coming days. During its stay, it will visit the Kichwa indigenous people of Sarayaku (Pastaza Province) starting on Saturday, April 21st, and then hold its 45th Extraordinary Session in Guayaquil from April 23rd to 27th. The […]
The case that the Kichwa people of Sarayaku (Pastaza Province) have been pursuing before the Inter-American Human Rights System against the Ecuadorian State since 2003 is reaching a decisive moment. This case addresses the denunciation of serious human rights violations committed against Sarayaku in relation to […]
By Mario Melo* In 1996, the Ecuadorian government granted Block 23, which covers 601 TP3T of the territory of the Sarayaku Kichwa Indigenous People, to the Compañía General de Combustibles (CGC) of Argentina. This concession was granted without any information, consultation, or request for consent from the Sarayaku People. During the […]
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