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 […]
Category Archives: MADERA PETROLEO Y RESISTENCIA
The lives of isolated Indigenous people, the most vulnerable within a historically sensitive and abandoned region, have returned to existence in the Ecuadorian and global imagination only through their deaths. Is it possible for us, as an organized society, to confront these situations and prevent their extinction? We firmly affirm that it is possible to do so […]
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon (CONFENIAE), in response to the events that have occurred between our brothers and sisters of the Waorani Nationality and the Tagaeri and Taromenane Peoples, expresses its concern about the harassment that we indigenous peoples suffer in the territory that gives us life and urges the Ecuadorian State to implement the […]
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon (CONFENIAE), after hearing testimony from leaders and grassroots representatives of the Sapara Nation of Ecuador regarding the events that have occurred in recent weeks in their territory, is filing a complaint with the regional governments, state institutions, the Pastaza Governor's Office, the Secretariat of Hydrocarbons, and the public […]
Prior consultation is a right and a mechanism for social participation, a public, special, and mandatory process; it is not a concession granted by states, much less by corporations. Prior consultation meets the need of communities, communes, indigenous peoples and nationalities, Afro-Ecuadorians, Montubio peoples, and other communities, as well as the general public, to demand that their […]
Originally published: Dec. 2, 2011 Republished: Feb. 19, 2013 Organizations, communities, nationalities, collectives and individuals from the continent, along with academics, researchers, scientists, writers, poets, artists, dreamers, lovers of life, who met months ago in Cuenca de Guapondelig (Cañari city) to defend water and Pachamama and after exchanging experiences, reflecting, debating and building proposals that help […]
As in previous years, Ballenita Sí publishes the winners of the "discreditable" Ojo Público award, which is given to the worst companies globally, whose behavior is openly voted on by the public. The Ojo Público Awards are granted by Greenpeace and the Swiss NGO Berne Declaration. The "Ojo Público" Awards are […]
Pollution cloud in China. PHOTO: NASA. The growing pollution in China is now easily observable from space. A gigantic pollution cloud affecting 12 Chinese provinces is visible via NASA satellites and has affected transportation for several days, in addition to a significant increase in traffic.
Martin Cúneo / Lago Agrio (Ecuador) Published in Diagonal The Ecuadorian court orders Chevron to pay $19 billion. And the Argentine court seizes all of its assets. The end of the "trial of the century" is near. In a process unprecedented in the world, in January 2012 the Ecuadorian court upheld the ruling […]
System developed to extract ocean oil spills using a magnetic method. Oil spills at sea could have a new solution: a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a method to separate water from oil using magnets.
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