I look around me, I see destroyed forests, fallen trees, dead animals, and rivers running with polluted water and no fish. The land is degrading, the white man has no compassion. Wealth and ambition kill, the Amazonian Indian silently watches his death approach. Forests shelter the Indian, for love of his loyal […]
Category Archives: MADERA PETROLEO Y RESISTENCIA
The National Assembly of CONAIE is being held in Baños de Aguasanta (Tungurahua). The following will be discussed: an analysis of the pre-legislative consultation on the Water Law, the 11th Oil Round in the Amazon, and the political and electoral landscape. At the opening of the Assembly, Humberto Cholango, president of CONAIE, addressed me […]
One of the activists presented Leticia Ortiz with a dossier on Repsol's impact on Yasuní National Park. Photo: Beno Bonilla. During the visit a few days ago for the Spanish-Ecuadorian Business Forum, an event attended by the Prince and Princess of Asturias and several representatives of the oil company Repsol, a group of human rights activists […]
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 […]
Press Release: Amnesty International. Authorities are using Ecuador's judicial system to repress Indigenous and peasant leaders in what appears to be a deliberate attempt to prevent them from protesting measures affecting their environment and lands, Amnesty International said in a statement.
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 […]
On the morning of Tuesday, April 3, during the Plenary Session of the National Assembly, an attempt was made again to include on the agenda a proposal to strengthen the Yasuní-ITT Initiative and the inclusion of Block 31 (located in the heart of the Yasuní National Park, right next to Block […]
Today marks the world premiere of the Ecuadorian-filmed miniseries "NORTHERN BORDER." It is the result of a nine-month investigation conducted on Ecuador's northern border (with Colombia) in 2011. It focuses on the issue of human trafficking.
IN THE PUREST PARAMILITARY STYLE Mr. José Aguilar T., defender of the last remnants of the Esmeraldas tropical forests, and his wife were found dead in violent conditions on Thursday, February 25, 2010. The property where they lived in Hoja Blanca, Malimpia parish, in Esmeraldas, bordered the "El Pambilar" Protective Forest, which […]
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