Ecuador: Puyo-Macas road closed in protest by Shuar over mining concession to Chinese

The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) this morning reported that since the closure of the Puyo-Macas road at the height of 50 km as a measure of rejection Nankints militarization of the province of Morona Santiago is maintained.

This after earlier this week Shuar indigenous mining facilities Panantza-San Carlos project in Nankints in Morona Santiago seeking to recover their territory be taken.

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The mining concession was given to the Chinese company Explorcobres SA, EXSA subsidiary EcuaCorriente, l same as last August entered machinery to the area, evicting the Shuar indigenous communities that inhabit this territory, considered ancestral.

Indigenous asaegura that the Government never socialized with them on this mining project. After this fact the military have taken the area and incidents have been recorded between both sides.