Indigenous Group Claim governement of Ecuador allocating territory for large-scale mining

Posted on February 14, 2017 • Filed under: Conflicts, Ecuador, Latin America Indigenous Issues, Politics

Rafael Correa: cease your violent attacks on Ecuador’s Shuar Arutam People!

Governing Council of the Shuar Arutam People

In law, the Shuar Arutam People of Ecuador’s Amazon control their ancestral forests. But the government has allocated more than 38% of their territory to large-scale mining, and a gigantic hydroelectric dam is about to be built. Peaceful resistance has been met with a violent military occupation against a People whose only demand, set out in this Open Letter, is peace and justice. Read Full Letter

SPANISH SLANG ECUADOR – READ THE BOOK

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