Ecuador was found
guilty of granting indigenous Sarayaku land to an oil and gas company. We speak
to community member Eriberto Gualinga to find out what has changed since.
It has
been four years since the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found Ecuador guilty
of granting the ancestral land of
the Sarayaku in concession to an oil and gas company. The community of about 1,200 indigenous Kichwa people is situated
along the Bobonaza River, in the southern part of the Ecuadorian Amazon.
In
2012, the Court reaffirmed the right of indigenous
groups to be consulted on projects that affect their territories, safeguarding the right to land of all communities that have based
their economy, culture and religion on their relationship and synergy with
nature. In order to discover what has happened ... Read More
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