Chronicles

“The Coca River used to give us sustenance,” says Mery Jipa, an Indigenous woman from San Pablo, a Kichwa Community on the banks of this…

On World Water Day, we’re writing from the Amazon, the biggest watershed in the world…

What does it mean to secure land back? What does it mean to actually recover…

For decades, the legendary Siekopai elder and healer Don Cesáreo Piaguaje had a clear vision:…

Gold has been the motor of colonialism in Latin America for centuries. It began as…

What does it mean to protect a territory? When we talk about defending the land,…

In a country ravaged by over half a century of civil war, the promise of…

On August 20th, Ecuadorian voters took to the polls to choose their next president, and…

In a historic referendum, on August 20th the vast majority of Ecuadorian voters demonstrated their…

After 500 years of conquest, our peoples are still singing. After centuries of imposition, our…

What would you say if citizens had the power, for the first time in history,…

Amid sacred songs from elders, a ceremonial plant brew known as “yoko” and face paintings…