Rights

“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…

In a country ravaged by over half a century of civil war, the promise of peace is now but a…

On August 20th, Ecuadorian voters took to the polls to choose their next president, and participate in a crucial referendum…

In a historic referendum, on August 20th the vast majority of Ecuadorian voters demonstrated their support for keeping over 726…

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

Amid sacred songs from elders, a ceremonial plant brew known as “yoko” and face paintings with the red achiote fruit…

Imagine this scene. You are on the territory your ancestors have lived on and protected for hundreds of generations, thousands…

Many Indigenous peoples can identify their heartland: an area so critical to their physical and cultural livelihood that without it,…

This story was originally published in France 24. ___ Manoko (Peru) (AFP) – They call themselves “the multicolored people,” or…

Breakdown The climate and ecological crisis is worsening, in large part due to the expansion of extractivist projects onto protected…

What does it take to reclaim ancestral lands that you were systematically dispossessed of? And what does it mean when…

This story was originally published in Mongabay. ___ Approximately 800 Siekopai occupy territory in the Western Amazon along the Ecuador-Peru…