The vote offers Indigenous tribes and the entire country the possibility of 'a different future,' said one advocate.
“Ecuadorian campaigners are defending their local environment while standing on the frontline of the global battle to keep fossil fuels in the ground,” said Izzie McIntosh, climate campaign manager for the group. “Whichever way the vote goes, they have sent a clear message to polluting multinationals: communities will not stand by while corporations profit at the expense of the Amazon, and our planet’s collective well-being.
After 10 years of oil extraction in the fragile rainforest, the referendum offers Indigenous tribes and the entire country the possibility of “a different future,” Hueiya Cayuiya, founder of the Waorani Women’s Association of the Ecuadorian Amazon,“If we win, it will be a triumph for Ecuador,” said Cahuiya. “We don’t want any more contamination in our rivers, any more extraction on our land.
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