Oil drilling sparks Indigenous outcry as spills tarnish Ecuador Amazon

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Waorani indigenous people look at Petroecuador company trucks passing by Guiyero Waorani village within the Yasuni National Park in the province of Orellana, Ecuador, on August 27, 2024.
Photo: Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP
Source: AFP

A thick slick of oil covers part of an estuary in the Ecuadoran Amazon, where the Indigenous Waorani people are imploring authorities to stop drilling for the black gold that keeps spilling into their environment.

Black sludge also coats the vegetation…

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