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| Diseño: Angie Vanessita |
BY EMIL SIRÉN·MARTES, 20 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2016
“The military came with thirty
trucks and two helicopters that shot at us. I’ve been told one of us is injured
but I don’t know anything about the others. Everyone ran off to the forest”,
says an indigenous person who was a target of the helicopter shooting [1]
On the 15th of December, the
Ecuadorian government sent troops, tanks, and helicopters against an indigenous
community in Ecuador. The civilians got shot at from two helicopters with
automatic weapons while fire bombs were dropped on houses and crops that the
indigenous people feed on. The president of Ecuador refused to have a dialogue,
in contrary, he threatened with even more violence.
Background:
Background:
The indigenous people in Ecuador
have a long history of conflict with the government, which mercilessly has
invaded their territories to exploit natural resources, violating their
constitutional rights. For example, the heavily criticized company Lundin Gold
operates large scale mining operations in areas nearby to the current
conflicts.
