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Ecuador's Amazonian Indian Confederation Faces Varied Threats
Society & Culture  (tags: indigenous peoples, indigenous rights, world, south america, news, society, rights, culture, environment, interesting, politics, religion )

Cal
- 115 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
Approximately 100 representatives of Ecuador's Amazonian Indian nations recently gathered in the community of Union Base, near the southeastern town of Puyo, to celebrate the inauguration of new leadership for the Confederation of Indigenous Nations of th
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Bee Hive Lady (312)
Tuesday August 11, 2009, 3:16 am




Ecuador has oil, so of course the indigenous people are going to be under threat. I hate to be a cynic but that is what always happens,



 
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