Ecuador failing to end Yasuní oil drilling: Interview with Waorani leader Juan Bay

Mongabay
May 13, 2026, 10:23 am117 ptsTrending
In 2023, Ecuadorians voted for a binding referendum to end oil drilling in the 43-ITT oil block in Yasuní National Park. In 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) echoed the call in a ruling for the Ecuadorian state to do more to protect uncontacted Indigenous peoples whose territories overlap…

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