Mongabay: Indigenous group claims Ecuadorian government complicit in 'genocide'
Ecuador's paramount indigenous organization has filed a legal complaint against the government, including President Rafael Correa, for allegedly participating in 'genocide' against indigenous people in the Amazon. The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) is arguing that expanding oil exploration and mining is imperiling the lives of uncontacted tribes that have chosen voluntary isolation known as the......
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Indigenous group claims Ecuadorian government complicit in ‘genocide’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 6th, 2011
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