Ecuador’s Indigenous Uprising
Published on IC Magazine: As Andean winds carry mild amounts of ash from the mouth of the Cotopaxi volcano toward the Ecuadorian capital city of Quito, 500 kilometers away, a State of Emergency is in full effect. The government declared the State of Emergency last week purportedly in response to Cotopaxi’s eruption. However, many indigenous protesters, currently mobilized in an ongoing
A Hidden Tragedy Translated: The Censored Book That Broke Ecuador’s Heart
Published on Chekhov's Kalashnikov: "At the end of march this year, 2013, in the jungles of Ecuador's northern orient, a great massacre of uncontacted indigenous was committed." opens the book A Hidden Tragedy. "Accomplished in a way that was abusive and cruel. Those eliminated, above all, where women and children." Seventeen minutes before the book was due to be presented to the