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 […]
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A Hidden Tragedy Translated: The Censored Book That Broke Ecuador’s Heart
// jaco // Chekhov's Kalashnikov Tags: Ecuador, Oil, Waorani No Responses
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 […]