A Massacre, An Oil Multinational and Chief Ompore’s Last Smile
Chief Ompore smiles at the animals projected on a PowerPoint presentation (click to enlarge) Chief Ompore couldn't stop smiling as he watched photos of Amazonian animals get projected across the Town Hall wall of Yarentaro - a remote village in Ecuador's Yasunà National Park inside what oil companies call "Block 16." It was the 14th of December 2012 and the Spanish oil
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