Ecuador’s Indigenous Activists Are Under Attack. Will the Government Protect Them?

In the early morning of January 5, 2018, Patricia Gualinga heard a commotion outside her home in the Amazon town of Puyo, Ecuador. A man was yelling threats and throwing rocks at her house. “You bitch, next time we will kill you!” she recalled him shouting, in an interview with local media. As a leader … Continue reading Ecuador’s Indigenous Activists Are Under Attack. Will the Government Protect Them?