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Indigenous leaders maintain their opposition to the oil block auction

Indigenous leaders maintain their opposition to the oil block auction
08 de abril de 2013 - 11:08

Directors of the Confenaie (the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon, by it Spanish name) and the leaders of several tribes have expressed their rejection of the expansion of oil exploration in the Amazon rainforest, set to begin in the next few months. 

Franco Viteri, Confenai president, asked the government to halt the 11th Round Oil Auction, especially for the block of land in the province of Pastaza. Viteri says the consultation over the Pastaza oil blocks violated the Constitution, and the process has caused confusion and conflict among the indigenous that live on the land.

“Our land can’t become a war zone between our peoples, just to push a hydrocarbon extraction policy,” said Viteri.

Luis Armas, president of the Sapara Nation, said that an internal division in his group can be attributed to actions by the National Secretariat of Hidrocabons. He said oil extraction policies are destructive and are weakening the organization.

Jaime Vargas, the president of the Achuar, says that the 11th Round Oil Auction is an attack on nature and on those who live in nature.

“What the Sucumbiós brothers are going through is regrettable. We’re not willing to let this history repeat itself. We reject all hydrocarbon extractive activity in our territories. We are going to defend the futures of our children,” he said.

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