“The Government is appropriating our spiritual values of the Amazon region, it’s seeking to deconceptualize our cultural concepts”, says [Carlos Pérez, President of ECUARUNARI [1] (Confederation of Kichwa Peoples of Ecuador)]. “It doesn’t know what Pachamama is. It doesn’t understand the rights of nature. It doesn’t understand Sumak Kawsay [2] (good living), it doesn’t understand the right to water.”
In Intercontinental Cry [3] journalist Robin Llewellyn writes about repression and indigenous rights under President Rafael Correa.