Ecuador's Indigenous Activists Are Under Attack. Will the Government Protect Them?
Ecuador's Indigenous Activists Are Under Attack. Will the Government Protect Them?
By
Erika Guevara-Rosas
President Lenín Moreno should make protecting indigenous groups a priority, says Amnesty International's Americas director.
In the early morning of Jan. 5, 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.
As a leader of the indigenous Kichwa Peoples of Sarayaku, Gualinga suspects she was targeted for campaigning...
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