The Real Price of Oil in the Amazon: when will negligence and impunity stop? (5-12-20)

The Real Price of Oil in the Amazon: when will negligence and impunity stop? 

Nicolas Mainville

5-12-2020

On the 7th of April 2020, the Ecuadorian Amazon experienced its worst oil spill of the past decade. The rupture of two major pipelines and a subsidiary pipeline spilled at least 15,800 barrels of crude oil, polluting pristine ecosystems in one of our planet’s most biodiverse regions, and aggravating an already vulnerable situation for over 120,000 people living downstream from the Coca and Napo rivers. This event was foreseeable and preventable and has triggered dozens of communities and Human Rights organizations to launch a lawsuit against the oil companies and authorities in charge. This blog details how the spill is part of a larger pattern of negligence, impunity and disrespect for indigenous people’s rights and health.

Full text available at: https://www.amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/real-price-oil-amazon/

See also Amnistía Internacional Américas’ news on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmnistiaOnline/status/1260253663957843968