Waorani Tag

Court forces Ecuador government to protect Indigenous Waorani during COVID-19 (6-26-20)

Court forces Ecuador government to protect Indigenous Waorani during COVID-19 Kimberley Brown, Mongabay 6-26-20 Ecuador’s Indigenous Waorani community have won a lawsuit against the government, demanding it take urgent precautionary measures to better protect their community against COVID-19 sweeping through their territory in the Amazon rainforest. A provincial court...

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Waorani Nation Wins COVID-19 Legal Victory Against Ecuadorian Government to Prevent Ethnocide in the Amazon (6-18-20)

Waorani Nation Wins COVID-19 Legal Victory Against Ecuadorian Government to Prevent Ethnocide in the Amazon Sophie Pinchetti, Amazon Frontlines 6-18-20 A little over one year after the Waorani People’s historic legal victory, which protected half-a-million acres of rainforest from oil drilling in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the indigenous nation has...

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Organización Waorani del Ecuador NAWE alerta de posibles casos de covid cerca de pueblos en aislamiento voluntario (6-17-20)

Organización Waorani del Ecuador NAWE alerta de posibles casos de covid cerca de pueblos en aislamiento voluntario ADDH Ecuador 6-17-20 ALERTA 50 Preocupa posible brote en comunidad Waorani Bameno, pues esta se encuentra localizada en la Zona Intangible Tagaeri Taromenane (ZITT). Urge verificación y plan de contención del...

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Pueblos indígenas de la Amazonía se aíslan, pero aun así se contagian de covid-19 (6-11-20)

Pueblos indígenas de la Amazonía se aíslan, pero aun así se contagian de covid-19 Fabián Maisanche 6-11-20 El contagio con covid-19 en las nacionalidades indígenas de la Amazonía mantiene en alerta a estos territorios. Hasta ayer, 10 de junio del 2020, la dirigencia de la Confederación de Nacionalidades...

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