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Yasuní and Chocó Andino: Two Years After Ecuador’s Cry Against Extractivism

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In 2023, Ecuadorian society at the national level voted to keep the oil from Yasuni ITT (Block 43) indefinitely in the subsoil. This historic decision crowned at least four decades of environmental and indigenous struggles that postulated the idea of leaving oil on land as a way of dealing with climate change, but also as an exercise of direct democracy. At the same time, the Quito society said “no” to mining in Chocó Andino, a forest of extraor…
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In 2023, Ecuadorian society at the national level voted to keep the oil from Yasuni ITT (Block 43) indefinitely in the subsoil. This historic decision crowned at least four decades of environmental and indigenous struggles that postulated the idea of leaving oil on land as a way of dealing with climate change, but also as an exercise of direct democracy. At the same time, the Quito society said “no” to mining in Chocó Andino, a forest of extraor…

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Plan V broke the news in on Friday, August 29, 2025.
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