Word: secoya
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...Texaco discovered oil in the depths of the Ecuadorian Amazon. A treasure chest of biological diversity, this area is also home to several indigenous groups, including the Huaorani, the Secoya, the Shuar and the Quichua. Under Ecuadorian law, these groups have no rights to subsurface minerals on their land, so the oil was sold by the government without their consent. When the oil company tried to enter the area, its trucks were blocked by irate local villagers. Only with the help of the military was Texaco able to begin drilling...
...control of the pipeline to the Ecuador state petroleum company, Petroecuador, in 1989. In 1993, a lawsuit was filed against Texaco on behalf of 30,000 inhabitants of the Ecuadorian Amazon, seeking damages of over $1 billion for the degradation of the local environment. Elias Piyaguaje, leader of the Secoya people, described the extent of the damage: "Our rivers have been poisoned. We cannot drink. We cannot bathe. We cannot believe in the future of our existence." The lawsuit is still pending...
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