Josefina Tunki, the first woman to preside over the Shuar Arutam People (PSHA), an Indigenous association in Peru, faces death threats due to her opposition to mining on Indigenous lan

The fuel that flowed into the Napo and Coca rivers in the northeastern rainforest of Ecuador more than a year ago caused a humanitarian and ecological disaster. The affected indigenous communities are demanding answers from the authorities and companies that have been reluctant to act

In a historic referendum, more than 80% of the electorate in Cuenca, Ecuador’s third-largest city, voted to ban mining in the area.