Indigenous communities in Ecuador struggle with the aftermath of another oil spill
QUITO, Ecuador — On Jan. 28, 2022, Ecuador’s Heavy Crude Oil Pipeline (known by its Spanish acronym OCP), ruptured, contaminating more than 20,000 square meters of the Cayambe Coca National Park, according to the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (MAATE). MAATE found the spill threatened wildlife such as the mountain coati (Nasuella […]
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