Letter from Ecuador - where defending nature and community is a crime

http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2805901/letter_from_ecuador_where_defending_nature_and_community_is_a_crime.html
Date Written:  2015-03-25
Publisher:  The Ecologist
Year Published:  2015
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX17385

Ecuador's president attacked eco-defender Carlos Zorrilla in TV broadcasts for resisting a new copper mine in an area of pristine forest, and opposing the advance of oil exploration into the Amazon. Zorilla seeks international support for him and his battle for land.