By Editor-Tuesday, August 1st, 2023. Ecuadoreans will soon be voting in two August referendums to determine whether oil and mining projects in Amazon rainforest regions of the country can continue, pitting concerns of  Indigenous and environmental interests against billions of valuable dollars in potential lost income that could amount to 12% of the South American […]

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