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Christian Zurita, who was tapped at the last minute to take the place of Ecuador's slain presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, casts his vote wearing heavy protection. Ecuadorans head to the polls in a presidential election tarnished by the murder of a top candidate, which cast a spotlight on the violence ravaging a once-peaceful nation caught up in the illicit global drug trade. Ecuadorans head to the polls in a presidential election tarnished by the murder of a top candidate, which cast a spotlight on the violence ravaging a once-peaceful nation caught up in the illicit global drug trade. IMAGES
South American leaders arrive at the Amazon summit in Belem to set out bold solutions to save the damaged Amazon the world's biggest rainforest. IMAGES
La Paz, Sep 25 (EFE) .- (Camera: Gina Baldivieso) Chemistry, innovation, and caring for the environment are the passion of Bolivian Silveria Cutipa, an Aymara professional who recycles oil from fried foods to make artisan soaps in a venture with which it also revalues ??the use of traditional and medicinal plants.FOOTAGE OF SILVERIA CUTIPA, ARTISAN SOAPS MAKER.
La Paz, Sep 9 (EFE) .- (CAMERA: Gina Baldivieso) Juices and ice cream of Amazonian fruits such as copoazú and asaí, organic chocolates, green banana flour and a medicinal oil of tuyu-tuyu, a beetle larva.
La Paz, May 20 (EFE) .- (CAMERA: Gina Valdivieso) The Bolivian Government and the International Labor Organization (ILO) launched a communication campaign this Thursday to prevent the spread of covid-19 in the country's mines.
Francisco de Orellana, Sep 1 (EFE).- The Coca River's chocolaty color and collapsed banks are a reflection of an incident that for many indigenous populations has been a historical divide, splitting their way of life and livelihood into before and after.It happened on Apr. 7 when, at about 80 km (50 miles) upstream, near the slopes of the Reventador volcano, three conduits of two pipelines that go from the Amazon to the Ecuadorian coast ruptured due to a landslide in a highly seismic region.It only took a little while for the crude oil to go downstream into the Amazonian provinces of Sucumbíos and Orellana to reach Napo, where it was equally lucky. (Camera: JUAN FRANCISCO CHÁVEZ). SHOT LIST: INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FROM THE AMARUMESA COMMUNITY SHOWS OIL RESIDUES IN THE CITY OF FRANCISCO DE ORELLANA, AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY AN OIL SPILL PARTICIPATE IN A MARCH TO DEMAND JUSTICE AND SOLUTIONS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY OF FRANCISCO DE ORELLANA, ECUADOR.SOUND BITE: MARÍA ESPINOSA, LEGAL COORDINATOR OF AMAZON FRONTLINES (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: More than 27,000 indigenous people have been condemned to survive without clean water, safe food and in precarious health conditions. (03:20-03:31).
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