Thousands of Indigenous protestors carrying a giant rainbow flag arrived in Ecuador's capital of Quito on March 22 (World Water Day) after a two-week Plurinational March for Life, Water, and Dignity of the Peoples. The march was in opposition to government plans to commence with large-scale mining, as well as to defend Ecuador's new progressive 2008 constitution against neoliberal attacks and to pressure for the passage of water and agrarian revolution laws. The protesters contended that mining will siphon off and contaminate water supplies, and that communities were not properly consulted about the environmental impacts of the projects.
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/ecuador-archives-49/3592-ecuador-plurinational-march-for-life-water-and-dignity
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