Ecuador Looks to Sweeten Deal for Miners as Locals Promise Opposition

But the government continues to face considerable resistance from indigenous and environmental groups, and has earned the attention of Amnesty International, which said in a 2012 report that it has “received numerous reports that the Ecuadorian criminal justice system is being used to try to stifle protests against the government’s proposed policies and laws around natural resources.”
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