Ecuador halts Amazon oil drilling in biodiversity hotspot
Al Mayadeen English
2 min readIn a momentous and historic decision that reverberated through Ecuador and beyond, citizens of the country took a resolute stance against the proposed oil drilling in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
A Petroecuador oil processing centre in Yasuní national park. Photograph: Rodrigo Buendía. (AFP via Getty Images)
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