Ecuador: Shuar's Cause
The shuar, had just kicked out Canadian mining companies and the military had showed up to intervene and protect the miners. Go Canada! Now I’m all for the shuar’s cause, mining is fucked on many levels, from environmental impact to the fact that it probably wasn’t the local communities who would have benefited economically from the mining activity. Interesting to point out though, the shuar didn’t have a problem until the mining company finished building the road out to the mines and the miners had finished building their houses. It’s cool to see indigenous people standing up for themselves, regardless of timing. Sería muy interesante que pasase. Something tells me that this conflict might continue on for a bit.
