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The Latest Tactic for Silencing Ecuador’s Environmental Defenders: Shuttering Their Bank Accounts

As the country moves to intensify mining and oil operations, environmental and Indigenous leaders’ bank accounts are being frozen or closed. Such “debanking” cuts them off from financial support and paralyzes their work.

By Katie Surma

Waorani Indigenous leaders protest oil exploitation in Yasuni National Park in front of Quito’s Constitutional Court on Aug. 20, 2025. Credit: Rodrigo Buendia/AFP via Getty Images
From left: Reem Alabali Radovan, Lars Klingbeil and Kristalina Georgiewa sign an agreement for development cooperation at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images

Task Force Urges World Bank and International Monetary Fund to Prioritize Climate, Restructure Lending Policies

By Martha Pskowski, Aman Azhar

People enter the JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York City. The American bank is a top financial supporter of fossil fuel companies globally. Credit: Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty Images

The World’s Banks are Still Betting on Fossil Fuel Industry Growth

By Georgina Gustin

The Basel Committee secretariat is located at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland. Credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

Policy Experts Fear Laxer Climate Rules Could Leave U.S. Markets Open to Greater Volatility

By Aman Azhar

Dairy cows are lined up on a farm contracted by the Dairy Farmers of America in Greeley, Colorado. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Financing of Meat and Dairy Giants Grows Thanks to Big American Banks and Investors

By Georgina Gustin

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