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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
José Gualinga, a leader of the Kichwa People of Sarayaku, speaks at an Indigenous council event in New York City on Sept. 22. Credit: Courtesy of GARN

How a Declaration of Ancestral Wisdom Is Changing Law, Science and Our Understanding of the World

By Katie Surma

Members of CONAIE observe a moment of silence honoring Efraín Fueres on Monday in Quito, Ecuador. Credit: Franklin Jacome/Agencia Press South via Getty Images

Indigenous Land Defender Killed in Ecuador as Government Cracks Down on Environmental and Human Rights Activists

By Katie Surma

David Choquehuanca Cespedes, vice president of Bolivia, speaks during day two at COP28 in Dubai. He is a member of the Aymara nation, raised in an Indigenous community on the shores of Lake Titicaca. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Indigenous Leaders Urge COP28 Negotiators to Focus on Preventing Loss and Damage and Drastically Reducing Emissions

By Liza Gross

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