NUEVA LOJA (Sucumbíos, Eduador): Indigenous women from seven Amazon nations traveled to Ecuador’s northern oil fields in Sucumbíos to see first-hand decades of environmental damage from oil and gas extraction. The trip was part of broader efforts to raise awareness about the impacts of drilling, including contaminated waterways, degraded forests and threats to wildlife, and to prepare communities for proposed expansion into territories in Pastaza and Napo. Participants condemned the lack of community consent for new hydrocarbon projects and emphasized ongoing constitutional and international rights violations. Their activism included rallies on International Women’s Day and highlighted continued resistance to further Amazon oil development.
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