A group of Indigenous citizens from Canada is visiting the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador to document environmental damage reportedly committed by multinational oil giant Chevron.
Some 20 people traveled to Lago Agrio in the northern province of Sucumbios to study the contamination left by the oil giant Texaco, acquired by Chevron in 2001.
«We speak our own languages, we have our distinctive and unique cultures, our ceremonies and traditions, and we feel part of this community and we stand with them, Indigenous brothers and sisters,»said Canadian Indigenous lawyer Ed John.
Ecuador will open a new lawsuit in Canada next month, because of the spill of tens of thousands of oil residues in the area between 1964 and 1992.
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