Ecuadorean tribe will 'die fighting' to defend rainforest

[naaman fletcher]

In what looks set to be one of the most one-sided struggles in the history of Amazon forest conservation, an indigenous community of about 400 villagers is preparing to resist the Ecuadorean army and one of the biggest oil companies in South America.

The Kichwa tribe on Sani Isla, who were using blowpipes two generations ago, said they are ready to fight to the death to protect their territory, which covers 70,000 hectares of pristine rainforest.

Petroamazonas – the state-backed oil company – have told them it will begin prospecting on 15 January, backed by public security forces.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/13/ecuadorian-tribe-die-fighting-rainforest

[Bacchus4.0]

1. This is the same gov that wants US oil companies to pay for their mess

That scenery looks specatacular in the video.

[naaman fletcher]

2. I don't really have any sympathy for Chevron

Yeah, there is no way they owe 16 billion, but they probably owe 3 or 4.

They could have just paid it. Instead they tried to manipulate the system so that they could et away with paying nothing and instead it came back to bite them in the ass.