ECUADOR-ENVIRONMENT-OIL-INDIGENOUS-REFERENDUM

Indigenous Waorani people from the Kawymeno community are pictured in the Yasuni National Park during a demonstration in favor of oil exploitation by state-owned Petroecuador in the Ishpingo field, northeastern Ecuador, on June 21, 2023. The block that groups the Ishpingo, Tambococha and Tiputini (ITT) fields became the apple of discord in May 2023, when the Constitutional Court gave way to a referendum requested ten years ago by the environmental group Yasunidos to decide whether to leave the crude oil in the ground indefinitely. (Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP)