Today we took an extended tour of the devastation of Texaco's Lago Agrio Oil Field in Equador's Northern Amazon. It was heartbreaking to see the physical damage to the natural world, as well as, four large pipes flaring gas about 100 meters from an Indigenous village. There is much more I saw, but need to sleep.
I am not surprised that Canada is trying to move forward on the Kinder-Morgan Pipeline Expansion, despite the opposition. Globally, there is no one any worse in the extraction of natural resources than Canadian companies!
Tomorrow we fly two small charter flights to Sarayaku in the Southern Amazon. There are no roads and no drilling, yet. The Sarayaku People had been able to fight off oil extraction, year after year. Will be out of cell phone and internet for the next four days.
After Sarayako, we fly into Achuar territory. Looks like the next window to communicate will be on the 21st. Along with the two pictures from today, I will also put one up one each of Sarayaku and Achuar Territories.
