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  • Feeling the Wind on Their Faces

    Feeling the Wind on Their Faces

    Photos: Cintia Morales Braungart Can you imagine living a lifestyle that allows you to stop, observe, say hello, and contemplate the landscape every day? In Telchaquillo, that’s how people live, without rushing nor mishaps, because the roads are traveled on foot, by bicycle, and by tricycle, creating a peaceful, humane, and joyful way of life.…

  • Indigenous Women Sing to Fight for the Amazon and Their Way of Life

    The first barrels of Texaco oil were transported in a large military procession from the northern Amazon in Ecuador to the coast for processing and export in 1973. The parade included two indigenous women sitting on top of a tank, taken, most likely, by force from their territories and families. The promotional video shows people…