Today, protests reached Tena, the capital of Napo province, after 15 days of constant protests and nightly vigils. After 15 days of strikes and blockades, the resistance march against the construction of the maximum-security prison continues to grow, demanding the attention of the country’s president: “the Amazonian peoples and nationalities will fight to the last […]

A decongestion commission was set up to examine the cases of prisoners eligible for conditional release. Prisoners arrested for embezzlement of public funds will not be eligible, said the minister.