Demonstrators present petition to save Yasuni reserve

An Ecuadorian environmental group presents a petition with hundreds of thousands of signatures supporting an abstention from exploiting oil in the Yasuni reserve in the Amazon. Duration: 01:04

Published

over 2 years ago

Categories

Science, World

Topics

Environment, Central America, Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights

People

Alicia Cahuiya, Jorge Espinosa

Places

Ecuador, Quito

Companies

Amazon

Transcript

SHOTLIST: QUITO, ECUADOR, APRIL 12, 2014 SOURCE: AFPTV -VAR of the demonstrators walking and screaming slogans on the streets of Quito SOUNDBITE 1: Alicia Cahuiya (woman) Waorani tribe leader (Spanish, 12 sec): "Because we're close, we have to do so much, everybody must sign so Yasuní will not be exploited." SOUNDBITE 2: Jorge Espinosa (man), Yasunidos collective spokesman (Spanish, 12 sec): "And we hope that as the endorsements keep arriving, this process of awareness will keep growing, we will open our eyes and keep having more hope for a new model, a new way of thinking." SOUNDBITE 3: Vox Pop (woman, Spanish, 10 sec): "It becomes a democratic exercise. If people really do not want the exploitation, then so be it: that's what people asked for. So here we are." /// NO AFP TEXT STORY