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Camping Out

Plan Colombia, globalization stir unrest in Ecuador.

By Kari Lydersen

Hundreds of indigenous people, environmentalists and activists set up a “Permanent International Camp for Social Justice and Dignity of the Peoples” in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, in mid-March to protest the effects of Plan Colombia and globalization on the small Andean nation. Protests and events were held in Lago Agrio on the Colombian border, at the U.S. military base… return to article

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