Indigenous Waorani, protesting ‘rushed’ hearing, shut down court with song

Indigenous Waorani women broke into song in an Ecuadoran court in Puyo on March 13, shutting down a high-stakes hearing in their lawsuit against the government. The women were protesting what they felt was a rushed hearing held in the Amazon city of Puyo, rather than in their territory as they had requested, and the … Continue reading Indigenous Waorani, protesting ‘rushed’ hearing, shut down court with song