Ecuador apologizes to indigenous community for allowing oil drilling

Thursday, October 2nd 2014 - 06:54 UTC

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Ecuador has apologized to an indigenous community for authorizing oil drilling on ancestral land without their permission. The apology to the Sarayaku community came two years after the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that the OPEC nation had violated the tribe's right to be consulted on oil concessions granted for their land. Read full article

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Britworker
Any chance of an apology for harbouring an Australian sex offender in your London embassy?
Oct 02nd, 2014 - 03:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Nostrum of NostrolL
A British demanding others to issue apologies for things. Of all the impudence.
Oct 08th, 2014 - 03:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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