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March 20, 2020

Indigenous People Left Homeless by Flooding in Ecuador's Amazon Region Blame Climate Change
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In Ecuador's Amazon region, hundreds of families were left homeless this
week as extreme weather swelled the Bobonaza River basin, washing away
homes, schools, crops, animals and a bridge in the Sarayaku community.
This is resident Helena Gualinga.

Sumak Helena Gualinga: "It's important to know that this has everything
to do with climate change. And these communities that right now are
being affected by these floodings have for years been fighting against
the fossil fuel industry, have for years been fighting against
extractivists, and now they're directly being affected by climate
change."



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