The Death Toll Is Rising from Ecuador’s Crackdown on Protesters

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The unrest has been triggered, in part, by the targeting of environmental leaders whose work protects large swaths of the Amazon rainforest. By Katie Surma At least three people have been killed in Ecuador as the government further ramps up its use of force against Indigenous-led protests triggered in part by crackdowns on environmentalists, according […]

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