Indigenous group rejects prison construction project in Amazon

The largest Indigenous organization in Ecuador rejects the construction of a prison in the Amazon. In a press conference on Wednesday, the President of Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon calls the project "un-consulted".

 He called upon the social sectors, cab drivers, unions, transporters, representatives of the communities, merchants, representatives of the organizations of the Amazon region, affiliated organizations, to join the struggle of resistance." During the press, he declared a state of resistance and a state of emergency in the Ecuadorian Amazon.