Ecuador’s social orgs protest over Yasuni consultation breach

Quito, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian social organizations are gathering outside the Constitutional Court to denounce the failure to comply with the popular consultation demanding an end to oil extraction in Yasuni National Park.

August 20, 2025
08:53

Indigenous groups called for a protest to demand compliance with the popular mandate, exactly two years after the consultation process in which 58.95 percent of Ecuadorians decided to leave the crude oil in Block 43, known as ITT (Ishpingo, Tiputini, and Tambococha) in the Amazonian Yasuni region.

The Waorani Nationality of Ecuador (NAWE), the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), the Si al Yasuni collective, and other groups, affirmed that the Government has not closed the 247 oil wells.

They stated that the Executive is maintaining the oil infrastructure, despite the deadline set by the Constitutional Court to close everything by August 20, 2024.

In this context, they believe that this inaction violates the Constitution, international law, and the will expressed at the polls in 2023.

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