Today on the show, we look at Indigenous resistance movements and environmental activism in Latin America. First, reporter Reynard Loki discusses the Waorani resistance to oil activity in Ecuador. Then, journalist Karla Mendes gives on-the-ground information about the fight for land rights in Brazil under the Bolsonaro administration.
Reynard Loki is editor and chief correspondent at the Earth | Food | Life project of the Independent Media Institute.
Karla Mendes is a freelance journalist based in Minas Gerais who has reported on Indigenous activism in Brazil for Mongabay and other media outlets.