Rights and Responsibility:

The Failure of Yasuni- ITT and

What it means for Ecuador’s Indigenous Peoples

In the wake of President Rafael Correa‘s decision to terminate the historic Yasuní-ITT initiative the big question has been: Who is to blame for the initiative’s failure? In his announcement last Thursday evening, Correa made his position clear, “The world has failed us…It was not charity that we sought [from the international community]. It was shared responsibility in the fight against climate change.”

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