Ecuador president’s wife planning to build luxury resort in a protected forest

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Ecuador president’s wife planning to build luxury resort in a protected forest

The members of the commune of Oloncito lit a bonfire and cooked fish and green bananas to endure the night’s vigil on the shores of a mangrove area called Esterillo de Oloncito. Twenty-three years ago, they fought for the authorities to declare this place a protective forest and vegetation, a status that grants them constitutional rights. Oloncito is a small Ecuadorian commune in the province of Santa Elena where around 300 families live. The ma…