Ecuador jungle community hopes vote will end oil drilling
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Bameno, Ecuador (AFP) Aug 4, 2023
Armed with a long blowgun and darts laced with poison extracted from plants, Kominta walks naked through the thick Ecuadorian jungle, where oil exploration is threatening his way of life. "The jungle is my home, and I don't want strangers in my territory," the Waorani hunter tells AFP in the southeastern village of Bameno, in a region bordering Peru. His community of about 200 people is