‘We've not been consulted,’ says Indigenous leader from Quito as countries announce conclusion of talks

Brett Forester, CBC News Indigenous

Ecuador's largest Indigenous organization is vowing to fight a now-concluded free trade agreement with Canada, warning it could encourage human rights abuses in the ecologically and culturally diverse South American country.

"It is very concerning, this news," said Zenaida Yasacama, acting president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), which represents 10,000 communities, in a teleconference interview from Quito.

"We've not been consulted as Indigenous Peoples, and we believe that this process is a violation of our rights," she told CBC Indigenous in Spanish.

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