ECUADOR-INDIGENOUS-IZA
The president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities in Ecuador (Conaie), Leonidas Iza, speaks with AFP before the beginning of a CONAIE meeting in Latacunga, Ecuador, on May 20, 2022. – Mining projects must be suspended and investments redirected to agriculture, said Iza, who accuses Ecuadorean President Guilermo Lasso´s politics of forcing indigenous people to be «employees» in the mines. (Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP)