Mark Ruffalo, DiCaprio Stand With Ecuador's Indigenous Waoranis

Mark Ruffalo and Leonardo DiCaprio stands in solidarity with Ecuador's Waorani people. | Photo: Facebook / Mark Ruffalo

The U.S. actors Mark Ruffalo and Leonardo DiCaprio called for people to be in solidarity with Indigenous Waorani people fighting against the Ecuadorean government who want to exploit their land for oil extraction.

As part of an ongoing battle to protect their homeland, on April 26, the Amazonian community obtained a significant legal victory as a provincial court in Pastaza ruled that the government had violated their rights, in a lawsuit, interposed by 16 communities, against Ecuador’s government for trying to auction off Waorani territory for oil drilling operations without their consent.

They are going to court Monday for an appeal hearing propelled by the government.

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The actor also shared a petition in solidarity with the Waorani people.

Moreno’s administration is planning to sell off seven million acres of rainforest territory, some of the most biodiverse on the planet, to the international oil industry. As non-governmental organization Amazon Frontlines, explains, if exploited, 70 percent of the oil would be shipped up to refineries in California, and eventually pumped at gas stations across the United States.

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