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Survival International has sent the
following urgent action bulletin:

Ecuador, along with Bolivia and Peru, is one of the countries in South America with the highest Indian population.

The federation of Shuar organizations had been recognized by the national government of Ecuador.

At Rio de Janeiro's Eco '92 conference, hundreds of Indigenous peoples showed up and participated. However, their presence at the Earth Summit was limited to a five minute speech by Marcos Terena, of the Terena Nation of Brazil.

Wayu women are being placed in danger by the mandatory strip searches in the Guajira Peninsula, which were instituted to combat the drug trade. Also dsicusses upcoming events.

Indigenous women in Mexico are becoming increasingly involved in indigenous development and political participation.

Petroleum extraction by oil companies has caused extensive damage to the Ecuadorian Amazon and as a result local indigenous populations have suffered the most. Oil rights have changed control often in Ecuador, but policy makers have yet to address…