Escaping coronavirus in Ecuador's Amazon
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English - July 27, 2020 09:30 - 20 minutes - 19 MB - ★★★★★ - 360 ratingsNews Society & Culture aj+ world journalism reporters al jazeera global news news podcasts international news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the first of this two-part series, we bring you a story of what happens when an environmental crisis and a health crisis are stacked on top of one another, affecting one of the most vulnerable populations in one of the world's most vulnerable regions.
When COVID-19 hit Ecuador, its indigenous communities fled to their ancestral homes in the Amazon. But more trouble awaited them in the rainforest.
In this episode:
Kim Brown (@KimberleyJBrown), a freelance journalist based in Ecuador.
For more:
Coronavirus pandemic exposes inequality in Ecuador's Guayaquil
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