Mercy Payaguaje of the Secoya Nationality of Ecuador-NASEPAI (Sucumbíos Province – Ecuador)
I am from the Secoya Nationality of Ecuador-NASEPAI of the San Pablo del Río Aguarico community, I had to take a car from my community to Lago Agrio, in total it took me 4 hours to get here. I came to the workshop at the invitation of Pablo Yépez [of Equitable Origin] whom I have known for a long time, and this topic is important for us. In our territory there have been seismic exploration activities and there are some oil wells. And there has never been Free, Prior, Informed Consultation. Our nationality has 4 communities in total and we are approximately 600 Secoyas.
