India, Sept. 26 -- Ecuador's Indigenous groups are fiercely opposing President Noboa's plan to expand oil drilling in the Amazon.

They're citing threats to ancestral lands and environmental protections.

The government faces strong resistance from communities and global allies, who warn of legal and reputational risks for investors in this controversial venture.

Tensions are mounting in Ecuador as Indigenous groups and allies rally against a sweeping new oil expansion plan announced amid a nationwide strike and deepening concerns over the rollback of hard-won environmental and civil rights protections.

On September 25, at the 2025 Annual Oil and Gas conference in Quito, the Ecuador formally presented its "Hydrocarbon Roadmap". The gove...