India, Nov. 7 -- Chinese company pulls out of contract to drill for oil in remote rainforest after protests by indigenous groups

Indigenous leaders from Ecuador's Amazon declared victory on November 6, 2019, after revealing that the country's government had granted a force majeure request by Andes Petroleum Ltd Ecuador to stop drilling in a rainforest concession known as Block 79.

Ecuador's Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources had issued a resolution on October 10, 2019, granting the force majeure request due to the 'resistance and social and political opposition' of Sapara and Kichwa indigenous peoples potentially affected by the project.

The leaders' press conference on November 6 was the first time the information ...