Toa Alvarado, left, and Ene Nenquimo walk near an oil pipeline that cuts through the rainforest in Sucumbios, Ecuador, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Julia Catalina Chumbi, a Shuar leader from Ecuador's Amazon province of Pastaza, traveled to witness firsthand the environmental damage linked to oil extraction in Sucumbios, Ecuador, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
A group of Indigenous women from across Ecuador's Amazon walk near a support beam for an oil pipeline as they travel through the region on what activists call a toxitour visiting oil fields in Sucumbios, Ecuador, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa).
Toa Alvarado, a Kichwa leader, listens as activists explain the environmental damage caused by oil extraction while visiting the contaminated areas in Sucumbios, Ecuador, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
A group of Indigenous women from across Ecuador's Amazon carry signs as they travel through the region on what they call call a toxitour, visiting oil fields in Sucumbios, Ecuador, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Waorani leader Dayuma Nango picks up a palm frond after wading into a darkened stream tainted by oil waste during a tour through Ecuador's Amazon in Sucumbios, Ecuador, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Salomé Aranda walks as a gas flare burns in the background in Sucumbios, Ecuador, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Toa Alvarado, a Kichwa leader, poses for a photo in Sucumbios, Ecuador, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Salome Aranda, from the Indigenous Kichwa community, poses for a photo in Nueva Loja, Ecuador, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Tamya Dahua, from the Indigenous Kichwa community, poses for a photo in Nueva Loja, Ecuador, Saturday , March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa).
