We are all heartened by yesterday's powerful victory at Standing Rock, which shows that indigenous resistance and solidarity can overcome the dirty fossil fuel industry and politics that threaten our planet and the rights of its peoples. The Standing Rock struggle is deeply connected with related struggles around the world, and the movement grows with each victory.

Like the brave water protectors at Standing Rock, the indigenous leaders of Sarayaku continued on their path to justice last week, on Friday presenting evidence against Ecuador in a hearing before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, an independent body of the Organization of American States.

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