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Escaping coronavirus in Ecuador's Amazon

Escaping coronavirus in Ecuador's Amazon

FromThe Take


Escaping coronavirus in Ecuador's Amazon

FromThe Take

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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Jul 27, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In the first of this two-part series, we bring you a story of what happens when an environmental crisis and a health crisis are stacked on top of one another, affecting one of the most vulnerable populations in one of the world's most vulnerable regions.When COVID-19 hit Ecuador, its indigenous communities fled to their ancestral homes in the Amazon. But more trouble awaited them in the rainforest.In this episode: Kim Brown (@KimberleyJBrown), a freelance journalist based in Ecuador.For more:Coronavirus pandemic exposes inequality in Ecuador's GuayaquilConnect with The Take: Twitter (@ajthetake), Instagram (@ajthetake) and Facebook (@TheTakePod).
Released:
Jul 27, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Making sense of the world, one story at a time. Host Malika Bilal and journalists from Al Jazeera's international bureaus and beyond share their take on the most important stories every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.