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What China Has to Do with the Mysterious Death of an Indigenous Leader in Ecuador

Last week the leader of an Ecuadorian indigenous group, JosĂ© Isidro Tendetza AntĂșn was found by his son in an unmarked grave. The outspoken critic of a controversial Ecuadorian mining project had been due to speak at the United Nations climate talks in Lima. Authorities said that the circumstances of his death are still unclear, but it is certain to draw more attention to Chinese-funded resource extraction in the Andean nation.

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Topics: 
Business, Energy, Politics
Keywords: 
Ecuador, Mining, Geopolitics