Quininde, Ecuador, March 15, 2025 (AFP) - Oil spill in Ecuador river brings emergency declaration

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2025-03-16

An oil spill in northwestern Ecuador has turned a river black, prompting authorities to declare an environmental emergency and order residents to ration drinking water. The spill, believed to have been caused when a landslide ruptured a major oil pipeline, has contaminated a section of the Esmeraldas River in the province of the same name. Residents in the town of Cube, where the water had changed color, were trying to stop the flow by building d......

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