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Latin America Reports: The Podcast
Latin America Reports: The Podcast
Latin America Reports: The Podcast
Latin America Reports: The Podcast is an inside look into the process our journalists go through to report on the top stories in the region
Meet the teenage indigenous activist fighting climate change
Helena Gualinga is a 17-year-old climate activist from the Sarayaku indigenous community, located deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Having spent two years of her infancy living in the indigenous community, Helena’s activism started at a very young age. Dubbed by some as Ecuador’s Greta Thunberg, Latin America Reports journalist Sophie Foggin spoke to her to find out more.
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