{"title":"Yasuní: the Tribulations of an Enduring History From Official Failure to Complex Popular Triumph","authors":"Alberto Acosta","doi":"10.1177/0094582x251368900","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The 2007 official proposition to suspend oil exploitation in the Yasuní National Park area of the Ecuadorian Amazon was received with astonishment and resistance across national and international power spheres. Transforming entrenched visions and practices—even after their errors and ineffectiveness have been proven—will always be a complex task. The Yasuní-ITT Initiative, which sought international compensation in exchange for environmental protection of the region, took six years of planning. Although it was eventually rejected on a national, executive level, it was reactivated by civil society. What proves so surprising nowadays is that this proposal, which fundamentally lacks international support and exists in defiance of ongoing oil exploitation, continues as the express will of the Ecuadorian people. Following up on this decision will require renewed social commitment given how powerful the opposing forces are. Cuando se la propuso oficialmente en el 2007, la idea de no explotar petróleo en un sector de la Amazonía del Ecuador causó estupor y muchas resistencias en espacios de poder dentro y fuera del país. Romper visiones y prácticas arraigadas, aunque se demuestren sus errores y su inutilidad, siempre será una tarea compleja. La Iniciativa Yasuní-ITT, que buscaba una compensación internacional, se proyectó durante 6 años. Luego, cuando fracasó en el ámbito oficial, se reactivó impulsada desde la sociedad civil. Lo sorprendente ahora es que esta propuesta, sin que haya contribución internacional de por medio y cuando ya está en marcha la explotación petrolera, debería hacerse realidad gracias a la voluntad del pueblo ecuato Dar seguimiento a esta decisión exigirá un renovado compromiso social, habida cuenta de la magnitud de las fuerzas opositoras.","PeriodicalId":47390,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Perspectives","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Latin American Perspectives","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0094582x251368900","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"AREA STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
The 2007 official proposition to suspend oil exploitation in the Yasuní National Park area of the Ecuadorian Amazon was received with astonishment and resistance across national and international power spheres. Transforming entrenched visions and practices—even after their errors and ineffectiveness have been proven—will always be a complex task. The Yasuní-ITT Initiative, which sought international compensation in exchange for environmental protection of the region, took six years of planning. Although it was eventually rejected on a national, executive level, it was reactivated by civil society. What proves so surprising nowadays is that this proposal, which fundamentally lacks international support and exists in defiance of ongoing oil exploitation, continues as the express will of the Ecuadorian people. Following up on this decision will require renewed social commitment given how powerful the opposing forces are. Cuando se la propuso oficialmente en el 2007, la idea de no explotar petróleo en un sector de la Amazonía del Ecuador causó estupor y muchas resistencias en espacios de poder dentro y fuera del país. Romper visiones y prácticas arraigadas, aunque se demuestren sus errores y su inutilidad, siempre será una tarea compleja. La Iniciativa Yasuní-ITT, que buscaba una compensación internacional, se proyectó durante 6 años. Luego, cuando fracasó en el ámbito oficial, se reactivó impulsada desde la sociedad civil. Lo sorprendente ahora es que esta propuesta, sin que haya contribución internacional de por medio y cuando ya está en marcha la explotación petrolera, debería hacerse realidad gracias a la voluntad del pueblo ecuato Dar seguimiento a esta decisión exigirá un renovado compromiso social, habida cuenta de la magnitud de las fuerzas opositoras.
2007年,官方提议暂停在厄瓜多尔亚马逊Yasuní国家公园地区的石油开采,遭到了国内和国际权力领域的震惊和抵制。改变根深蒂固的观点和做法——即使在它们的错误和无效被证明之后——将永远是一项复杂的任务。Yasuní-ITT倡议,寻求国际补偿,以换取该地区的环境保护,花了六年的规划。虽然它最终在国家行政一级被拒绝,但它又被民间社会重新激活。今天令人惊讶的是,这项从根本上缺乏国际支持并且无视正在进行的石油开采而存在的建议,作为厄瓜多尔人民的明确意愿继续存在。鉴于对立力量如此强大,对这一决定采取后续行动将需要重新作出社会承诺。2007年1月,厄瓜多尔政府正式宣布,“厄瓜多尔政府的想法”petróleo“厄瓜多尔政府部门的想法”Amazonía“厄瓜多尔政府的想法”causó“厄瓜多尔政府的想法”是“厄瓜多尔政府的想法”país。龙眼视觉由prácticas arraigadas组成,独特的视觉由unuuuse组成,复杂的视觉由unuuuuse组成,复杂的视觉由unuuuuinuse组成。La iciativa Yasuní-ITT, que buscaba una compensación international, se proyectó durante 6 años。Luego, guan do fracasó en el ámbito官员,se reactivó impulse sada desde la sociedad civil。1 .我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会contribución我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会,我们有一个机会。
期刊介绍:
Latin American Perspectives is a theoretical and scholarly journal for discussion and debate on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas. The journal"s objective is to encourage class analysis of sociocultural realities and political strategies to transform Latin American sociopolitical structures. The journal makes a conscious effort to publish a diversity of political viewpoints, both Marxist and non-Marxist perspectives, that have influenced progressive debates in Latin America.