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 Guayaquil

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