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"In an unusual ruling, a court in Ecuador ruled on Sunday that pollution has
violated the rights of a river that runs through the capital, Quito.
The city government appealed the ruling, which is based on an article of
Ecuador’s Constitution that recognises the rights of natural features like the
Machángara River.
Activists who filed the complaint said Sunday the decision is “historic”.
“This is historic because the river runs right through Quito, and because of
its influence, people live very close to it,” says Darío Iza, whose group Kitu
Kara filed the complaint on behalf of the river.
The court ruled that while appeals proceed, the government will have to come up
with a plan to clean up the Machángara."
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