Yuvelis Morales: “In Our Region the Narrative Is to Exploit All Resources, While Europe Has Already Banned Fracking”

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Colombian Yuvelis Natalia Morales Blanco returned from Bogotá to Puerto Wilches, her native community in the Magdalena Medio region, when she received the call. In the middle of a 12-hour bus trip, with poor coverage, she was surprised that the person on the other side of the line was very excited. She told her that she had won the Goldman award, for her social leadership against hydraulic fracture. She did not know the award, and the voice expl…