La región amazónica del Ecuador compartía con el resto de la Amazonía una compleja red de culturas y civilizaciones, las cuales fueron drásticamente reducidas o extintas tras las políticas de colonización iniciadas desde Europa y posteriormente por las nuevas repúblicas. Desde entonces, los procesos coloniales han estado basados en políticas económicas y desarrollistas incompatibles con la cultura, formas de vida y ecología presentes en la región y han desencadenado una dramática serie de consecuencias sociales que representan obstáculos para el desarrollo saludable de los habitantes de la región. Por ser un territorio explotado en sus recursos naturales, caóticamente ocupado por población humana, con sistemas de producción deficiente y de vulnerabilidad ecológica, creemos que debe permanecer vigente el concepto de colonia interna.
The Amazonian region of Ecuador shared with the rest of Amazonia a complex network of cultures and civilizations, which were drastically reduced or became extinct after the colonialist policies that were promoted from Europe and later by the new republics. Since then, the colonialist processes have been based on economic and developmental policies that are incompatible with the culture, ways of life, and ecology of the region, and have unleashed a dramatic series of social consequences that represent obstacles for the healthy development of its inhabitants. As a territory that has been exploited for its natural resources, chaotically occupied by the human population, with inefficient systems of production and ecological vulnerability, we believe that the concept of internal colony should remain a current issue. The concept of internal colony should be present in the search for solutions to the problems confronting the region.
