[Ost-news] Nature Given Constitutional Rights in Ecuador

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Ecuador Constitutional Assembly Votes to Approve Rights of Nature In New  
Constitution 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

On July 7, 2008, the Ecuador Constitutional Assembly - composed of one  
hundred and thirty (130) delegates elected countrywide to rewrite the  
country's Constitution - voted to approve articles for the new constitution

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    [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/nature-given-constitutional-rights-ecuador

URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/nature-given-constitutional-rights-ecuador