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"I'd like to say, to set the context, that first of all...I've stepped into a history, in Ecuador, of oil exploitation, land devastation, and the destruction of people's lives that has been going on for over thirty years. I want to make sure that people understand that this isn't a story just because Julia Butterfly went to Ecuador and saw it and had this experience...that this is a story that has been going on, a very long and sad story, for many years."