Finca Don Mendieta
The place
Finca Don Mendieta ("Don Mendieta Farm") in the province of Zamora-Chinchipe, Yantzaza/El Pangui area (Cordillera del Cóndor, southern Amazonia, Ecuador), at 855 m altitude, on the Amazonian foothills of the Cordillera del Cóndor. Continuous Ecuador Amazonia cluster (batches 260-403). Ecotourism farm-hotel in the Cóndor foothills (Yantzaza, pop. 20,000, agricultural hub + El Pangui, pop. 10,000 + Cordillera del Cóndor, a mountain range on the historically contested EC-PE border + Zamora, pop. 30,000, capital of Zamora-Chinchipe province + Podocarpus National Park, 1,462 km², est. 1982, UNESCO biosphere reserve 2007 + heritage of the Shuar/Achuar peoples (Jivaroan peoples, Shuar 80,000 speakers of Shuar Chicham + Achuar 6,000 speakers of Achuar + iconic heritage of tsantsa, shrunken heads, a ceremonial Jivaroan war practice of the 19th century, iconic + iconic heritage of the Ecuador-Peru wars 1941, 1981, 1995 Cenepa, Cordillera del Cóndor, 3 weeks + Itamaraty Treaty 26 October 1998, Brasília, definitive border + heritage of Fruta del Norte gold mine, Lundin Gold, 2014, 5 M ounces reserve + Mirador mine, Ecuacorriente CN, 2016, copper, $3 Bn + Yasuní ITT, Correa 2007-2013, 850 M barrels, $3.6 Bn + Correa heritage 2007-2017, buen vivir, Sumak Kawsay + exile in Belgium, 8 years, 2020, corruption + Noboa, son Álvaro Noboa, 2023-present, gang war 2024).
The setting
Zamora-Chinchipe, Yantzaza/El Pangui, Cordillera del Cóndor, southern Amazonia, Ecuador, 855 m, Amazonian foothills of the Cóndor, continuous cluster batches 260-403, ecotourism farm-hotel in the foothills + Yantzaza 20,000, agricultural + El Pangui 10,000 + Cordillera del Cóndor, EC-PE border + Zamora 30,000, capital + Podocarpus NP, 1,462 km², est. 1982, UNESCO biosphere 2007, Shuar/Achuar, Jivaroan, Shuar 80,000 speakers of Shuar Chicham + Achuar 6,000 speakers of Achuar + tsantsa shrunken heads, ceremonial Jivaroan war practice, 19th c., iconic + EC-PE war 1941, 1981, 1995 Cenepa, Cóndor, 3 weeks + Itamaraty Treaty 26 Oct 1998, Brasília + Fruta del Norte gold mine, Lundin Gold, 2014, 5 M ounces + Mirador mine, Ecuacorriente CN, 2016, copper, $3 Bn + Yasuní ITT, Correa 2007-2013, 850 M barrels, $3.6 Bn + Correa 2007-2017, buen vivir, Sumak Kawsay + exile in Belgium, 8 years, 2020, corruption + Noboa, Álvaro Noboa, 2023+, gang war 2024.
