CNN — The people of Ecuador are heading to the polls – but they’re voting for more than just a new president. For the first time in history, the people will decide the fate of oil extraction in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The referendum will give voters the chance to decide whether oil companies can continue to drill in one of the most biodiverse places on the planet, the Yasuní National Park, home to the last uncontacted indigenous communities in Ecuador. Among the species found in the Yasuní National Park, is the harpy eagle, the second largest bird of prey in the world. Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images The park encompasses around one million hectares at the meeting point of the Amazon, t
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