So there he is with his little laptop computer, but fighting against the might of the pressures -- because of the debt, the foreign debt of Ecuador -- fighting the pressure of World Bank, IMF, and of course the people who want to exploit the forests and take out the oil.
E lá estava ele com o seu pequeno portátil, a lutar contra o poder das pressões — por causa da dívida externa do Equador — a lutar contra a pressão  do Banco Mundial, do FMI, e, claro, contra os que querem explorar  as florestas e extrair petróleo.