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In Focus: Contesting Oil's Legacy

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Uploaded by on Jan 31, 2008

Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/south-america/perus-petroleum-play-amazon-...

For 30 years, Occidental Petroleum conducted the largest oil operation in Peru. Now a group of indigenous Peruvians has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States, charging Occidental with contaminating their environment. In this segment, we take a look at the region, the people and the allegations behind this case.

This report is part of Pulitzer Center-sponsored project "Peru's Petroleum Play: Amazon Oil and Politics" (http://bit.ly/vul4Da).

© Copyright Lone OutPost, Inc., 2007

Visit http://www.loneoutpost.com for more information about the feature length film, currently in production.

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  • Apalling. Yeah. Let's allow the oil companies to drill off shore and ANWR. We can trust them.

  • Peru invaded Ecuador and occupied this territory with the help of the US petroleum companies and with the blessing of the US government. Because the Ecuadorian government did not allow US petroleum companies the sole ownership of this natural resource. Peru anexed this Ecuadorian territory and allowed the US petroleum companies in.

    As always what motivates US corporations is profits, they do not care about a 3rd world country or it people. When do they learn?? being the backyard of the USA

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