Oil companies risk health of Ecuadorian natives
Description
- Creator
- Karl Hansen, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Image
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- An exposé on the damaging effects of oil extraction on the Huaorani (Waorani) peoples in Ecuador, including water contamination, animal extermination, and cancer. Although the Ecuadorian government claims that oil extraction benefits the country and its people, it is the Indigenous people that pay the costs.
- Publisher
- Now
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON
- Pagination
- p. 13
- Date of Original
- 22 Mar 1990
- Date Of Event
- 1990
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Luis Macas
- Corporate Name(s)
- Confederation of Indigenous Organizations of Ecuador ; CONAIE ; Petro-Canada ; Texaco ; Conoco
- Local identifier
- LAWG Country Files, CF-ECU-01, Box 25c, Folder EC - HR - Indigenous Peoples
- Collection
- LAWG
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Sucumbios, Ecuador
Latitude: -0.28333 Longitude: -75.86667 -
Sucumbios, Ecuador
Latitude: -0.29387 Longitude: -76.41443 -
Sucumbios, Ecuador
Latitude: -0.25421 Longitude: -76.42647
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Hansen, Karl. "Oil companies risk health of Ecuadorian natives". Now (March 22-28, 1990), 13.
- Location of Original
- LAWG Country Files, CF-ECU-01, Box 25c, Folder EC - HR - Indigenous Peoples
