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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEcuador To Sell A Third Of Its Amazon Rainforest To Chinese Oil Companies
http://www.whitewolfpack.com/2013/04/ecuador-to-sell-third-of-its-amazon.htmlOn Monday morning a group of Ecuadorean politicians pitched bidding contracts to representatives of Chinese oil companies at a Hilton hotel in central Beijing, on the fourth leg of a roadshow to publicise the bidding process. Previous meetings in Ecuador's capital, Quito, and in Houston and Paris were each confronted with protests by indigenous groups.
Attending the roadshow were black-suited representatives from oil companies including China Petrochemical and China National Offshore Oil. "Ecuador is willing to establish a relationship of mutual benefit a win-win relationship," said Ecuador's ambassador to China in opening remarks.
According to the California-based NGO Amazon Watch, seven indigenous groups who inhabit the land claim that they have not consented to oil projects, which would devastate the area's environment and threaten their traditional way of life.
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liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Anyone know what's going on down there these days?
secondwind
(16,903 posts)forward. Apparently, Ecuador is struggling to keep up with its debt to the Chinese, it owes China 7 BILLION
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Andes Petroleum Ecuador, a consortium of two Chinese state-owned firms China National Petroleum Corp. and China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. on Wednesday purchased the rights to explore two oil blocks in the Amazon that cover an area of 500,000 acres, 1.5 times the size of the city of Los Angeles. The deal was worth about $80 million, according to the research firm Energy Intelligence.
Experts and activists fear that the deal could destroy a pristine rainforest ecosystem and threaten unique, endangered cultures, including two isolated indigenous tribes.
Thats essentially the only Amazon in Ecuador that hasnt been devastated by oil operations, said Adam Zuckerman, environmental and human rights campaigner at the Oakland-based nonprofit Amazon Watch.
MADem
(135,425 posts)JonathanRackham
(1,604 posts)Any environmental intrusion is a bad idea.
sunnystarr
(2,638 posts)http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/02/16/propaganda-as-news-ecuador-sells-out-indigenous-tribes-and-the-environment-to-china/
Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)As a result of orders by Xi, China is destroying the lives of indigenous people in neighboring nations, while violating treaties with Vietnam and other countries, which depend on fishing and trade in the South China Sea. The silly document China used to destroy natural reefs and fishing in a gigantic body of water is fake, which is the reason China refuses to allow experts to examine the future Dead Sea Scrolls their forgers call justification for a true invasion.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Democat
(11,617 posts)Sell off America to China and Russia.