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Contesting Oil's Legacy
By: Pulitzer Center
Posted: Feb 11 08
Witnessed: 765 times
Regions: Global
Issues: Environnement, Peuples autochtones
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.
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