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Ecuador Landslide Deepens Virus Crisis as Oil Pipelines Severed for Weeks

Landslides severed Ecuador’s two oil pipelines last week, spilling heavy crude into the Coca River in the country’s northeastern Amazon region. Now, amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis … Read More Ecuador Landslide Deepens Virus Crisis as Oil Pipelines Severed for Weeks

April 15, 2020October 22, 2025 N. H. GillLeave a comment

Crude Chronicles: Indigenous Politics, Mutlinational Oil, and Neoliberalism in Ecuador: Sawyer

Citation Sawyer, Suzana. Crude Chronicles: Indigenous Politics, Mutlinational Oil, and Neoliberalism in Ecuador. Durham: Duke University Press, 2004.

February 1, 2004February 5, 2021 N. H. GillLeave a comment

Indians, Oil, and Politics: A Recent History of Ecuador: Gerlach

Citation Gerlach, Allen. Indians, Oil, and Politics: A Recent History of Ecuador. Latin American Silhouettes. Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, 2003.

August 1, 2003February 5, 2021 N. H. GillLeave a comment

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Southern Affairs offers news articles, research essays, and book reviews on current and historical topics in Latin America.


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Nature Wars is a bi-weekly newsletter providing expert research and in-depth analysis of the conflicts — environmental, social, and ideological — shaping natural resource markets in the South American Andes and Amazon.

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