Ecuador Issues Permit to Drill in Amazon Reserve

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By Associated PressMay 24, 2014, 9:20 am62 pts
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s government has issued an environmental permit for oil drilling in the pristine Amazon reserve that President Rafael Correa initially offered to exempt from exploration if rich countries would pay his government. Correa abandoned that effort last year due to insufficient…

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