Stained by oil: A history of spills and impunity in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia

Mongabay
May 23, 2022, 11:28 am152 pts
On some days, a strong smell of oil wafts through the Indigenous Kichwa community of October 12, located in Peru’s Amazonian region of Loreto. Residents going outside to see what it is often find an oily stain spreading through the ravine that more than 100 families rely on for fishing, cooking and bathing.…

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