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OIL SPARKS IN THE AMAZON This page intentionally left blank SERIES EDITORS William W. Keller Scott A. Jones Professor of International Aff airs, Director of Export Control Program, Center for International Trade and Center for International Trade and Security, University of Georgia Security, University of Georgia SERIES ADVISORY BOARD Pauline H. Baker William J. Long The Fund for Peace Sam Nunn School of International Aff airs, Georgia Institute of Technology Eliot Cohen Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced Jessica Tuchman Mathews International Studies, Johns Hopkins Carnegie Endowment for International Peace University Scott D. Sagan Eric Einhorn Center for International Security and Center for Public Policy and Administration, Cooperation, Stanford University University of Massachusetts, Amherst Lawrence Scheinman John J. Hamre Monterey Institute of International Studies, The Center for Strategic and International CNS- WDC Studies David Shambaugh Josef Joff e The Elliott School of International Aff airs, Hoover Institution, Institute for International George Washington University Studies, Stanford University Jessica Stern Lawrence J. Korb FXB Center, Harvard School of Center for American Progress Public Health This page intentionally left blank OIL SPARKS IN THE AMAZON Local Confl icts, Indigenous Populations, and Natural Resources Patricia I. Vásquez The University of Georgia Press Athens and London © 2014 by the University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 www .ugapress .org All rights reserved Set in 10/14 Minion Pro by Graphic Composition, Inc., Bogart, Georgia Manufactured by Sheridan Books, Inc. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Most University of Georgia Press titles are available from popular e- book vendors. Printed in the United States of America 18 17 16 15 14 p 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Vasquez, Patricia I. Oil sparks in the Amazon : local confl icts, indigenous populations, and natural resources / Patricia I. Vasquez. pages cm. — (Studies in security and international aff airs) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978- 0- 8203-4 561- 1 (hardback) — isbn 0- 8203- 4561- x (hardcover) — isbn 978- 0- 8203- 4562- 8 (paperback) 1. Petroleum industry and trade—Social aspects—South America. 2. Petroleum industry and trade—Environmental aspects—South America. 3. Indians of South America—Social conditions. 4. Social confl ict—South America. I. Title. hd9574.s62v37 2014 333.8'23098—dc23 2013014541 British Library Cataloging- in- Publication Data available ISBNfordigitaledition:978-0-8203-4638-0 A la memoria de Tina y Juan, quienes me dieron todo, y mucho más, para que pudiera escribir este libro In memory of Tina and Juan, who gave me everything, and much more, to be able to write this book This page intentionally left blank The idea of an equilibrium between man and the earth, the awareness of the rape of the environment by industrial culture and today’s technol- ogy, the reevaluation of the wisdom of primitive peoples, forced either to respect their habitat or face extinction, was something that, during those years, although not yet an intellectual fashion, had already begun to take root everywhere, even in Peru. Vargas Llosa The diff erence between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffi ce to solve most of the world’s problems. Mahatma Gandhi
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