Oil Exploitation and Health in the Amazon Basin of Ecuador
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Oil is a major source of income for Ecuador and since the 1970s has been the engine of the economy. The 1970s oil price boom lifted Ecuador’s economy formerly one of the poorest in Latin Americaby an average of 7% annually, with per capita income rising from 290 USD in 1972 to 1,200 USD in 2000. Today, oil continues to account for 40% of the nation export earnings and government budget. Most of this oil comes from the northeastern part of the country, the Amazon basin. The Amazon basin of Ecuador, known as the “Oriente”, consists of more than 100,000 km of tropical rainforest lying at the headwaters of the Amazon river network. The “Oriente” is also home of some 500,000 people, including eight groups of indigenous people, as well as peasants from Ecuador’s coastal and highland regions. In 1967, a Texaco-Gulf consortium discovered a rich field of oil beneath the rainforest, leading to an oil boom that has permanently reshaped the region. The Amazon of Ecuador now houses a vast network of roads, pipelines and oil facilities. While the state
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