{"id":4378,"date":"2022-06-28T14:08:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T21:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inquirefirst.org\/montanasyselva\/proyectos\/huellas-del-petroleo\/?p=4378"},"modified":"2022-07-18T16:40:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T23:40:59","slug":"traces-of-oil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inquirefirst.org\/montanasyselva\/proyectos\/traces-of-oil\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Traces of Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Traces of Oil
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In the 1970s, an oil strike in Peru\u2019s northeastern Loreto region was heralded as the path to development. Half a century later, communities in the area, most of them Indigenous, lack safe drinking water, health care and decent schools, and are left with a legacy of pollution. The question now: Can Loreto plan for a future beyond petroleum?<\/p>\n\n \n

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By Barbara Fraser<\/span>, Marilez Tello<\/span>\n and Leonardo Tello<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n\n

Published on July 18, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n \n

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The oil industry has left a legacy of oil spills and deforestation in the Amazonian oil field known as\n Block 192 in Peru\u2019s Loreto region. Photo: Thomas M\u00fcller<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n\n
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C\u00e9sar Mozombite of the mainly Kukama community of Cuninico, on the lower Mara\u00f1\u00f3n River, says oil spills\n have brought economic hardship to the affected communities. Photo: Ginebra Pe\u00f1a\n <\/figcaption>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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A legacy of
broken promises<\/h4>\n