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In the Amazon, a U.N. Agency Partners With Oil Companies
RESGUARDO BUENAVISTA, Colombia — At the edge of the Colombian Amazon, in an Indigenous village surrounded by oil rigs, the Siona people faced a dilemma. The United Nations Development Program, or U.N.D.P., had just announced a $1.9 million regional aid package. In a village with no running water, intermittent electricity and persistent poverty, any money…
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Fire at Cuban Oil Facility Leaves Dozens Injured, Hundreds Evacuated
HAVANA — Lightning struck a crude oil storage facility on the northern coast of Cuba, igniting a fire that on Saturday had left dozens of people injured, 17 firefighters missing and prompted the evacuation of some 800 people, according to the authorities. Images of the fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base, in Matanzas Province, 60…
