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A lard bargain

By Dan Keane (Trans.)

From a list of donations to be made by Agip Oil Ecuador to the Huaorani tribe in eastern Ecuador, in return for releasing Agip from any liabilities when carrying out oil exploration on Huaorani land. The contract dates from 2001 and was obtained last year from Bolivar Beltran, an Ecuadorian lawyer, by journalist Kelly Hearn. Translated from the Spanish by Dan Keane.

Two (2) buckets of lard

One (1) sack of salt

100 pounds rice

100 pounds sugar

One (1) chalkboard

One (1) Ecuadorian flag

Fifteen (15) plates

Fifteen (15) cups

Fifteen (15) spoons

Two (2) pots

Two (2) ladles

Two (2) soccer balls

One (1) stopwatch

One (1) referee whistle

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SEE ALSO: Deals; Ecuador; Huao Indians; Land tenure; Petroleum; Prospecting

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