Ecuador pursued China oil deal while pledging to protect Yasuni, papers show

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Date of Publication: February 19, 2014

Year of Publication: 2014

Publication City: London, UK

Publisher: The Guardian

Author(s): David Hill

Newspaper: theguardian.com

The Ecuadorian government was negotiating a secret $1bn deal with a Chinese bank to drill for oil under the Yasuni national park in the Amazon while pursuing a high-profile scheme to keep the oil under the ground in return for international donations, according to a government document seen by the Guardian.

 
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