San Francisco Sentinel – ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT CORREA: IF YOU DON’T PAY ECUADOR MONEY, WE WILL KILL THE AMAZON

“Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has threatened to drill for oil in one of the most biologically important and pristine areas of the Amazon River.

Fander Falconi, the country’s foreign minister, resigned yesterday after President Correa criticized his handling of negotiations to wrestle money from foreign governments interested in preserving a swath of virgin forests along the Amazon River.”
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