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    A Toxic Legacy of Oil in Block 1ab in Corrientes River

    May 2008 | Photo Gallery

    “Clean Up Operation” Launched at Occidental Petroleum Headquarters
    On May 1, 2008, Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon and environmentalists donned hazmat suits and staged a major “clean-up operation” outside the global headquarters of Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) to urge the company to remediate a toxic disaster it created in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.

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