My name is Sam Mitchell, aka Hambone Littletail. Earlier this year, I spent several weeks in Salvacion, Peru, investigating (among other things) Hunt Oil Company's shenannigans in the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve (what we would call an "Indian reservation" in the states). I even managed to befriend the head honcho of Hunt's seismic team, who is a very nice guy, by the way. I filed a short report of what I learned on the rainforest conservation site, www.mongabay.com (punch in "Hunt Oil" if you would like to read it).
Furthermore, I wrote a full (250-page) report of what I found in Madre de Dios, which I published as an e-book on www.lulu.com (punch in "Peruvian Plunge" in the search criteria; there is a nominal five-dollar charge to download it). If anybody out there following this tragic, and predictable, story, would like some background information before Saturday's planned riot, this may be a good place to start. Keep up the good fight, amigos.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
More info on Hunt Oil in Madre De Dios
This was dropped into my inbox earlier this evening. I think it's worth passing on.
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