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Oil slick tarnishing Amazon area in Ecuador sparks outcry

Updated: 2024-09-18 10:33
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Waorani indigenous people visit an abandoned oil well near Guiyero, Waorani village, within the Yasuni National Park in Orellana Province, Ecuador, on Aug 27. RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP

The government estimated that it will take at least five years to cut all production from the block, which produces 50,000 barrels a day, about 10 percent of the total output in the country.

In 2023, Ecuador estimated losses of $16.47 billion over two decades if it were to close Block 43 — one of 80 blocks in the part of the Amazon that falls in the country. Oil exploitation has been one of the pillars of Ecuador's economy since the 1970s.

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