In June 2009, 60 soldiers slipped into the bush above Devil's Curve, a notorious bend in the two-lane highway connecting Peru's northern Amazon to the outside world. The soldiers had orders to dislodge the 3,000 Awajun natives who had been camped there for the past 57 days. The subsequent clash was deadly. At issue was the lease of three-quarters of the jungle to foreign oil and mining interests over the previous decade. The Devil's Curve untangles the story behind the deadly stand -- and the Canadian gold mine that provoked their drastic action.
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- CaOOCEL
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- 918.504/645
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- 23
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- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9781553658979 9781553658986
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- K66 2012eb
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Map 7
- Preface 8
- 1 The Closest Thing To An Indian 15
- 2 Medellín 34
- 3 The Flora And The Fauna 50
- 4 Behind the Silk Curtain She Sat Down and Wept 75
- 5 The In-Between World of Joel Shimpukat 89
- 6 Two Heroes And A Dutchman 118
- 7 Dear Mr. National Chief 136
- 8 Holding Up the Sky 155
- 9 Higher Ground 179
- 10 A Thousand And One Awajun Handshakes 188
- 11 Golden Opportunities 203
- 12 The Current 212
- 13 This Is Your Law On Drugs 226
- 14 Defence Mechanisms 237
- 15 Life and Happiness 255
- 16 Return Of The King 262
- 17 Happy Birthday, Colombia 278
- 18 Where The Rain Comes From 287
- Epilogue 308
- Acknowledgements 312
- Index 314
