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S5, Ep2 | The Colonizers

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S5, Ep2 | The Colonizers

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How did this case come about in the first place? We go back to the early days of oil colonialism in Ecuador, in the 1960s, the partnership between oil men and missionaries, and the impact on indigenous communities in the Amazon.

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