Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico (2007)
Overview
The imagination of history in Ecuador never thought that oil, “its redeeming hope”, discovered in the Lago Agrio No. 1 well, was going to mean the beginning of the worst environmental catastrophe on the planet. Thirty years of operation and exploitation of the Texaco company, forever transformed the rivers and estuaries, the forests and the life of the indigenous communities in the northern Amazon of Ecuador.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | es |
| Popularity | 0.416 |
Directed By
Pocho Álvarez
Crew
Pocho Álvarez
Riccardo Perotti
Karina Corti
Pocho Álvarez
Pocho Álvarez
Pocho Álvarez
Rafael de la Cruz
Rafael de la Cruz
TOP CAST
Diana Borja
Narrator
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