Fifty kilograms of rice and sugar, a bag of salt, a referee's whistle, two soccer balls, fifteen plates, fifteen cups and 200 hundred dollars' worth of medicines: These constitute part of the agreed payment that the Agip oil company is to make to the indigenous Huaorani -- a nation of 2,700 people -- for exploring and extracting oil from within their homelands, some 670.000 acres between the Napo and Curanay rivers. According to the pact, the Huaorani “accept and acknowledge” their responsibility in the event of any environmental damage incurred.
