breakaway tribe living in “voluntary isolation” beyond the oil frontier. Ecuador, an OPEC member, pumps more than 500,000 barrels of crude a day, but with production falling, the country is ...

2004-09-03 04:00:00 PDT Tiguino, Ecuador-- Penti Baihua, a community leader of the Huaorani Indians, knew there was more to the massacre of 26 members of a rival Amazon tribe than mere revenge.

An oil company helicopter had dropped the two off so they could bring the word of God, discuss the arrival of oil workers and offer ways to help the tribe. In contrast, Ecuador's government spent ...