May 1997 · VOLUME 18 · NUMBER 5

The Oil Barons

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C O N T E N T S

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FEATURES
Fueling Strife in Chad and Cameroon:
The Exxon-Shell-ELF-World Bank Plans for Central Africa, by Korinna Horta
Peru Goes Beneath the Shell, by Pratap Chatterjee
Crude Behavior: The Social and Environmental Costs of
Oil Company Divestment from U.S. Refineries, by Jenna E. Ziman

DEPARTMENTS
BEHIND THE LINES
EDITORIAL:
  The Great Digital Giveaway
THE LAWRENCE SUMMERS MEMORIAL AWARD
THE FRONT:
  Uniting to Block the Dams
  Business Bats for Colombia
  The Canadian Gold Scam
INTERVIEW
  Haiti's Latest Coup: Structural Adjustment and the Struggle for Democracy, an interview with Camille Chalmers
THEIR MASTERS' VOICE
TRADE WATCH:
  NAFTA's Broken Promises
BOOK NOTES:
  One World, Ready or Not
NAMES IN THE NEWS
RESOURCES