February 2023
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
9h 54m
English
Ecuador’s former president, Rafael Correa, was on my mind as the bus carrying a group of Pachamama Alliance supporters approached an Ecuadorian hydroelectric dam in August 2019. I kept thinking about the deals Correa had struck with China and of the successes—and failures—of China’s third EHM wave.
I stood and turned on the microphone. The bus stopped. I pointed. “That’s one of the many projects I helped finance in my economic hit man days.” I had a momentary flashback to a meeting with President Roldós when we tried to convince him to accept another World Bank loan. “This Agoyan Dam wasn’t completed until the 1980s; however, the planning began during the ’70s.” I felt a tug at my heart, but forced myself to continue. “The US ...