Word: ogreish
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Brea y Pariñas oilfield. The deal negotiated with the company was hardly the usual sort of expropriation, and Belaúnde's opponents later charged that it did not offer sizable advantage to the country. Among other things, the company-long seen by Peruvians as an ogreish exploiter-was given new mandates to expand its activities and a $144 million tax write...