Pescador que descobriu um dos maiores poços de petróleo do mundo morreu pobre e sem reconhecimento

Fisherman Who Discovered One of the World’s Largest Oil Wells Died Poor and Unrecognized

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Published on 03/07/2020 at 12:57

Pescador que descobriu um dos maiores poços de petróleo do mundo morreu pobre e sem reconhecimento

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The Wealth of Oil Did Not Reach This Humble Fisherman Who Should Have Been Treated as a True Hero for His Discovery

Oil is also known worldwide as “the black gold,” but at least for fisherman Rudesindo Cantarell Jiménez, who lived in the small Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico, all this wealth brought no benefit; on the contrary, the man died poor, without recognition, and without friends. National Congress Attempts to Prevent the Sale of Petrobras Refineries

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This story begins in 1958 when Rudesindo, then 44 years old, spotted black bubbles in the Campeche sea, in the southeast of the country, which he suspected were oil, but knowing this would change the life of the small fishing village, he decided not to report the discovery to the authorities.

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Fisherman Who Discovered One of the World’s Largest Oil Wells Died Poor and Unrecognized

The Wealth of Oil Did Not Reach This Humble Fisherman Who Should Have Been Treated as a True Hero for His Discovery

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