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Ecuador Seeks Chevron Probe U.S. Officials Asked to Look at Rain Forest Contamination Claim

San Francisco Chronicle | Ecuador's attorney general has asked U.S. officials to investigate Chevron Corp's alleged "fraud and deceit" connected with oil-field contamination in the Amazon rain forest, the latest salvo in a long-running legal dispute.Attorney General Jose Maria Borja Gallegos wrote to his U.S. counterpart on Dec.

Dirección de Etnias y ASOU’WA Se Pronuncian sobre Consulta Previa

Actualidad Étnica | Bogotá - La Dirección de Etnias del Ministerio del Interior y de Justicia, fue enfática en señalar que “vigilará y garantizará el respeto de la integridad étnica y cultural de los u’wa en la ejecución del proyecto de sísmica”, en la caso de los u’wa agremiados en ASCATIDAR (Asociación de Cabildos y Autoridad

Colombian Government’s Decision to Start Seismic Testing on U’wa Indigenous Land a “Huge Step Backwards” Amazon Watch Warns Ecopetrol Not to Repeat the Mistakes of US Oil Firms on Indigenous Territory

San Francisco, CA – The Colombian government’s decision to allow seismic testing inside the legal and ancestral territory of the U’wa indigenous people, on some of the most biodiverse cloud-forest anywhere in the world, was greeted with dismay by Amazon Watch today.The decision to permit the Siriri/C

Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.

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Colombia Says to Explore for Oil on Indian Ground

Reuters | Bogota - Colombia has authorized state petroleum company Ecopetrol to explore for oil on Indian land in the northeastern part of the country, a move opposed by tribal leaders, the government said over the weekend.In 1997, a Colombian court blocked Occidental Petroleum Corp.

Colombia Autorizó Exploraciones de Crudo en Localidades Indígenas

El Universal (Caracas) | Bogotá - El gobierno colombiano anunció que autorizó el inicio de exploraciones de petróleo en algunas localidades de la comunidad indígena u'wa, después de más de una década de pleitos con los aborígenes, quienes se niegan a aceptar las búsquedas en la zona, informó DPA."El gobierno le otorgó a las comunid

Indígenas de Perú Llegan a Houston para Protestar

Diarios Rumbo | No quieren más contaminación de las petroleras en sus territorios selváticosEra la primera vez que Gonzalo Payma y Marcial Huamán, dos representantes indígenas de la selva peruana, visitaban Estados Unidos.

Ecopetrol Iniciará Actividades Sísmicas en Territorio U’wa

Actualidad Etnica | Bogotá, ECOPETROL S.A. iniciará actividades sísmicas de exploración petrolera en territorio U’wa, así lo anunció el gobierno nacional a través de la Viceministra del Interior, María Isabel Nieto, hoy a los medios de comunicación.

Oxy to Exit Peru After Protracted Pollution Controversy

Oil Daily | Occidental Petroleum has decided to withdraw from a controversial project in Peru following a longstanding dispute with environmental groups and indigenous peoples that accused the US company of polluting the Amazon.Oxy's exit from Peru means the company "will no longer be involved in oil drilling in the Amazon for the

Los Angeles-based Oxy Withdraws from Amazon, Sets New Bar for Oil Industry Achuar Nation and Amazon Watch Applaud Oxy Decision But Threats from Oil Industry and Past Contamination Continue, Warn Rainforest Leaders Press Conference and Photo Op. with Ach

Los Angeles – Occidental Petroleum’s (Oxy) decision to withdraw from the Peruvian Amazon was given a cautious welcome today by local indigenous leaders and Amazon Watch.The development is the second major victory for the Amazon in the last two months, following an October decision by the Argentine company that inhe

Amazon Leaders to Call on Oil Industry to Stop Destruction of Rainforest Leaders Arrive in Los Angeles to Make Major Announcement Regarding Occidental Petroleum’s Drilling on their Lands Press Conference and Photo Op. with Achuar Leaders and Hollywood

WHAT: Press Conference and Photo OpportunityWHO: Jorge Fachin, Gonzalo Payma Carijano and Marcial Huaman Sandi, leaders of the Achuar indigenous nation of the northern Peruvian Amazon Lily la Torre, leading human rights lawyer, Racimos de Ungurahui, Peru Q’orianka Kilcher, award-w

UN Delays the Approval of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ CAUCUSwww.ipcaucus.netNovember 28, 2006UN affirms Indigenous Peoples are not equal to all other Peoples The Indigenous Caucus is shocked and outraged by the actions of the United Nations, who today failed to adopt the most important international instrument for the

Ecuador Vote: Leader Forges Middle Road Among Leftists

News Analysis -- New York Times | Quito, Ecuador — The walls in the office of Rafael Correa, the economist who seems almost certain to be this oil-exporting country’s next president, are decorated with photos of leftist leaders in Latin America whom he admires, including Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and Evo Morales of Bolivia.But when Mr.