October 15, 2012
THANK YOU to everyone who participated live and online at our annual celebration! The event was fantastic and our guests from Sarayaku were truly inspiring. If you missed it, you can watch it online here. We are also still looking for additional donations to help meet our goal, so please make a contribution today to help Amazon Watch continue its work to protect the rainforest and support indigenous people.
Each year Chevron faces opposition at its shareholder meeting, but this protest drew a larger and more diverse crowd galvanized by the oil giant's year of legal problems, oil spills and fines for reckless business practices.
An international coalition protested outside the Chevron shareholders' meeting Wednesday in San Ramon, claiming the company is engaging in risky and dangerous operations overseas.
Top judges of the Inter-American Human Rights Court visited the Kichwa indigenous community of Sarayaku to investigate their long-running case against the Ecuadorian government over rights abuses.
Tell the Chevron board of directors to fire CEO John Watson. Since he took over, the company's bad behavior has only gotten worse.
Urge President Correa of Ecuador to stop an auction of oil development rights within nearly eight million acres of primary forest, including all of Sarayaku territory.
Send an urgent message to President Dilma demanding respect towards indigenous people and a peaceful solution to the Belo Monte Dam conflict.
