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FEATURE-Colombian U'wa Indians Brace for New Battle
July 8, 2002 | Reuters Company News
Cubara, Colombia - Roberto Perez chews a cluster of drycoca leaves as he stands near a precipice overlooking a valley of rainforest and swift rivers. Legend has it that Perez's U'wa Indian ancestors jumped to their deaths froma similar ridge 500 years ago to avoid enslavement by Spanish conquistadors. Perez, a shy and mild-mannered U'wa leader, says his people will not commitmass suicide [...]More »
Witness for Peace report: The Real Costs of Pipeline Protection in Colombia: Corporate Welfare with Deadly Consequences
July 1, 2002 | Report
A Witness for Peace Report from Arauca July 2002 SUMMARY The politically independent human rights group Witness for Peace conducted a thorough on-the-ground study of the potential outcomes of the Bush administration’s proposal to spend $98 million to protect an oil pipeline in Arauca, Colombia. This oil industry resource is half-owned by California-based Occidental Petroleum. [...]More »
Colombia Holds Out for a Big Oil Find
May 21, 2002 | Financial Times
Under rebel threat and with its largest fields in decline, Colombia's oil industry was dealt a new blow this month when one of its loyal foreign investors said it had not found significant reserves. However, despite Occidental's decision to abandon the Sirirý exploration block near the Venezuelan border, where it had hoped to locate an estimated 1.4bn barrels of oil, Ecopetrol, Colombia's state oil company, remains o [...]More »
How a Disappearing Oil Field was the Answer to One Tribe's Prayers Bizarre Campaign Pays Off as US Oil Giant Quits Amazon Project
May 13, 2002 | Guardian
When geologists from US oil giant Oxy found what they believed was one of the largest oil fields in Latin America in 1994, there was jubilation in the company's Los Angeles HQ. Oxy - closely linked to former US presidential candidate Al Gore - was confident enough to tell shareholders there could be 1.4 billion barrels in Colombia's Samore field and a further 900 million barrels in an adjacent area. [...]More »
Occidental Returns Siriri Oil Block to Colombia
May 9, 2002 | www.socialfunds.com
Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum withdrew from an oil field belongingto the indigenous U'wa people, but the company will continue oil extractionin Colombia. [...]More »
Re: Statement to the National and International Public on the Withdrawal of Oxy from U'wa Sacred Territory Kera Chikara
May 7, 2002 | Press Release
Cubará - Boyacá, Colombia - The millennial and historic U'wa Indigenous People of Colombia situated in the departments of Casanare, Arauca, Boyacá, Santander and Norte de Santander, through this statement would like to express thanks from our hearts for the total and unconditional support that we have received from the following national and international organizations in defense of life, culture and the environment. [...]More »
Oil Co. to Pull Out of Colombia
May 7, 2002 | Associated Press
Bogota - Occidental Petroleum Corp. has stopped looking for oil in the Siriri block in eastern Colombia and plans to withdraw from the zone, a local company spokesman said Tuesday. Occidental's activities in the zone sparked fierce protests from the U'Wa indigenous group, backed by international rights groups. [...]More »
Asunto: Comunicado a la Opinión Pública Nacional e Internacional Frente al Retiro de la Oxy de Territorio Sagrado U'wa Kera Chikara
May 7, 2002 | Press Release
El milenario e histórico Pueblo Indígena U'wa de Colombia con asentamiento en los departamentos de Casanare, Arauca, Boyacá, Santander y Norte de Santander, por medio del presente comunicado queremos agradecer de corazón el apoyo total e incondicional que recibimos por parte de las siguientes organizaciones nacionales e internacionales en defensa de la vida, la cultura y el medio ambiente. Nacionales: Sector [...]More »
Occidental Abandona Exploración del Bloque Samoré
May 6, 2002 | El Tiempo
Ecopetrol sufre un grave revés y tendrá que terminar la tarea inconclusa enel proyecto, considerado la piedra angular de la nueva generación de campospetroleros del país. Aunque la petrolera estatal aún no ha sido notificada oficialmente de ladecisión, la sede principal de Occidental en Los Ángeles la confirmó elviernes pasado, luego de analizar que desde el punto de vista económico, n [...]More »
Picketers Protest Occidental Drilling
May 3, 2002 | Reuter on Occidental, U'wa and military aid
Los Angeles - A noisy group of about 20 sign-wavingdemonstrators marched outside the annual meeting of Occidental PetroleumCorp. [...]More »
