El Comercio | El cronograma para construir el nuevo oleoducto avanza según lo programado. La compañía OCP Ecuador anunció que presentaría el plan ambiental definitivo ayer, pero hasta el cierre de esta edición no lo hacía.
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A Reserva de Gás e Gasodutos de Urucu Ameaça Áreas Intactas da Floresta Amazônica Brasileira O Lado Negro do Avança Brasil de FHC é Cravar uma Rede de Energia no Coração da Amazônia Brasileira
Resumo do ProjetoNo coração da Amazônia brasileira,a 700 km acima de Manaus,planeja-se a construção de dois novos gasodutos para a expansão da produção de gás e óleo das reservas de Urucu e Jurua.Um dos mais arriscados e menos divulgados esquemas do plano Avança Brasil, este empreendimento está entre os vint
US Judge Dismisses Amazon Texaco Lawsuit
Oil Daily | After eight years in litigation, Texaco prevailed in getting a US District Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by South American Indians in Ecuador and Peru against the US oil company for polluting their water and land in and downstream from the oil-producing Oriente region.Instead of trying the case in Manhattan
OCP Conditions Pipeline on Environmental Approval - Ecuador
BNamericas.com | The OCP Limited consortium, which is constructing Ecuador's heavy crude pipeline, could withdraw if the government fails to approve environmental permission, OCP president Hernan Lara told local press.In recent weeks environmentalists have heavily criticized construction of the pipeline - which has been postponed for m
New Pipelines Threaten Intact Amazon Rainforests in Brazil
The dark side of President Cardoso’s “Advance Brazil" plan: Carving energy grids in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon
In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, over 400 miles (700 km) upriver from Manaus, two new pipelines are planned to expand oil and gas production from the Urucu and Jurua gas fields.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Amazon Tribal Leaders Blast U.S. Judge for Blocking Texaco Pollution Case Vow to Appeal Latest Decision as Health Problems and Cancers in Ecuador Mount from Texaco Drilling Practices Potential Multi-billion Dollar Liability from Lawsuit Poses Obstacle
New York, New York - A landmark legal battle to force Texaco to clean up oil contamination that is devastating the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador took a new twist today when leaders of affected Indian tribes blasted Federal Judge Jed Rakoff as biased for dismissing the case to Ecuador and vowed to appeal.
Judge Throws Out Pollution Suit Brought by Ecuadorans Against Texaco
Dow Jones Newswires | New York - A federal judge has dismissed the Ecuadoran Indians' 1993 pollution lawsuit against oil company Texaco Inc., saying the case shouldn't be heard in U.S. courts.The decision is a blow to the Ecuadoran Indians, who had argued that their government is too dependent on oil revenue to hear the case fairly.
OCP Threatens to Quit Ecuador Line
Oil Daily | Multinational oil consortium OCP Ltd. could withdraw its plans to build a heavy crude pipeline in Ecuador if the government does not approve the environmental permits it is seeking, the company's president said Tuesday.
Ambiente Insiste en Objeciones
El Universo | Quito - El presidente del consorcio OCP Limited, Hernán Lara, advirtió ayer que la firma "volvería a revisar" el contrato para analizar su continuación, si no obtiene la licencia del Ministerio del Ambiente para iniciar la construcción del nuevo oleoducto.
OCP Limited no Variará Ruta de Ducto
El Universo | Quito - El consorcio OCP Limited considera que tiene todos los argumentos a su favor para que el Ministerio del Ambiente le otorgue la licencia ambiental, requisito clave para iniciar la construcción del Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP).
Judge Dismisses Indians Suits against Texaco
Reuters | New York - A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed lawsuits against Texaco (NYSE:TX - news) brought by rainforest Indians of Ecuador and Peru who alleged the oil company contaminated their water and land. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff said that the cases should be brought in Ecuador instead of the United States.
Ecuador
Petroleum Intelligence Weekly | Ecuador - In the latest twist to the saga of Ecuador's heavy crude oil pipeline, an environmental impact study has come under fire, amid pressure for a change in route for the 518,000 b/d export line.
Environment-Ecuador: Minister Speaks Out Against Oil Pipeline
Inter Press Service (IPS/IMS) | Quito - Ecuador's Environment Minister has joined native groups and environmentalists in speaking out against the irreparable ecological damage they say would be caused by a 500-km oil pipeline slated to cross 11 nature and indigenous reserves.
Ecuador Environment Ministry Reviews Pipeline Route
Oil Daily | Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador's Environment Ministry said in a statement sent to Reuters yesterday that a study of a plan to build a new oil pipeline fails to provide a complete analysis of the country's biodiversity.
Bush's Dirty War: Colombia's Peasant Farmers are Being Driven Off Their Land - And We are Helping
The Guardian [London] | Bush has made no secret of the primary mission of his presidency: to remunerate the companies which supported his bid for power. To the oil industry he has given the Arctic wildlife reserve and the abandonment of American action on climate change.
Ecuador Environment Ministry Reviews Pipeline Route
Oil Daily | Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador's Environment Ministry said in a statement sent to Reuters yesterday that a study of a plan to build a new oil pipeline fails to provide a complete analysis of the country's biodiversity.
OCP: Evidenciar el Pretexto
El Comercio | El presidente Gustavo Noboa quiso ponerse duro utilizando los bordes del idioma, donde existen palabras que pueden expresar ira y voluntad inquebrantable, pero también volverse el adecuado pretexto para agudizar confrontaciones y frustrar grandes proyectos como es el caso del nuevo Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados.
Ambiente * Los Cuestionamientos a la Propuesta del OCP Se Hacen en Siete Areas, No Solo Ecológicas 72 Reparos al Estudio de Impacto
El Comercio | El espesor del ducto y las medidas de protección no están claros. La ruta autorizada es el punto de mayor conflictividad. La Ministra busca una salida técnica. En 15 días termina el plazo para que las observaciones hechas al Estudio de Impacto Ambiental se incorporen al proyecto.
Rebel Army Took No Prisoners on the Banks of the Naya River
Los Angeles Times | Rebel Army Took No Prisoners on the Banks of the Naya River Paramilitary fighters stormed through Colombian guerrilla territory, stopping only to slaughter. At least 27 civilians died. The armed forces seemed powerless. ON THE NAYA RIVER, Colombia – The killers came at Easter.
Rebel Army Took No Prisoners on the Banks of the Naya River Paramilitary Fighters Stormed through Colombian Guerrilla Territory, Stopping Only to Slaughter - At Least 27 Civilians Died - The Armed Forces Seemed Powerless
Los Angeles Times | On the Naya River, Colombia - The killers came at Easter. They butchered 18-year-old Gladys Ipia first, slicing off her head and hands with a chain saw. Next, they killed six people at a restaurant just down the trail. They shot some, stabbed others. They hacked one man to death and then burned him.
Indigenas Inician Juicio contra Oleoducto
La Hora | Quito, Ecuador - Washington Ambientalistas y poblaciones indigenas de Ecuador entablaron juicio contra el gobierno para impedir la construccion del Oleoducto de Crudo Pesado (OCP), cuya ruta prevista atraviesa areas selvaticas protegidas.
Coca Crop Survives 1st Wave
Chicago Tribune | La Hormiga, Colombia - In January, U.S.-funded fumigation planes swept over Juan Saraza's 5 acres of coca bushes in the hills of southern Colombia, leaving three-quarters of them leafless and dying.The planes "will come back to fumigate again," he predicted calmly, as field workers harvested his remaining acre of healt
OCP Limited Ratifica que Ducto Irá por Ruta Norte
el universo | Quito - El Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP) seguirá la ruta norte, que cruza el noroccidente de Pichincha, lo confirmó ayer el representante legal de la Compañía OCP Limited, Francisco Díaz Garaycoa.
Zapara Culture of Ecuador and Peru Recognized by UNESCO
The culture of the Zapara nation of Ecuador and Peru was recognized today by UNESCO as a masterpiece of the "Intangible Heritage of Humanity" for its oral traditions and other cultural manifestations.In the name of the five Zapara communities of Ecuador and of the Zapara families who live in Peru, we thank UNESCO for t
Cultura Zapara del Ecuador y Peru Reconocido por UNESCO
La cultura de la nacionalidad Zapara del Ecuador y del Peru el dia de hoy hemos sido reconocidos por parte de la UNESCO como "Patrimonio Oral e Inmaterial de la Humanidad" por nuestras tradiciones orales y otras manifestaciones culturales.En nombre de las cinco comunidades Zaparas del Ecuador y de las familias Zaparas
Ecuadorian President Declares "War" on Environmentalists over Criticism of Pipeline
HOY | "Nobody is going to screw us": Noboa Guayaquil - Citing pressure from the International Monetary Fund, Ecuadorian President Gustavo Noboa blasted environmentalists for their criticism of a major new oil pipeline project in a press conference yesterday.Environmentalists, indigenous groups, human rights organizati
'Nadie Va a Joder al País, el OCP Va, porque Va': Noboa
HOY | Nadie va a joder al país... el OCP va porque va", enfatizó ayer, en Guayaquil, el presidente Gustavo Noboa. El mandatario no admite que ciertos grupos de ecologistas y hasta un alcalde, quieran detener la obra.
US Drug War Aids Colombian Paramilitaries "Since the Human-Rights Waiver was Granted the Paramilitaries Have Doubled in Size - The Number of Massacres Has Increased"
THE GUARDIAN [London] | A leading US Democratic senator has denounced Washington's billion-dollar anti-drug policy in Colombia as an expensive failure which has boosted rightwing paramilitaries while achieving negligible' results.
Natives, Green Groups Fight Ecuador Pipeline
Oil Daily | A growing group of Ecuadorean indigenous activist groups, working with environmentalists both inside and outside the country, are taking steps to try to reroute or halt completely the country's heavy crude oil pipeline (OCP) - and the increased involvement of one local organization may make the difference in their success.
