New York, NY – Following on the heels of activist Julia Butterfly Hill’s arrest and deportation last week from Ecuador, US environmental groups are bringing the international campaign against the OCP oil pipeline to the New York offices of WestLB, the German bank that is syndicating $900 million to the pipeline.
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Environmentalists Call on German Bank to Cancel Loan for Ecuador Oil Pipeline or Withdraw from United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative Protest Planned at WestLB’s New York Headquarters
WHAT: Public Demonstration, Street Theatre and Press Conference WHEN: Tomorrow, THURSDAY, JULY 25TH from 12 to 1 pmWHERE: 1211 Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue at 48th Street in Manhattan), at the offices of WestLB(New York, NY) – Following on the heels of activist Julia Butterfly Hill’s arrest and de
Ecuador Congressmen Call Hearings, Aim to Censure Oil Min
Dow Jones Business News | Quito - Ecuador 's Congress began hearings Wednesday afternoon on a motion to censure Energy Minister Pablo Teran, who has been called to appear before lawmakers.Independent Deputy Fernando Aguayo and Deputy Rene Mague of the Democratic Left party accuse the minister of violating both the constitution and the Hydrocarb
NGO Letter of Concern to Burlington Resources
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF OCP PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION
During March 2002, a study was conducted of the social and environmental impacts of the OCP construction. The entire trajectory of the heavy crude pipeline was inspected, from Lago Agrio to Esmeraldas. 149 property owners, workers and representatives from 5 municipal authorities were interviewed.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
IMPACTOS AMBIENTALES DE LA CONSTRUCCION DEL OCP
Durante el mes de Marzo del 2002, se estudió los impactos ambientales y sociales debidos a la construcción del OCP.
Julia Butterfly Hill Deported by Ecuador after Oil Confrontation
San Francisco Chronicle | Environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill, deported from Ecuador on Thursday after her arrest at a Quito demonstration, said she was outraged by the destruction she witnessed along an oil pipeline route carved through the country's forests. Her actions while in Ecuador, however, outraged oil company executives.
Julia Butterfly Brings the Struggle Against Oil Destruction from Quito to LA: Press Conference at Occidental Petroleum’s LA Headquarters
Los Angeles, California - Vowing her continued commitment to the struggle against Ecuador’s OCP oil pipeline, Julia Butterfly Hill will speak to the press today at 10.30 am outside the LA offices of Occidental Petroleum located at Wilshire and Westwood Blvds.
Julia Butterfly to Arrive in Los Angeles Tonight After Forcible Deportation from Ecuador Julia to hold press conference 10.30 am tomorrow outside Occidental’s LA offices
Quito, Ecuador — Environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill will arrive at Los Angeles International Airport at seven tonight, after being forcibly deported from Ecuador at dawn. The deportation occurred just two hours before a Habeas Corpus hearing set for Ms.
Midnight Decision to Deport Julia Butterfly Ecuadorian Government Preempts Her Fair Trial in Oil Protest
Quito, Ecuador — Immigration police announced late last night that activist Julia Butterfly Hill will be deported to the United States early this morning. The deportation is set to occur just two hours before a scheduled Habeas Corpus hearing for Ms.
Julia Butterfly in Ecuador Jail after Oil Protest Pipeline Would Cut through Reserve
San Francisco Chronicle | Julia Butterfly Hill, California's well-known tree sitter and environmental activist, has been jailed in Ecuador for protesting a proposed oil pipeline that would penetrate a virgin Andean "cloud forest" that teems with rare birds.
Julia Butterfly Hill Remains in Ecuadorian Jail with Seven Other Activists After Oxy Oil Protest
Quito, Ecuador — Julia Butterfly Hill and seven Ecuadorians arrested Tuesday during a peaceful protest outside Occidental Petroleum (OXY)’s Quito offices remained in jail for a second night pending their 9 am hearing Thursday.
Bloqueado Paso del OCP
El Universo | El Castillo, Pichincha -Ecologistas y habitantes de Mindo, agrupados en la organización Acción por la Vida, instalaron ayer un campamento en el cerro El Castillo, al noroccidente de Pichincha, para protestar contra la construcción del oleoducto de crudos pesados (OCP) por el bosque protector Mindo Nambillo.
Julia Butterfly Hill Arrested in Ecuador Oil Protest Occidental Petroleum’s Quito Office Shut Down by Protesters
Quito, Ecuador — Quito police today arrested activist Julia Butterfly Hill and at least 7 other peaceful protestors outside the Quito offices of US oil company Occidental Petroleum (OXY). Most of those arrested represent Ecuadorian communities adversely affected by the new OCP pipeline being built by Oxy.
Ecuador Activists Reoccupy OCP Pipeline Construction Site Julia “Butterfly” Hill Takes Action in Solidarity with South America’s First Tree-Sitters
Guarumos, Ecuador — Several dozen local community members from Mindo, accompanied by Julia “Butterfly” Hill, and members of Acción Ecológica and Amazon Watch, are currently re-occupying the Guarumos construction site of Ecuador’s new Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP) in the Mindo Nambillo Cloudforest Reserve, in ord
Letter to the IDB
July 10, 2002 July 9, 20029 de Julio, 2002 May 26, 2002 May 6, 2002 Juan E. NotaroExecutive DirectorBolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay Inter-American Development Bank1300 New York Avenue, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20577Dear Mr.
Letter to the OPIC Board of Directors
OPIC Board of Directors:Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator, Agency for International Development Gary A. Barron, President, Strategic Alliance Partners Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Melvin E.
Ministerio de Desarrollo Sostenible y Planificación
Ramiro Cavero Uriona, MinistroHernán Cabrera, Vice-MinistroMinisterio de Desarrollo Sostenible y PlanificaciónAv. Mariscal Santa Cruz Esq.
Letter to the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Planning
Ramiro Cavero Uriona, MinisterHernán Cabrera, Vice-MinisterMinistry of Sustainable Development and PlanningAv. Mariscal Santa Cruz Esq. Oruro Edificio de la Ex-Comibol 6 PisoCasilla 12814 La PazBoliviaDear Mr. Cavero Uriona and Mr.
Julia ‘Butterfly’ Hill to Visit Ecuador’s Embattled OCP Pipeline Project & Tour Toxic Waste Pits and Forest Destruction in the Amazon and Mindo
Quito, Ecuador — Internationally celebrated environmentalist, author, and forest defender Julia Butterfly Hill arrives in Quito today to express solidarity with communities resisting the construction of the new OCP oil pipeline through Ecuador’s fragile tropical forests.
FEATURE-Colombian U'wa Indians Brace for New Battle
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.
Cosdena Rejects Chilean Port Option for LNG - Regional
BNamericas.com | Bolivia's national defense council Cosdena has rejected the choice of a port in Chile to handle exports of Bolivian liquefied natural gas (LNG) to North America, according to Bolivian newspaper Los Tiempos. Cosdena rejected the Chilean option for strategic reasons, and recommended the choice of a port in Peru.
Witness for Peace report: The Real Costs of Pipeline Protection in Colombia: Corporate Welfare with Deadly Consequences
A Witness for Peace Report from AraucaJuly 2002SUMMARYThe 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.
Enron Keeps Role in Bolivia Pipeline Project Criticism Grows -- Records Missing
Chronicle Foreign Service | La Paz, Bolivia - Despite Enron Corp.'s financial collapse in the United States, the Houston energy giant is alive and well in Bolivia, wheree it continues to play a major and highly controversial role in the nation's burgeoning natural gas industry.
EXIM Bank Urged to Deny Government Loan to Egregious Energy Project in the Amazon Peru's Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples Threatened by Massive Camisea Gas Project
Washington, DC - The Argentinean energy giant, Pluspetrol and its partners arrived in Washington this week to meet with ExIm Bank of the United States to drum up financing for its Camisea gas project and pipelines in Peru.
Bolivia: Proposed Constitutinal Reforms Spark a Nationwide March for "Popular Sovereignty, Territory and Natural Resources"
Democracy Now | Thousands of Bolivians are marching toward the capital to protest a series of neo-liberal reforms proposed by the government. The indigenous and campesino marchers have been walking for nearly a month, beginning in the Amazon basin and snaking their way hundreds of miles up to the capital, La Paz.
European Caravan Protests Oil Mega-Projects
Inter Press Service | Colombia-Ecuador: Bogota - European environmentalists began their international caravan in Colombia to protest against big petroleum projects here, and are to arrive in neighboring Ecuador Thursday, where they will speak out against the construction of an oil pipeline through that country's Amazon forests.
Colombia-Ecuador: European Caravan Protests Oil Mega-Projects
Inter Press Service | Bogota - European environmentalists began their international caravan in Colombia to protest against big petroleum projects here, and are to arrive in neighboring Ecuador Thursday, where they will speak out against the construction of an oil pipeline through that country's Amazon forests.
Bolivia: Proposed Constitutional Reforms Spark Unprecedented Nationwide March Marchers Demand Democratic Assembly to Halt Reforms That Favor Foreign Corporations Photos available upon request
Cochabamba, Bolivia - For nearly a month, approximately 2000 indigenous and campesino men, women and children have been marching hundreds of miles from the Amazon basin to the capital city of La Paz in the Andes.
