OIL AND GAS JOURNAL WEBSITE Screaming Media | Quito, (EFE) - Ecuadorian Indigenous Peoples Confederation (CONAIE) President Leonidas Iza on Wednesday threatened to stage protests if the government does not change its economic policies and abandon efforts to privatize electricity.
All: 2002
The Bush Oil-igarchy's Pipeline Protection Package
Arianna Huffington | With the stench of Enron growing more acrid each day, you'd think the last thing President Bush would want is to be seen toadying to anotherdeep-pocketed energy giant.Well, you'd be wrong.In a shameless handout to a poor-little-me corporate mendicant, thepresident wants to spend close to $100 m
Indigenous Nations Oppose Ecuador's Ninth Round of Oil Licensing
Quito, Ecuador - To defend their natural heritage and ancestral way of life followed since time immemorial, indigenous communities from the central and southern Ecuadorian Amazon have declared their opposition to oil exploitation in their territories as proposed under the Ecuadorian government's recently announced Ninth Round
Ecuador Pipeline Makes New Enemies
Energy Compass | Opposition to Ecuador's heavy crude oil pipeline (OCP) has been building for10 years.
Kerr-McGee Exits Embattled Ecuador Pipeline
Oil Daily | US independent producer Kerr-McGee will sell its stake in two oil blocks in Ecuador and its share in the embattled OCP heavy crude oil pipeline to small French firm Perenco. Kerr-McGee is exiting Ecuador to concentrate on its operations in the US and the UK.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
German Political Scandal Over WestLB Loan to OCP Pipeline Consortium - Decision Expected Jan 17
Ecuador - The credit of $900 million awarded by Westdeutsche Landesbank (WestLB) to the OCP Consortium for the construction of the new pipeline has become the center of a strong political controversy in the State of Westphalia in Germany.
Escándalo Político en Alemania por el Crédito del WestLB al Consorcio OCP
El crédito de 900 millones de dólares otorgado por el Westdeutsche Landesbank (WestLB) al Consorcio OCP para la construcción del nuevo oleoducto se ha convertido en el centro de una fuerte controversia política en el Estado de Westphalia en Alemania.
Environment-Ecuador: Pipeline Project Subject of "Deep Concern"
Inter Press Service | Washington - The World Bank has quietly communicated deep concern to the managers and lenders of a major pipeline project that independent environmental groups have said threatens unique ecosystems in the Ecuadorean highlands.
Activists Claim Win on Ecuador Pipeline
One World US | Environmental activists in Ecuador are claiming a tentative victory in their long fight to prevent the construction of an oil pipeline through one of the world's most pristine bird sanctuaries, the Mindo Namibillo Cloudforest Reserve, high in the Andean mountains in the country's Amazon region.
Ecuador: Environmentalists Continue Forest Occupation in Mindo to Block Pipeline Construction German Lawmakers Hold Hearing on January 14 on WestLB’s $900 Million Loan to the Controversial Pipeline
For the past week, local community residents, students, and environmentalists have been engaged in a permanent peaceful encampment high in the mountains of the Mindo Nambillo Cloudforest Reserve to stop construction of Ecuador’s new heavy crude pipeline.
Continúa Campamento de Pobladores de Mindo en Oposición al OCP
Pobladores de Mindo, jóvenes universitarios y ecologistas continúan acampando en el sector de Los Guarumos, en la entrada del Bosque Protector Mindo Nambillo.
Mindo Residents Continue Tree-Sit in Opposition to OCP Pipeline in Ecuador
Mindo residents, university students and ecologists continue camping out in the Los Guarumos area at the entrance of the Mindo Nambillo Protected Forest.
Ecuador Radio Training Missions
January and October 2002 ACT twice dispatched an expert radio technician to deliver extensive training in radio communication to Amazonian indigenous organizations fighting to prevent the invasion of their pristine forest homelands by multinational oil companies.
