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Denuncian Graves Daños Ecológicos en Chiquitania

Los Tiempos | Washington, DC - Grupos ambientalistas Amazon Watch, Friends of the Earth y la Red de Energía y Economía del Instituto de Estudios Políticos han divulgado un informe acompañado por un video que demuestra que los impactos ambientales de los gasoductos Cuiaba y Bolivia-Brasil de Enron y Shell persisten.Como indica el

Cuestionan el Tendido del Gasoducto Yabog

El Deber | Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Bolivia, Informe. Organización Amazonwatch teme que se repitan daños ambientales ANF.

Environment-Bolivia: Bank Clears Enron-Linked Yabog Gas Pipeline

IPS | Washington, DC - Despite strong objections from environmental and indigenous non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Wednesday approved 132 million dollars in financing for a controversial pipeline project led by the Bolivian subsidiaries of Shell and scandal-plagued E

IADB Approves Loan for Bolivian Pipeline

World Markets Analysis | The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) has approved a US$132m loan to Transredes, the transmission company that is owned by Enron and Shell, for the expansion of the Yacimientos-Bolivian Gulf (Yabog) pipeline.

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ChevronTexaco Polluted Amazon, Group Says Ecuadorean Activists Face an August 2003 Deadline on Filing $600 Million Lawsuit

Contra Costa Times | San Francisco - Three Ecuadorean activists came to the Bay Area to cultivate public outrage against ChevronTexaco Corp., which they accuse of polluting the Amazon rain forest and poisoning 55,000 Indians."Texaco came to our home and destroyed our land, our territory," Toribio Aguinda, a leader of the Cofan tribe, told

“Our People are Dying…We Can Wait No Longer” Ecuadorian Indigenous Leaders Arrive in Bay Area to Implore ChevronTexaco to Clean Up Toxic Waste in Amazon Region -- Leaders vow: “CLEAN UP. PAY UP. AND NEVER COME BACK!” as the petroleum polluter c

San Francisco, CA – As ChevronTexaco contemplates renewed operations in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest, indigenous leaders, representing 30,000 people, today traveled to San Francisco to tell the petroleum giant: “CLEAN UP. PAY UP.

Co Working on Peru's Camisea Gas Confident of IDB Loan

Dow Jones | Lima, Peru - The company developing a pipeline to transport natural gas from the Camisea project in Peru said Tuesday it is confident that the Inter-American Development Bank will approve a loan despite criticism from environmental groups.A mission from the IDB and the Andean Community's development agency, or CAF, is

International Alliance Vows to Intensify Opposition in Eight Countries to Ecuador’s OCP Oil Pipeline Amazon Pipeline Downgraded by Moody’s, Criticized by the World Bank

Sassenberg, Germany - Representatives from more than forty non-governmental organizations from eight countries, along with German parliamentarians and political party activists, concluded a 3-day summit today in Sassenberg on the growing environmental and social problems caused by the new oil pipeline in Ecuador – one o

Ministry Invites NGOs to Camisea Site in Peru

BNAmericas | Peru's ministry of mines and energy has invited international NGOs to come to Peru and see the environmental monitoring of the Camisea natural gas project at first hand, the ministry said in a statement.Peru's government and the Camisea consortium, led by Argentina's Pluspetrol, are currently lobbying the Inter-America

Texas Firms Line Up U.S. Aid in Peru Gas Project's Damage to Rain Forest Assailed

The Washington Post | Two Texas energy companies, both closely tied to the Bush White House, are lining up administration support for nearly $900 million in public financing for a Peruvian natural gas project that will cut through one of the world's most pristine tropical rain forests.A top priority of Peruvian officials, who view it as key

Risky Business Washington Sends Troops to Protect an Oil Pipeline

Newsweek | In a remote jungle clearing, several dozen Colombian guerrillas in camouflage fatigues gnaw on pieces of stewed rodent and sip a hot brew made from sugar cane. These men belong to the National Liberation Army (ELN); it’s the smaller of Colombia’s two rebel groups, but considered public enemy No.

Imperiled Pipeline Gets U.S. Troops in Colombia

Chicago Tribune | Saravena, Colombia - On the edge of the war-torn city of Saravena, U.S. military advisers are preparing for a major escalation of American involvement in Colombia's 38-year-old civil war.Until now, U.S. military and economic assistance to Colombia has gone largely to fight the drug war.

Outside Halls of Power, Many Fear Free Trade

New York Times | Quito, Ecuador - Two heated debates about free tradetook place here last week, yet they were so differentthey might as well have been on separate planets.The most visible one was at a meeting of tradeministers from the United States and 33 othercountries, who tried to hammer out a road map for

US, Latam Agree on Americas Free Trade Zone by 2005

Reuters | Quito, Ecuador - The United States,Canada and Latin America agreed to a strict timetableon Friday to negotiate a free trade zone that wouldspan the Americas by 2005, but failed to settlefestering disputes that trade chiefs said couldunravel negotiations.The one-day meeting of ministers in

U.S. Works to Calm Free Trade Talks

Associated Press | Quito, Ecuador - Under tight security and threats ofprotests, U.S. officials worked Friday to temperskepticism from some Latin American countries about aplan to create a hemisphere-wide free-trade zone by2005.

NGO Statement on the Camisea Project, Peru

TO: Inter-American Development Bank Executive DirectorsExport-Import Bank Board of DirectorsFROM: Amazon Watch, Bank Information Center, Environmental Defense, Friends of the Earth, Institute for Policy Studies, Rainforest Action NetworkDATE: November 1, 2002RE: NGO Statement on the Camisea Project,

Trade Meeting in Flux Talks Marred by Street Protests

Miami Herald | Quito, Ecuador - Ecuadorean security forces battledprotesters Thursday but the standoff failed to disruptthe work of trade ministers trying to hammer out aregional trade pact.An estimated 10,000 anti-free trade protesters werenot the only voices clamoring for an audience in Quitoas trade o

Local de McDonald´s fue Blanco de las Protestas

El Comercio | Quito, Ecuador - Uno de los establecimientos de la estadounidense McDonald´s en Quito fue blanco el miércoles de duras protestas por parte de integrantes de organizaciones sociales que participaban en una marcha contra la creación del Area de Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA).

10 000 Manifestantes Marcharon Contra el ALCA

El Comercio | Quito, Ecuador - La movilización fue encabezada por Evo Morales, de Bolivia; Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, de Argentina y Leonidas Iza, de Ecuador. Grupos de radicales se enfrentaron a la Policía: hubo un herido y 22 asfixiados.Los estudiantes de la FEUE tenían pañuelos en el rostro.

Latin American Parliamentarians Reject FTAA

Xinhua News Agency | Quito - Parliamentarians from some Latin American countries on Wednesday rejected the Free Trade of the Americas (FTAA) for the region.The move came after a two-day debate on the FTAA by the 33 parliamentarians from Mexico, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Ecuador, El Salvador, Venezuela and Colombia.

Thousands Protest Free-Trade Talks in Ecuador

EFE | Quito, Ecuador - Thousands of people marched in Ecuador's capital on Thursday to protest talks for an Americas-wide free trade zone as diplomats under heavy guard led negotiations to lay groundwork for a meeting of ministers.

Thousands Protest Trade in Ecuador

Associated Press | Quito, Ecuador - Thousands of demonstrators marched in Ecuador's capital Thursday to protest free trade talks scheduled for Friday, setting off clashes at police barricades.