El Comercio | Joya de los Sachas, AP Un campesino puso hoy una zancadilla a la empresa estadounidense Texaco que intenta demostrar que las acusaciones por daño ambiental en su contra son infundadas.Mientras los delegados de la compañía y de los demandantes revisaban silenciosamente uno de los sitios en los cuales se realiz
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Texaco: Ayer Se Inspeccionó el Pozo 6 en Joya de los Sachas
El Comercio | Redacción Orellana Secoyas, cofanes y colonos llegaron ayer al barrio Santa Rosa, en La Joya de los Sachas, provincia de Orellana. La presencia de militares y policías de Nueva Loja delataba que algo iba a suceder.
Ecuadorean Lawsuit Vs Texaco Boils Down to Science
Reuters | La Joya de los Sachas, Ecuador - After a decade of court battles, lawyers on Wednesday took a lawsuit by Ecuadorean Indians accusing U.S. oil firm ChevronTexaco C Corp.
Judge, Lawyers Trek into Amazon in Pollution Lawsuit Ecuadorean Indians Take on ChevronTexaco
MSNBC News | La Joya de los Sachas, Ecuador - After a decade of court battles, lawyers on Wednesday took a lawsuit by Ecuadorean Indians against ChevronTexaco into the Amazon forest. Scientists started taking soil samples, hoping to prove, or disprove, that a Texaco subsidiary contaminated groundwater supplies during its oil o
Ecuador Judge Begins Jungle Site Visits in ChevronTexaco Pollution Case
Canadian Press | Joya de los Sachas, Ecuador - An abandoned oily pit in this remote Amazon jungle town became the backdrop for an open courtroom as an Ecuadorean judge began visiting 122 polluted sites in a lawsuit involving ChevronTexaco.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Plaintiffs in Ecuador Oil Trial Reject ChevronTexaco Charges of Evidence Tampering
Associated Press | Lago Agrio, Ecuador - A lawyer for plaintiffs demanding that California-based ChevronTexaco clean up a polluted swath of the Amazon jungle rejected allegations made by an oil company lawyer Tuesday that the plaintiffs tampered with evidence.The exchange of barbs came a day before an Ecuadorean judge hearing the case pl
El Arbitraje Interpuesto por la Texaco Se Complica para el País
El Comercio | ¿Ecuador se despojó de su inmunidad a ser procesado o sometido a un arbitraje internacional el 27 de agosto de 1993?, la pregunta la tienen que analizar y resolver las autoridades ecuatorianas.
Texaco y Sus Demandantes Intercambian Acusaciones en Ecuador
El Universo | Lago Agrio -Abogados de Chevron Texaco y de la parte que acusa a esta compañía petrolera estadounidense de contaminar la selva amazónica ecuatoriana, intercambiaron el martes acusaciones antes de que se inicien las inspecciones judiciales en el terreno.
Phase II of ChevronTexaco’s “Rainforest Chernobyl” Trial to Begin Tomorrow as the judge begins official “Inspections” of ChevronTexaco’s contamination in Ecuador’s Amazon, local Bay Area residents stage “Mock Inspection” in front of t
WHAT: Lively and colorful street theater dramatizing Part II of the historical trial against ChevronTexaco for creating a “Rainforest Chernobyl” in Ecuador. This mock inspection will include a skit with the following actors: Ecuadorian judge, lawyers, technical experts, affected peoples and supporters.
Indigenous Tribe Takes on Big Oil -- Ecuadoran Village Refuses Money, Blocks Attempts at Drilling on Ancestral Land
Chronicle Foreign Service | Sarayacu, Ecuador - This community of 2,000 Quichua Indians is mounting a groundbreaking and – so far – successful campaign to prevent oil exploitation on their ancestral lands in the southern Amazon region ofEcuador.Unlike most other indigenous groups, Sarayacu has been able to keep an Argentine
Ecuador To Begin Inspections In Lawsuit Vs ChevronTexaco
Dow Jones Newswires | Quito - Judicial authorities in Ecuador are preparing to inspect oil wells formerly operated by Texaco as part of a slow-moving lawsuit filed by local inhabitants in the Amazon against U.S.-based ChevronTexaco Corp.
Hunt-Led Group Begins Moving Gas from Peru's Camisea Pipeline
Bloomberg News | A Hunt Oil Co.-led group is set to begin pumping natural gas from the $1.6 billion Camisea field in Peru's Amazon rainforest, the culmination of a 20-year project that was delayed by guerrilla warfare and political opposition.Dallas-based Hunt Oil, together with partners from Argentina, South Korea and Algeria, today w
Enviromental Organizations Called on the Bush Administration and the IDB to Stop Financial Aid to the Camisea Gas Project
Petroleumworld.com | Environmental and human rights organizations from the United States and Peru, in letters to Undersecretary of the U.S.
NGO Letter to the IDB on Camisea Companies' Failure to Comply with Loan Conditions
The following joint letter was sent to the IDB on July 30th by international NGOs as a response to the IDB’s public posting of Camisea loan conditions fulfillment.
Bush Administration on Brink of Greenlighting Use of U.S. Tax Dollars for Controversial Mega-Petroleum Project in Peruvian Rainforest
Washington, D.C. - Environmental and human rights organizations from the United States and Peru, in letters to Undersecretary of the U.S.
Amazon Watch Releases the 2003 Annual Report
To view the Amazon Watch annual report, please click on the links below.
Phase II of ChevronTexaco's "Rainforest Chernobyl" Lawsuit to Begin Ecuadorian Judge Sets Dates for Judicial Inspections
Lago Agrio, Ecuador - Dr. Efrain Novillo, President of the Ninth Circuit Supreme Court in Nueva Loja (Lago Agrio) has announced that the judicial inspections in the trial brought against ChevronTexaco by Amazon communities will begin on August 18 and 19.
New Map: The Isolated Indigenous Populations in the Lower Urubamba Valley, Peru
The following is a map of the Nahua Kugapakori Territorial Reserve in the Lower Urubamba valley. It shows the known locations of untitled indigenous communities living in and around the Reserve, including those living in voluntary isolation. The map was produced by Shinai Serjali.
Ecuadorian Government Rejects Arbitration Claim Filed by ChevronTexaco after Facing Pressure from Amazonians
Quito, Ecuador - On July 8th, Dr. Jose Maria Borja, the Attorney General of Ecuador, stated in a letter to Mr.
Ecuador Rejects ChevronTexaco Arbitration Demand
Reuters | Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador has rejected a demand for international arbitration by ChevronTexaco Corp. (NYSE:CVX - News) over costs the company has incurred in its defense of a lawsuit brought by Amazon jungle Indians, a document showed on Friday.ChevronTexaco last month demanded U.S.
Update from the Ecuadorian Amazon: Amazonian Leaders March on Ministry of Commerce and Justice and Force Ecuadorian Government to Stand Up to ChevronTexaco
On July 7, the Amazon Watch partner organization the Amazon Defense Front (Frente de Defensa de la Amazonia) scored an imporant victory in its the case against ChevronTexaco's polluting their forests and communities.
Amazonian Communities Affected by ChevronTexaco to Demand the Resignation of Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Relations
Quito, Ecuador - Amazonian communities will come together today for a mass mobilization in Quito to demand the resignation of the Minister of Foreign Relations Ivonne Baki, because of her involvement with the ChevronTexaco lawsuit and the compromises she is making which will be detrimental to the country and the communities a
U'wa Communique to the National and International Public Opinion
In the year 2001, the U.S. based multinational oil company Occidental of Colombia, OXY, acknowledged publicly the discouraging results to its much anticipated oil bonanza of Gilbraltar 1, in sacred U'WA territory.Today, the Colombian state oil company ECOPETROL continues the work that OXY started.
ChevronTexaco Files Claim on Ex-partner
Tri-Valley Herald | San Ramon - ChevronTexaco Corp. has filed a claim against former partner Petroecuador, demanding that the Ecuador-based state-owned company share expenses in a lawsuit accusing Texaco of polluting the Amazon jungle.
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Looking for an Adventure and to Make a Difference in the World this Summer? Join San Ramon Valley students on a trip to the Amazon RainforestAugust 7-17, 2004 (tentative dates)-visit pristine Amazonian rainforest-see wild animals (monkeys, parrots, toucans, and pink river dolphins)-learn ab
ChevronTexaco Sues Ecuadorean State-Oil Firm Petroecuador
Dow Jones Newswires | Quito - ChevronTexaco Corp.
La Empresa No Cumple con Sus Planes
La Republica | El reporte de la Oficina General de Epidemiología señala que el contacto efectuado por los trabajadores del proyecto de Camisea produjo el contagio de enfermedades infecciosas que afecta a las comunidades nativas.Pluspetrol lo niega.
