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.
All: 2004
The Politics of Petroleum - Riding Shotgun on a Pipeline
Los Angeles Times | Going beyond the war on drugs, the U.S.
Outcomes of Pregnancy among Women Living in the Proximity of Oil Fields in the Amazon Basin of Ecuador
MIGUEL SAN SEBASTIÁN, PHD, BEN ARMSTRONG, PHD, CAROLYN STEPHENS, PHDPublished in:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OCCUP ENVIRON HEALTHVOL 8/NO 4, OCT/DEC 2002
CANCER Geographical differences in cancer incidence in the Amazon basin of Ecuador in relation to residence near oil fields
by Anna-Karin Hurtig and Miguel San SebastiánPublished in International Journal of Epidemiology 2002;31:1021–1027© International Epidemiological Association 2002 Printed in Great BritainFor the full report and article, see the links below
Yana Curi Report The impact of oil development on the health of the people of the Ecuadorian Amazon
A report by Dr. Miguel San Sebastián and Dr.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Chevron's Chief Rebuffs Activists
Contra Costa Times | San Ramon - An otherwise sedate annual meeting Wednesday of ChevronTexaco Corp.
Amazon Indian Leader Tells ChevronTexaco His People are on the Brink of Extinction Due to the Company’s Oil Contamination ChevronTexaco CEO Attempts to Shift Blame for Oil Disaster-- Calls Ecuador’s Government “Inept” and “Inadequate” Bian
San Ramon, CA — At yesterday’s ChevronTexaco Annual Meeting, CEO David O’Reilly was met with a growing wave of controversy over the oil pollution his company left in the Ecuadorian Amazon following two decades of drilling.
Ecuador Tribe Battles Chevron on Oil Spill Indian Leader Says Company Liable for Cleaning Up Mess
San Francisco Chronicle | Among the sea of dark suits in the auditorium at ChevronTexaco headquarters in San Ramon, one man stood out. Toribio Aguinda was wearing a crown of green parrot feathers on his head, a sacred symbol of his authority as the leader of the Cofan nation in the Ecuadoran Amazon.
Statement of Bianca Jagger at the CHEVRONTEXACO Annual Shareholder Meeting
Good Morning Mr. O’Reilly, Board of Directors and fellow shareholders:My name is Bianca Jagger, I represent Reverend Will Saunders and I am here to second this proposal.Mr.
Testimony from Ecuadorian Cofan Leader and Local Nurse at ChevronTexaco Annual Shareholder Meeting
Highlights of the Statement from Toribio Aguinda, Cofan indigenous leader on whose people's territory Texaco (now ChevronTexaco) carried out oil operations for more than 20 years. Ø Greetings Mr. Chairman, shareholders and others present.
Toxics Protest Set for ChevronTexaco Meeting
Contra Costa Times | San Ramon - Adding a celebrity voice to a long-running battle, human rights activist Bianca Jagger plans to lead a delegation to ChevronTexaco's annual meeting today to allege that a former subsidiary caused massive pollution in an Ecuadorian rain forest.Jagger and some residents of the region who have unsuccessfully s
Bianca Jagger Speaks About Ecuadorean Health at Chevron Texaco Annual Meeting
Excerpted and Edited by Amazon Watch from Associated Press | Thrusting a celebrity's punch into a long-running battle ...(international human rights advocate) Bianca Jagger urged ChevronTexaco Corp.
Jagger to Address ChevronTexaco Shareholders; Activist to Push for an Investigation into Allegations of Serious Illnesses from Contamination in Equador
Tri-Valley Herald | Human rights activist Bianca Jagger will urge ChevronTexaco to take responsibility for pollution and contamination in the Ecuadorean Amazon when shespeaks at the company's annual shareholders meeting (tomorrow).Jagger will stand with a few shareholders who want their company to investigate allegations that villa
Pressure Mounts on ChevronTexaco to Confront its Responsibility for the “Rainforest Chernobyl” $6 Billion in Potential Liability For World’s Largest Oil Disaster Rising Tide of Institutional Investors Call on CEO David O’Reilly to Report on Env
San Ramon, CA – As ChevronTexaco prepares for its Annual Shareholder Meeting on Wednesday, April 28th at its bucolic suburban office park outside of San Francisco, a host of players are moving closer to creating a “tipping point” to force the petroleum giant to confront its responsibility for the “Rainforest Chernobyl
Tribe from Ecuador Protests Burlington Oil Drilling Project in Amazon
AP | The leader of a tribe in Ecuador traveled from the Amazon rainforest to Texas for a shareholders' meeting at a major oil and gas exploration company in order to express his people's opposition to an oil drilling project in theenvironmentally threatened region.Pablo Tsere, chief of the 80,000-member Shuar tribe
Tribe Delivers Message at Shareholder Meeting
Houston Chronicle | Wearing his traditional headdress made of toucan feathers, tribal leader Pablo Tsere asked Houston-based Burlington Resources to stay out of his back yard — the Amazon rain forest.Tsere is chief of the 80,000-member Shuar tribe of southeastern Ecuador.
Burlington Resources' Plans for Ecuador Run Into Opposition
New York Times | Houston - Burlington Resources, a large independent energy company, has been seeking to drill for oil in a remote part of the Ecuadorean Amazon since the late 1990's, when it acquired an exploration property there. Pablo Tsere, an Indian leader from the same area, has been opposing the company's efforts for just as long.
Message from the Shuar People of the Ecuadorian Amazon to Burlington Resources at its Annual General Meeting of Investors
“We ask for the immediate departure of all oil companies from the territories of the Shuar, Achuar and Quichuas peoples.We Shuar are an ancient people who continue to live in our territory according to our customs and our own cosmovision.
Amazonian Indigenous Chief Addresses Burlington Resources Shareholders on Controversial Oil Projects “Immediately Withdraw from our Territory.” Investors Voice Concerns at Company Meeting --Recent footage of growing conflict, the indigenous commun
Houston — Today at Burlington Resources’ annual meeting, shareholders were addressed directly by the chief of the Shuar people of the Ecuadorian Amazon who had traveled thousands of miles and several days to voice the adamant opposition of the region’s indigenous peoples to Burlington’s planned oil projects on their t
Burlington Ecuador Oil Project Seen Facing Showdown
Reuters | Houston - A long-running fight to halt oil exploration in the Ecuadorean Amazon by U.S. independent energy producer Burlington Resources (BR.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and its partner is is nearing potential conflict with the threat of military intervention looming, indigenous leaders said yesterday.
Burlington Urged to Exit Amazon Blocks
International Oil Daily | An Amazonian Indian leader wearing a head-dress made of red, yellow and black Toucan feathers urged Burlington Resources on Wednesday to drop plans to explore for oil on two large tracts of land in the jungles of southeast Ecuador.
Amazonian Indigenous Leaders Travel to Houston – Call on Burlington Resources to Immediately Abandon Controversial Oil Drilling Projects on Their Territories
Burlington Investors to Raise Concern at Corporation’s Annual Meeting about Growing Tension around the Rainforest Projects10-Minute Video Exposé on the Threats from Burlington’s Ecuador Oil Projects to Premiere – Recent footage of growing conflict, the indigenous communities, rainforest, and oil
Texaco Shareholders Want Probe on Ecuador Suit
Reuters | Quito, Ecuador - A group of ChevronTexaco Corp.
IDB May Fund Peru Gasline Loan with Environmental Conditions
Bloomberg News | The Inter-American Development Bank said it may disburse $135 million in loans for the Camisea natural gas project in Peru as early as next month after addressing concerns raised by environmental activists. The development bank will withhold the money until it makes sure safeguards for the environment are in place,
IDB Urged to Hold Back Camisea’s Loan Agreement Pending Completion of Independent Social and Environmental Audit . Groups Urge the Removal of More Wells Planned Inside Indigenous Reserve due to Recent Epidemics and Deaths
Lima, Peru – the Peruvian National Indigenous Organization was jointed today by Peruvian and international environmental, and human rights organizations calling on the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to commission an independent environmental and social audit of the Camisea project before the signing of the loan agree
Exigen al BID Que Realice Una Completa Auditoria Socio-Ambiental Independiente Antes el Firmar de los Acuerdos Para Financiar el Proyecto Camisea Las Organizaciones Indígenas y Ambientalistas Rechazan Nuevos Pozos de Gas y Petróleo y Exigen el Retiro
Lima, Peru – organización nacional de los pueblos indígenas junto a organizaciones ecologistas y derechos humanos nacionales y internacionales llaman al Banco Inter-Americano de Desarrollo que se realice una auditoria socio-ambiental independiente sobre el proyecto de gas de Camisea antes que firmar el contracto del prés
Camisea Killing Tribes, Harming Amazon-Report
Reuters | Lima, Peru - Peru's controversial Camisea gas project is killing off native tribes in the Amazon jungle, polluting the environment with diesel spills and waste dumps and causing large-scale deforestation, two leaked government reports released by environmentalists said on Saturday.Between May 2002 and May 2003, 2
ChevronTexaco Investors Travel to Ecuador for Fact-Finding Mission about the Corporation’s Controversial Oil Operations Representatives Control More than $360 Million in Company Stock Will View Oil Pits, Meet with Indigenous Communities Suing ChevronT
Quito, Ecuador — Representatives from institutions holding more than $360 million of ChevronTexaco stock will travel to Ecuador tomorrow for a weeklong fact-finding mission about the corporation’s former oil operations in the Amazon rainforest.
Enfrentando Crecientes Criticas Públicas en su Reunión Anual en Perú el BID Retrasa el Cierre del Préstamo al Proyecto Camisea Observadores Advierten: Camisea está Lejos de Lograr las Salvaguardias Requeridas
Para publicación inmediata:Lima, Perú—Mientras los ministros de finanzas de 46 países miembros del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) llegan a Lima para la reunión anual de directorio que tendrá lugar esta semana, cientos de organizaciones de la sociedad civil de todas partes del continente se sumaron a sus
