Lima, Peru — As finance ministers from 46 member countries of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) arrive for the Bank’s annual meeting in Peru this week, hundreds of civil society organizations from throughout the continent join their Peruvian counterparts calling attention to the Bank’s failing social and environ
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Protesters Make Plea to Oil Giant
Contra CostaTimes | Protesters were scheduled to kick off the monthly Days of Action rallies Wednesday night in San Ramon, where the theme of the St.
NGO Letter to the IDB highligting failures to comply with required loan condtions
The following is the text of a joint letter sent to the IDB on March 11 by international NGOs urging delay of the signing of the Camisea loan agreement. The letter details concerns raised by leading Peruvian indigenous and environmetnal organizations about the Camisea gas project.
Houston-based Burlington Resources Prepares to Use Ecuadorian Military to Forcibly Enter Amazon Indian Lands --- Military Invasion Expected As Early as Tomorrow --
Indians Declares a State of Emergency and Call for Area to be Permanently ProtectedBurlington Investors Raise Concern about Growing Controversy and Rights Violations – Broadcast quality digital video and high-resolution stills of the community, rainforest, oil drilling and conflict available –
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Sarayaku Declares State of Emergency
El Comercio | The community of Sarayaku (Pastaza) has declared a state ofemergency to defend its territories against oil exploration.The decision was the result of a visit by President Lucio Gutierrez and Minister of Energy and Mines Carlos Arboleda to Pastaza on January 18.
Kapawi Journal-- Ecuador Indians Fend Off Oil Companies with Tourism
New York Times | An Achuar Indian, Cristóbal Callera treads through the jungle like a child of the rain forest. But on a recent day he had a gaggle of heavy-footed tourists in tow, the rain falling in waves and the trail mired in mud. Mr.
In Ecuador, Taking an Oil Giant to Task
International Herald Tribune | EcuadorNew York - Drilling for oil without adequate safeguards is one of the most destructive processes to man and the environment. This fact has been particularly apparent in the Ecuadorean area of the Amazon basin, where Texaco - which later merged with Chevron - drilled for oil from 1964 through 1992.
New President of Ecuadorian Superior Court Appointed to Preside over ChevronTexaco Case in Amazon Region. The People Affected by Texaco are hopeful with the New President
The people affected by the oil operations of Texaco are confident that the changing of the President of the Superior Court of Lago Agrio will not stop the process that was initiated under the predecessor on the lawsuit against ChevronTexaco.
Rabbi's Heartbreaking Visit to Amazon Bears Witness to Rainforest Ruin
J, the Jewish news weekly of Northern California | Rabbi Dan Goldblatt returned from Ecuador recently, and what he saw therenearly broke his heart.The spiritual leader of the independent Beth Chaim Congregation in Danvilleand a longtime environmental activist, Goldblatt did not go as a tourist.
