The Guardian | It was by any measure a remarkable protest.
All: 2006
Peru to Approve 'Totalitarian' Campaign Law
Financial Times | Peru's Congress is expected on Thursday to give final approval to a controversial law strengthening government regulation of campaigning groups, a measure condemned as "totalitarian" both in the Andean country and internationally.The law would force non-governmental organisations and their international donors to regis
Ecuadorians Seek Chevron Ruling
Newsweek | A lawyer for indigenous groups suing Chevron Corp. said Monday the judge should skip further analysis of wells and rule on their charge that the U.S. oil giant never properly cleaned up toxic pollution in a swath of Amazon jungle."We have enough already to prove the case," Steven Donziger told The Associated Press.
World Bank, G8 Nations Pressured to End Oil Aid Full Page Ad in Financial Times Highlights Link Between Oil Subsidies and Increased Poverty and Debt in Third World
San Fransico - As talks over a solution to the problem of global climate change wrap up in Nairobi this week, a broad coalition of environmental and human rights groups purchased a full page ad in The Financial Times today calling on the World Bank and G8 nations to end subsidies for the international oil industry that come a
US NGO's Write the State Department Over Their Findings from the International Verification Mission to Colombia
November 10, 2006Jonathan D. FarrarPrincipal Deputy Assistant SecretaryBureau of Democracy, Human Rights and LaborDepartment of State2201 C Street NWWashington, DC 20520Dear Mr.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
U´was Denuncian que Ecopetrol Ingresó Maquinaria a Su Territorio
Actualidad Etnica | Bogotá - Desde el primero de noviembre Ecopetrol ingresó maquinaria para explotación petrolera al territorio U´wa, los indígenas afirman que el gobierno colombiano pasará por encima de sus derechos, Ecopetrol afirma que está cumpliendo con la Licencia Ambiental, ¿Qué está pasando? Con gra
Rainforest Catastrophe: Chevron's Fraud and Deceit In Ecuador
An Investigative Report by the Lago Agrio Legal Team of The Amazon Defense Coalition NOVEMBER 2006 Understanding how Chevron: • Violates its social responsibility and governance policies in Ecuador • Values Ecuadorian life at on
Embattled Chevron Executive to Be Put Under Oath Today In $6 Billion Rainforest Lawsuit Testimony of Reis Veiga Comes As New Report Details Chevron’s Growing Problems in Ecuador
Washington, D.C. – Embattled Chevron Executive Richard Reis Veiga, already under investigation in Ecuador on fraud charges over his role in a botched environmental clean-up, is scheduled to be put under oath today by Ecuador’s government as part of a multi-billon dollar civil case in U.S.
Amnesty International Issues Second Urgent Action To Protect Team Suing Chevron Over Rainforest Disaster Cites “Grave Danger” In Ecuador over Historic Environmental Lawsuit
Quito - Amnesty International has issued a second “urgent action” bulletin citing “grave danger” in Ecuador for members of a team of lawyers and scientists suing the U.S.
Amazon Watch Letter to Chevron CEO Over Apparent Intimidation of Ecuador Plaintiffs
Chevron management in the US asked what measures taken to ascertain possible involvement of Chevron employees or agents in human rights abuses perpetrated against plaintiffs' leaders and legal team.
Argentina's Pluspetrol to invest $200 mln in Peru
Reuters | LIMA, Peru - Argentine energy producer Pluspetrol said on Friday it plans to invest up to $200 million in mainly environmental projects in Peru's Amazon basin, after a dispute with Indians briefly froze its production.Pluspetrol, which produces about half of Peru's oil output from its fields in northern Peru, said the
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to be voted on in the UN General Assembly
On October 31, 2006 draft resolution A/C.3/61/L.18 on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was introduced to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly.
Colombian Ministry of Defense Directive No. 16 / 2006 Policy of Recognition, Prevention, and Protection of Indigenous Communities in Colombia
On October 30, 2006 the Colombian Ministry of Defense issued Permanent Directive No. 16 / 2006 that outlined a Policy of Recognition, Prevention, and the Protection of the Human Rights of Indigenous Communities in Colombia.
Trial Team In Chevron’s $6 Billion Ecuador Rainforest Suit Faces New Threats Amnesty International ‘Urgent Action’ Prompts 600 Letters From 22 Countries To Ecuador’s Government
Quito – More than 600 people from 22 countries have sent letters to Ecuador’s government demanding protection for the legal team suing Chevron (formerly ChevronTexaco) in a landmark $6 billion pollution trial in Ecuador’s rainforest after a series of new threats.The trial is under increasing stress from a series
Colombian Indigenous Face Imminent Extinction
Indian Country Today | They didn't mince words. In the conclusion of the seven-page summary report of Sept. 29, a group of international activists and diplomats stated in plain language what they were predicting for Native communities in Colombia.
Oil Protest in Northern Peru Jungle Ends
Houston Chronicle | Lima, Peru - An Argentine-run oil company drilling in Peru's northern jungle has agreed to stop dumping toxic waste into the rain forest by July 2008 following protests by an Indian organization that hailed the move Tuesday as a major victory. Two weeks of protests by the Native Federation of the Corrientes River
Nota de Prensa de la Federacion de Comunidades Nativas del Rio Corrientes —FECONACO—
Iquitos 24 de octubre del 2006¡¡VICTORIA DE LOS PUEBLOS INDIGENAS DE LA AMAZONIA PERUANA!!!¡¡VICTORIA DEL PUEBLO ACHUAR, QUICHUA Y URARINA DEL CORRIENTES, UN PASO HACIA LA JUSTICIA!!Informe sobre la paralización petrolera realizada pacíficamente por las comunidades indígenas Achuar, Quichua y Urari
The U’wa Reject Consultation Process and Ecopetrol’s Oil Project on Their Reserve in Colombia Tribe Presents Historic Land Titles from the Spanish Crown Granting Legal Ownership Including Sub-surface Rights and Calls for Cancellation of Oil Project
Boyaca, Colombia – The U’wa nation has rejected a call from the Colombian government to participate in a “prior consultation” process about an oil project on their cloudforest homelands and is calling for the cancellation of Ecopetrol’s Siriri/Catleya oil project.
U'wa Reject Ecopetrol's Oil Project on Their Reserve in Colombia, Amazon Watch Reports
PRNewswire | Tribe Presents Historic Land Titles Granting Legal Ownership Including Sub-surface RightsBOYACA, Colombia - The U'wa nation has rejected a call from the Colombian government to participate in a "prior consultation" about the Siriri/Catleya oil project on their cloudforest homelands and is calling for its cancell
Pluspetrol Resumes Peru Oil Pumping; Seizure Ends
Bloomberg | Lima, Peru - Pluspetrol SA, Peru's largest oil and gas producer, resumed pumping operations in the northern Amazon jungle after natives ended a 13-day takeover of the company's oilfields, Energy Minister Juan Valdivia said.Some 700 Achuar Indians, who seized wells in Blocks 1-AB and 8 on Oct.
Achuar Sat. Phone Interview Transcripts with Andrés Sandi, president of FECONACO and Petronila Chumpi, Achuar woman.
English-language translation of interview with Andrés Sandi, president of FECONACO,From Nuevo Andoas, Pluspetrol’s base in Lot 1AB – 7 a.m., 23 October 2006(Interviewer: Atossa Soltani, Amazon Watch)The reasons for the demonstrations that caused the stoppage of oil production are related to the c
Peru Indigenous Groups Lift Oil Well Blockade
Reuters | Lima, Peru - Indigenous groups in the northern jungle of Peru on Monday began to lift a 13-day blockade of oil wells after the government agreed to take steps to protect the environment in the remote area.Hundreds of Achuar Indians blocked access to the oil field operations of Argentina's Pluspetrol starting on Oct.
Government Talks Fail to Resolve Peru Oil Protest
Reuters | Lima, Peru - Government talks with protesters failed on Sunday to end a 12-day occupation of oil fields in northern Peru by hundreds of Achuar natives who say an Argentine company's wells damage the environment and their health.The government and Argentina's Pluspetrol had expected talks to conclude over the weekend, b
Amazon Watch Celebrates 10 Years of Defending Rainforest and Supporting Indigenous Rights Urgent Challenges Remain as Industry Targets Rainforest for “Development”
San Francisco, CA – Human rights and environmental group Amazon Watch is this month celebrating its 10th anniversary of defending the Amazon rainforest and supporting its indigenous peoples against the impacts of industrial “development” on their lands.But despite some key victories over the last decade, Amazon W
Peru: Oil Company 'Won't Drill on Isolated Indians' Land'
Survival | An oil company exploring for oil in the Peruvian Amazon has announced that it will not enter the territory of isolated Indians, even though the land was inside its concession.The Chinese company SAPET was awarded the concession, known as Lot 113, in November 2005.Lot 113 was super-imposed over an existing reserv
Corporate Accountability Campaigns on Coke, Shell, Chevron Receive BENNY Awards
Portland, OR - The premier international network of corporate accountability campaigners the Business Ethics Network (BEN) has announced its annual BENNY Awards for outstanding achievement in advancing corporate ethics.
Communique from the Traditional Leaders of the Corrientes River
From the production batteries of Jibarito, in the Trompeteros district in the province of Upper Amazon, the traditional leaders of the Achuar communities who are peacefully taking the Pluspetrol wells in defense of their right to health, life and territory, have communicated, via telephone, the following:“We have eva
