PRESS RELEASE*Iquitos October 16 2006. To the general public, the government and the media. The elders (Apus) of the Corrientes in response to public opinion, news articles and commentary regarding media reports issued since Friday, October 13th, 2006 manifest that: 1.
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Peru's Hidden People at Risk
Indian Country Today | They live in the deep jungles of Peru, practicing the traditions and customs of their ancestors: hunting monkey, wild boar and other animals with bow and arrow, curing with the abundance of plants available to them, teaching their children the ways of the Amazon forest.Peruvians call them "calatos," naked ones.
Report on the mobilization of the Indigenous Achuar, Quichua and Urarinas communities of the Corrientes river basin paralyzing the oil operations in blocks 1AB and 8 exploited by the Argentine company Pluspetrol
Press ReleaseFrom the Coordinating Office of the Achuar Federation of the Corrientes River Basin: Iquitos, October 12, 2006Report at 17:00 pmUp to now the communities have closed the Trompeteros airport, paralyzed the highways in both blocks, and closed river traffic on the Corrientes river.
U’wa Nation’s official Position Paper on the Consulta Previa: The Historical and Legal Arguments behind their Case
In this monumental document, the U’wa Indigenous Peoples of Colombia outline their legal ownership to their land, including sub-surface rights, and they call on the Colombian government to cancel Ecopetrol's Siriri/Catleya Oil Project on their Ancestral Land. The document is 42 pages long and is in Spanish.
Peru Protest Cuts Output at Argentina's Pluspetrol
Reuters | Lima, Peru - Argentina's Pluspetrol has cut its oil output in northern Peru following protests by indigenous groups who say crude production is damaging the environment, the company said Wednesday.Indigenous tribes in Peru's northern Amazon jungle took over three oil wells this week to complain that oil-related polluti
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Federation of the Native Communities of the Corrientes River*
PRESS RELEASEIquitos October 10 2006.
UC Berkeley’s Law School and Human Rights Center to Examine Chevron’s Ecuador Legacy Amazon Watch and Environmental Lawyer Will Address Meeting on Landmark Class-Action Lawsuit
San Francisco, CA – The environmental and human catastrophe allegedly wrought by Chevron (formerly Texaco) in the Ecuadorian Amazon will be under the spotlight at the University of California, Berkeley this week at a talk on the landmark $6 billion class-action lawsuit against the oil major.Steven Donziger, a U.S.
Choque de Culturas- Los Reclamos de Indígenas que Defienden sus Territorios Sagrados Están Frenando Proyectos de Infraestructura y Exploración Petrolera ¿Qué hay detrás del debate legal?
Semana | Es como si la historia se repitiera. Durante la conquista, Occidente atropellaba al nuevo mundo con caballos y armaduras y los indígenas se defendían con arcos y flechas.
Nativos Agradecen a Petrolera
El Comercio | Las organizaciones étnicas y de derechos humanos de la Amazonía resaltaron el respeto que una empresa petrolera ha mostrado por los pueblos en aislamiento de Madre de Dios.Se trata de la empresa petrolera Sapet, la cual en noviembre del 2005 recibió en concesión el lote 113 que incluye áreas de la reserva territor
FECONACO: Pronunciamiento Achuar Demandando se Cumplan los Acuerdos Sostenidos por Entidades Gubernamentales Referente al Plan de Limpieza de la Contaminacion, de Salud, y de Desarrollo Integral en su Territorio
PRONUNCIAMIENTOA la Nación peruana y especialmente al pueblo de LoretoAl Presidente de la República del Perú, Dr.
International Verification Mission to Colombia to Monitor the Human Rights Situation of Indigenous Peoples
Due to the worsening human rights situation facing Indigenous People in Colombia the National Indigenous Peace Council (Consejo Nacional Indígena de Paz - CONIP) convened an independent and international mission to follow up on the recommendations made in 2004 by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Issues, Ro
Chevron Employees Urged To Stand Up To Management Over $6 Billion Ecuador Disaster Direct Appeal Made By Amazon Watch To Save Indigenous Lives In Rainforest
San Ramon, CA – A leading environmental group today urged thousands of Chevron employees to challenge company management over the oil company’s continued refusal to clean up billions of gallons of toxic waste dumped into Ecuador’s rainforest over a 28-year period.The request came in an open letter to employees of
MIV Report on Guaviare
International Verification Mission on the Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation for Indigenous Peoples in Colombia Report from the Commission to Guaviare27 September, 2006During the visit the commission met with members from Nukak-Makú and Guayabero communities, representatives from the Colombian govern
MIV Report on Arauca
International Verification Mission on the Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation for Indigenous People in Colombia Verification Commission to AraucaThe verification commission responsible for visiting eastern Colombia was made up of representatives from Inter Pares (Canada), CONAIE (Ecuador), Sarayaku Del
MIV Report on Cauca
REPORT OF THE DELEGATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL VERIFICATION MISSION TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF CAUCASEPTEMBER 21-23, 2006The International Verification Mission was made up of four delegations from different countries, individuals, and international and national nongovernmental organizations.
MIV Report on Sierra Nevada
International Verification Mission on the Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation for Indigenous People in Colombia Report from the Commission to the Sierra Nevada region September 21 - 23, 2006The International Verification Mission (MIV), which visited Indigenous Peoples in the Sierra Nevada Region o
MIV Report on Tierra Atla
International Verification Mission of the Humanitarian and Human Rights Situation of the Embera Katio Indigenous Peoples in Tierra Alta, CórdobaIntroductionAs past of the International Verification Mission, a group of seven international delegates, representatives of NGOs from Spain, France, Belgium, Canada, an
FECONACO: Pronunciamiento Achuar Sobre Contaminacion en el Lote 1AB
PRONUNCIAMIENTOAl Presidente De La Republica Del Peru, Dr. Alan Garcia Perez.Al Congreso De La RepublicaA La Defensora Del Pueblo, Dra.
Oil Troubles in Ecuador- An indigenous Group is Battling Chevron in Court Over Contamination from Decades of Drilling- OTIS HART Breaks Down the Case some Call 'ChevronToxico'
The Associated Press | Robinson Yumbo is happy when it rains.Yumbo lives just miles from the equator, but heat isn't the issue.
Nativos Achuares Amenazan Con Tomar Instalaciones Petroleras
El Comercio | EN PIE DE LUCHA. Los jefes de las comunidades achuares estuvieron en Lima, pero sus voces no fueron del todo escuchadas. Ahora piensan tomar medidas más enérgicas, lo cual hicieron saber en su marcha de ayer.Dirigentes querían dialogar, pero funcionarios nunca llegaron a reunión.
Indígenas U´wa, Entre el Petróleo y la Guerra
Caracol Radio | El conflicto armado y la explotación petrolera presionan la situación de indígenas U´wa en Arauca denuncia Misión Internacional que vista el país."Hay muchos pueblos que están en alto riesgo por la violencia del conflicto armado que esta afectando su territorio, su cultura y su manera de vivir, pero lo pr
Myths and Facts about the Ecuador Disaster: Analyzing Chevron's Misleading Claims
Chevron's PR department continually attempts to spin the Ecuador disaster away. Here, the Amazon Defense Coalition analyzes Chevron's key claims and reveals the truth about the environmental and human tragedy caused by the company.
San Francisco Spotlight on ConocoPhillips CEO Over Amazon Drilling Rights -- Rainforest Peoples Oppose Devastation of their Lands and Lives
San Francisco, CA - ConocoPhillips CEO James Mulva is in the spotlight today in San Francisco over his company’s vast oil concessions on the ancestral territories of indigenous rainforest communities in the Amazon basin.
COMUNICADO: Las Palabras No Se Las Debe Llevar El Viento, Sr. Valdivia
Lima , Peru – Los abajo firmantes, exhortamos al Ministro de Energía y Minas del Perú, Juan Valdivia Romero, a cumplir con su palabra, y paralicé la elección del auditor que fiscalizará el Proyecto Camisea.
Shuar and Achuar Letter to ConocoPhillips CEO James Mulva:
Mr.James MulvaPresidentCONOCO-PHILLIPSDear Mr.
Amazonian Tribe Protests at Oil Pollution- Indigenous Communities of the Peruvian Amazon are Stepping up their Campaign Against Oil Companies
BBC News | Peru's Amazon state, Loreto, takes up almost a third of the entire country.A vast expanse of rainforest divided by tributaries of the Amazon river, even its main city Iquitos is only accessible by boat or plane.But its inaccessibility has not discouraged oil companies from hunting for black gold, and they have b
KPFA's Against the Grain explores the Landmark Environmental Class-Action Lawsuit Against Chevron in Ecuador
KPFA Radio News, Berkeley, CA | Amazon Watch's Simeon Tegel discusses the landmark environmental class-action lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador on KPFA's Against the Grain.
New Results In $6 Billion Amazon Pollution Case Suggest Chevron Faces Mounting Liability With SEC Probe, Chevron Management Continues to Hide Huge Liability From Shareholders with Misleading “Spin” Toxins At Chevron Site Exceed U.S. Law 3,250 Times
Quito, Ecuador – As the historic $6 billion pollution trial against Chevron in Ecuador nears its final phase, the latest scientific results demonstrate that the company faces a massive potential liability for creating levels of toxicity in the rainforest up to thousands of times higher than permitted by Ecuadorian and U.S.
