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    Chevron CEO O’Reilly Blasted by Amazon Residents and Scientists Over Ecuador Disaster Amazon Watch Seeks Independent Board Review of Handling Of $6 Billion Litigation Dramatic Cultural Showdown In Old Enron Building

    Photos Available from Associated PressHouston – Two rainforest leaders sparked a dramatic showdown with Chevron CEO David O’Reilly today over the oil major’s devastating $6 billion toxic contamination of their ancestral lands in Ecuador’s Amazon region.Emergildo Criollo, a chief of the near-extinct Cofá

    April 26, 2006
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    Activists Face Off with Chevron CEO

    CONTRA COSTA TIMES | Houston - A face-off Wednesday between activists angered by pollution of the Ecuadorian rainforest and the top executives of San Ramon-based Chevron Corp.

    April 26, 2006
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    With Enron As Backdrop, Chevron Faces Mounting Corporate Governance Problems Of Its Own SEC Complaint, Fraud Probe Over Ecuador Oil Disaster Raise Stakes as Concerned Shareholders Converge in Houston Rainforest Indigenous Leader To Confront CEO David O

    Houston – Chevron CEO David O’Reilly and the company’s top management have come to Enron’s hometown for the annual shareholder’s meeting only to face a rising tide of corporate governance problems over their handling of a potential multi-billion liability for oil contamination in Ecuador’s rainforest.

    April 25, 2006
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    Two Ecuadoreans Plan to Voice Concerns at Chevron Meeting

    Associated Press | Houston - Two Ecuadoreans said Tuesday they plan to confront Chevron Corp.'s CEO during its shareholders meeting this week over allegations that an Amazon rain forest has been contaminated by waste disposal from oil drilling operations.The pair are part of a class-action lawsuit against Chevron in an attempt to force a

    April 25, 2006
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    El Presidente del BID Admite Que Hay Problemas Serios en el Proyecto Camisea, el Gasoducto Coladera de la Amazonía Peruana Demorará Evaluación del Préstamo de $400 Millones de Dólares por Segunda Fase de Camisea, declaró el Presidente Moreno en la

    Belo Horizonte, Brasil – El Banco Inter-Americano de Desarrollo ha reconocido por fin los múltiples problemas del proyecto gasoducto Camisea, un proyecto emblemático del banco que ha causado graves impactos sociales y ambientales en el Perú, incluyendo los cinco derrames en los primeros 18 meses de operación.El P

    April 4, 2006
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    IDB President Admits Serious Problems in Spill-Prone Amazon Pipeline Moreno to Hold-Off Consideration of $400 Million Loan for Phase 2 of Camisea

    Belo Horizonte, Brazil – The Inter-American Development Bank has finally acknowledged the multiple problems with the Camisea gas project, a flagship bank project that has caused devastating social and environmental impacts in Peru, including five spills in the first 18 months of operation.IDB President Luis Alberto M

    April 3, 2006
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    IDB President: Bank Must Quicken Loans

    Associated Press | Belo Horizonte, Brazil - The new president of the largest development lender for Latin America and the Caribbean says his bank can't help alleviate grinding regional poverty unless it approves loans more rapidly and boosts lending to the private sector.Luis Alberto Moreno, Colombia's longtime ambassador to Washington,

    April 3, 2006
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    Camisea Project Dependent on Environment

    United Press International | London - Financial support for the controversial Camisea natural gas project in Peru will be dependent on audit results.The Camisea natural gas project is seeking loans of up to $400 million to build a plant that will liquefy gas extracted from the Amazon rainforest, increasing Peruvian revenues.The Financial Ti

    April 3, 2006
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    Peru Faces Wait for IDB Gas Project Loan

    Financial Times | The Inter-American Development Bank said on Sunday that new financial support for the controversial Camisea natural gas project in Peru would be dependent on the completion of environmental and technical audits.The bank is under fierce pressure from environmental non-governmental organisations concerned about the proje

    April 2, 2006
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    Nationalism and Populism Propel Front-Runner in Peru

    The New York Times | Moquegua, Peru - In a presidential campaign filled with symbolism, the front-runner here found a perfect image for his hard-charging crusade: on Tuesday, he jumped on a chestnut mare and, with his followers sprinting behind him, galloped to the central plaza to promise to revolutionize this Andean country.The candidate

    April 2, 2006
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    Bolivia to Push IDB for Debt Relief "Other Groups Oppose the Bank's Funding of a Gas Pipeline Project in Peru's Southern Amazon..."

    The Associated Press/BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil | Bolivia will push the Inter-American Development Bank for a debt-relief package that would forgive US$3.5 billion (euro2.9 billion) owed by the Andean nation and four other poor Latin American countries, Bolivia's finance minister said.Luiz Alberto Arce said newly elected leftist President Evo Morales would lobby for t

    April 1, 2006
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    ACTUALIZACIÓN SOBRE EL PROYECTO CAMISEA – Marzo 2006 Preparado por Amazon Watch, la Alianza Amazónica, y Environmental Defense como anexo a la carta de 31 de Marzo al Presidente del BID, Luis Alberto Moreno

    1) 5 ROTURAS EN EL GASODUCTODurante los primeros 18 meses del funcionamiento del gasoducto, han habido 5 roturas y derrames, uno de los cuáles provocó una explosión. El primer derrame ocurrió el 22 de diciembre del 2004, una semana antes del desembolso de todo el préstamo por parte del BID.

    March 31, 2006
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    UPDATE ON THE CAMISEA PROJECT - March 2006 Prepared by Amazon Watch, the Amazon Alliance, and Environmental Defense as addendum to March 31, 2006 letter to IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno.

    1) Five Pipeline RupturesThere have been five pipeline ruptures and spills in the first 18 months of the pipeline’s operation, one of which caused an explosion. The first spill took place on December 22, 2004, one week prior to the IDB’s disbursement of the entire loan.

    March 31, 2006
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    CONOCOPHILLIPS BUYS BURLINGTON RESOURCES

    On December 13, 2005, ConocoPhillips, the third largest U.S. oil and gas company agreed to acquire Burlington Resources in a $35.6 billion deal.

    March 31, 2006
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    Peru: Gas Pipeline Consortium to Pay for its Own Safety Audit

    Inter Press Service News Agency | The Peruvian government has changed its mind and decided it will not pay for an independent international investigation to assess the condition of the 750-kilometer pipeline that transports natural gas from the Amazon jungle to the Pacific coast.Although Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski publicly announced that the

    March 30, 2006
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    Belo Horizonte - IDB Annual Meeting Tip Sheet Can IDB Deliver Socially and Environmentally Responsible Development? The Question Bank Must Answer at Annual Meeting

    Belo Horizonte, Brazil - As executives and finance ministers gather in Belo Horizonte next week for the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors, civil society groups from across the continent will be seeking to place human rights and environmental sustainability firmly at the top of

    March 28, 2006
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    The Current Status of the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

    The OAS Permanent Council Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will be holding another round of meetings of negotiation in the quest for points of consensus. The last meeting, the Seventh in the series, took place in Brasilia, Brazil between March 21 - 25, 2006.

    March 25, 2006
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    Ecuador's Indian Movement Halts Protests

    The Associated Press | Quito, Ecuador - Hundreds of Indians started long marches back to their highland villages, halting 11 days of roadblocks and violent demonstrations against Ecuador's free-trade talks with Washington.Vowing to regroup, the country's powerful Indian movement broke off protests Thursday after police used tear gas against

    March 24, 2006
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    ECUADOR UPDATE and ACTION ALERT

    1.Ecuador Update – March 23, 20062.What You Can Do3.CONAIE Pronouncement, March 13, 20064.NYT: Ecuador’s President Declares a State of Emergency5.Reuters: Ecuador calls emergency to quell Indian protest1.

    March 23, 2006
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    Ecuador Calls Emergency to Quell Indian Protest

    Reuters | Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador declared a state of emergency in five central provinces on Tuesday to try to control renewed protests by thousands of Indians demanding the government quit U.S.

    March 21, 2006
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