Diario La Republica | Esta noche el secretario ejecutivo del Consejo Nacional de Derechos Humanos, Luis Alberto Salgado, viajará a Washington para responder ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) en nombre del Estado peruano por el decreto legislativo 982 que pretendería reprimir las protestas sociales y por presuntas violac
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Chevron’s Human Rights Problems Span Three Continents Oil Giant Under Fire In Burma, Nigeria and Ecuador For Rights Abuses and Environmental Neglect Still No Defined Human Rights Policy Despite Shareholder Pressure
San Francisco (Oct. 8) – Repression in Burma, an environmental disaster in Ecuador’s rainforest, and a federal judge’s decision last month to force Chevron to stand trial in the U.S.
Demandantes Contra Texaco Restan Importancia al Pedido de Nulidad de Juicio
No existen fundamentos jurídicos y es un intento de vitimización de la transnacionalQuito, Octubre 8- La Asamblea de Afectados por Texaco y el Frente de Defensa de la Amazonía, indicaron que el intento de la petrolera para que se desestime el juicio implantado en su contra, no responde a fundamentos jurídicos sino
We Said to Them, 'Come Closer' but They Said to Us, 'Go Further Back'' Increasing Number of Isolated Groups Being Found in World's Last Wildernesses
The Guardian | "First just one came out, then two, then three, four, five, six, seven, but there were more than that in total. We had a dozen machetes, a dozen knives and some axes and pots with us. We gave these to them. Not by hand, but by leaving them on the beach. We said to them, 'Come closer' but they didn't want to.
Green Groups to U.S. Congress: The U.S. Needs a New Pro-Environment Trade Policy, Not More NAFTA-Style Agreements Facilitated by the Recent Trade "Deal"
Dear Senators and Representatives:As organizations working to protect the environment, encourage good stewardship of forests and other natural resources, reduce our dependence on oil, and avert the global disaster of climate change, we are deeply concerned about the trade deal announced May 10 by some Democrats and the
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
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Caretas | Luis Alfaro: “El capítulo 18 del TLC prohíbe debilitar las protecciones ambientales”."En los 12 años que estuve en Inrena, nunca vi una propuesta tan alucinada”, relata Luis Alfaro, ex intendente de Áreas Naturales Protegidas de esta entidad.
Chevron's Link to Burma Stir Critics to Demand It Pull Out
San Francisco Chronicle | Chevron Corp. of San Ramon is drawing harsh criticism for its business ties to Burma, the Asian nation conducting a brutal military crackdown.The company owns part of a natural gas project in Burma, where soldiers crushed pro-democracy protests last week and killed at least 10 people.U.S.
Researchers suspect indigenous tribe spotted in Peruvian jungle lived in isolation
Associated Press | LIMA, Peru: Flying above the verdant cover of Peru's deep Amazon jungle, a team of ecologists searching for illegal loggers stumbled upon 21 Indians they believe were living in voluntary isolation.The indigenous group — which has not yet been identified — was photographed and filmed in mid-September along the sandy
Sighting of Amazon Group Bolsters Environmentalist Case · Hunter-gatherers seen in area sought by loggers · Uncontacted people not 'absurd' after all
The Guardian | At first they are just a blur, tiny figures by a river in Peru's Amazon jungle. Then the plane descends, the camera focuses, and you see them: 21 people outside palm huts, the apparent remnants of an uncontacted tribe.
Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts
New York Times | The Arctic ice cap shrank so much this summer that waves briefly lapped along two long-imagined Arctic shipping routes, the Northwest Passage over Canada and the Northern Sea Route over Russia.Over all, the floating ice dwindled to an extent unparalleled in a century or more, by several estimates.Now the six-mon
Little-Known Indian Tribe Spotted in Peru's Amazon
Reuters | LIMA - Ecologists have photographed a little-known nomadic tribe deep in Peru's Amazon, a sighting that could intensify debate about the presence of isolated Indians as oil firms line up to explore the jungle.Carrying arrows and living in palm-leaf huts on the banks of the Las Piedras river, the tribe was glimpsed last
Tambopata - Candamo (Peru), A Natural Wonder of the World, is Threatened by the Peruvian Government's Intention of Opening it up to Oil and Gas Exploitation
* The Bahuaja Sonene Nacional Park, where the Tambopata Candamo River Basin is located, was declared one of the world’s seven iconic sanctuaries.* Free Trade Agreement with the US could be endangered by measure.
ECOPETROL becomes privatized and as a result braces itself against native inhabitants
Actualidad Etnica | By Luis Carlos Osorio R.Director of Actualidad EtnicaBogotá, 27 September 2007The hypothesis is simple and shared by many specialists in the field: with the sale of stock shares, the Colombian government, on one hand, continues the process of privatization by auctioning the most profitable company in
Ecuador’s Pioneering Climate Change Plan Announced at Clinton Global Initiative President Correa’s Proposal Would Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Protect the Amazon and Make Ecuador an Environmental World Leader
New York – Ecuador President Rafael Correa’s proposal to ban drilling in the ITT block of Yasuni National Park was announced today at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting.
Candamo Sería Vulnerado por Gobierno Peruano
Candamo, maravilla natural del Perú y del mundo, sería vulnerado por el gobierno peruano para permitir explotación de gas y petróleo-Parque Nacional, donde se ubica Candamo, fue declarado por la National Geographic Society como uno de los siete santuarios más emblemáticos del mundo.-Ministro de Agricultura
Ecuador's Yasuni-ITT Proposal Recognized at the Clinton Global Initiative - A Step Towards a Sustainable Economy
New York – Today at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), the Ecuadorian proposal “Leaving Ecuador’s Oil in the Ground” which seeks to avoid carbon emissions and save the Yasuni Rainforest has been selected from among close to a thousand other proposals, to be highlighted in the Energy and Climate Change: Protecting Tr
Ecuador Presents Leadership Role on Climate Change
NEW YORK – Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa today presented the Yasuní-ITT Initiative at a United Nations meeting of world leader’s on global climate change.
Coalition Letter to Brazilian Foreign Minister re Madeira River Complex
Celso Amorim, Foreign Relations Minister, BrazilDilma Roussef, Presidential Chief-of-Staff, BrazilCc: David Choquehuanca, Foreign Relations Minister, BoliviaJuan Pablo Ramos Morales, Vice Minister for Biodiversity, Forestry Resources and Environment, BoliviaMarina Silva, Environment Minister, Brazil
Ecuador Seeks Oil 'Compensation'
BBC News | The Yasuni National Park in Ecuador is reckoned to be one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet.
Ecuador Congressman Presses Criminal Investigation of Chevron for Fraud In Environmental Clean-up, Amazon Coalition Says
Quito, Ecuador – A leading congressman in Ecuador this week asked the country's national prosecutor to re-open a criminal investigation of Chevron for committing fraud in a botched remediation of a large oil-related disaster in the Amazon rainforest, according to the Amazon Defense Coalition, a group of communities and indi
Holding the IDB and IFC to account on Camisea II
Espanol AbajoA review of applicable international standards, due diligence and compliance issuesAuthorTom GriffithsSeptember 2007The the full report can be downloaded from the link belowExecutive SummaryLocated in a remote, inhabited area of the Peruvian rainfo
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Finally Adopted After 25 Years! Indigenous Representatives from the North American Region share the following statement with the world community:
United Nations, New York - We bring you respectful greetings from our Leaders, Elders, men, women and children of all the Indigenous Peoples of North America.It is a great day when Indigenous Peoples can be counted among all the other Peoples on Mother Earth.
Perú Responde a la CIDH por Denuncia de Aidesep Contra Operaciones de Repsol y Barrett en Selva Peruana Empresas han presentado planes de contingencia aún cuando no existe ninguna reserva territorial en la zona, afirma MEM
ANDINA Agencia Peruana de Noticias | Lima, (ANDINA).- El Perú presentará hoy sus descargos ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) sobre la denuncia presentada por la Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (Aidesep) contra las actividades petroleras que desarrollan dos empresas en Loreto, informó hoy el Ministerio de Energ?/p>
Five Villagers Potentially Poisoned by a Reported Camisea Incident
La República | Five villagers from the settler community of Túpac Amaru-Chocoriari, in the rainforest of the Cusco province of La Convención, could have been affected by an alleged gas leak from the Camisea project, as reported from the region.
$350m to leave oil in the ground
The Guardian | Lago Agrio – Long before you reach the site the jungle changes. Birds and insects fall quiet, streams turn inky and trees become stunted, their leaves blackened and scrunched up, like fists.
Ralph Marquez, a Bush Insider, Built Career Using Junk Science to Protect Corporate Polluters
Quito, Ecuador (August 30) – With much fanfare, Chevron recently announced the appointment of an “independent” expert to monitor a trial in Ecuador where the company faces a potential $10 billion-plus liability for dumping toxic waste into the Amazon rainforest.
Achuar Block 39 New Oil Wells on their Territory Communities Celebrate Major Victory in Battle to Protect Ancestral Lands
San Francisco, CA – Achuar indigenous communities in the northern Peruvian Amazon were celebrating a major victory over the oil industry after the Argentine company Pluspetrol agreed to forego drilling 39 proposed new wells on Achuar land.The decision, which was not made public until yesterday, was announced by Plusp
Chevron Using Unethical Tactics to Avoid Judgment In $10 Billion Rainforest Trial Series of Legal Setbacks In Ecuador Haunt Company; Charges of Fabricating Evidence
Quito – After a stunning series of legal reversals, Chevron is being accused by Amazon indigenous leaders of risking major corporate governance problems by fabricating evidence and engaging in a "campaign of intimidation" in Ecuador to derail a rainforest pollution trial as it nears completion.Lawyers for the plainti
