San Francisco – The Peruvian government’s announcement that it is revising three rainforest oil concessions to exclude official reserves intended to protect some of the last native Amazonian populations still living in isolation received a warm welcome from indigenous and environmental organizations today.
All: 2007
Foes Rally Against Peru Oil Drilling Environmentalists, Indians Fight Plan to Tap Pristine Areas
Chicago Tribune | Peru's state-owned petroleum company, Perupetro, attended a giant trade show in Houston last week in hopes of attracting well-heeled foreign oil companies to buy prospecting rights in the country's vast, still largely unexplored interior.But the proposed sale has set off an avalanche of protest that literally followed
Peru's Amazon Oil Deals Denounced
BBC | Lima - Environmental and human rights group in Peru have denounced the government's campaign to auction off large swathes of the Amazon to oil and gas companies.They say the amount of Peruvian Amazon territory open to exploration has risen from 13% to 70% in two years.They say this is putting at risk the biodive
Indigenous Peruvians in Houston Protest PeruPetro Auction Plans
Platts Global Alert | Perupetro's promotion in Houston Friday of an upcoming auction of 18 oilblocks drew a protest by leaders of Peruvian indigenous organizations, flanked by Washington, DC-based environmental and human rights activists, who sought to dissuade prospective drillers from pursuing the blocks.
Peru: Amazonian Communities Fight New Oil Wells
Inter Press Service | Washington - Conservation groups are warning international investors that a Peruvian government offer to explore for oil in pristine Amazon land is fraught with risks, lacks community support and violates international laws protecting indigenous communities.The warnings come as Peruvian executives from the state-contro
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Indigenous Leaders Warn International Oil Companies Not to Bid for Peruvian Amazon Oil Blocks on Ancestral Lands -- Rainforest Delegation Intervened in Perupetro's Houston Presentation to Demand No Drilling on Community Territories
Interviews, background, photos and maps available on requestHouston - Indigenous leaders today intervened in a presentation by Perupetro, Peru's state-owned oil company, of new hydrocarbon concessions for auction in the Peruvian Amazon, to warn US oil companies not to drill on their land.The two leaders took to
Former Defensor del Pueblo Eduardo Cifuentes speaks out about the U'wa Indigenous People of Colombia
Entrevista/ Aportes para el análisis del caso U’wa Redacción Actualidad ÉtnicaBogotá, 02/02/2007.
Indigenous Leaders Arrive in Houston, Call for Suspension of Auction of Peruvian Amazon Oil Blocks Peru’s New Concessions Could Lead to Human Rights Abuses, Rainforest Destruction, and Risky Investments Interviews, background, photos and maps availab
Houston – Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon, environmentalists and human rights groups today called on the Peruvian government to suspend its tendering of oil concessions that threaten to devastate a vast swath of pristine tropical rainforest and the native communities that live there.They arrived in Housto
Oil and Gas in the Peruvian Amazon - Fact Sheet
This fact sheet was prepared by Save America's Forests and by Peru's Derechos Ambiente y Recursos (DAR) Summary:Perupetro on February 2, 2007 will present studies of 10 blocks conducted by the agency as well as studies of eight blocks conducted by geological consulting firm Gustavson Associates.
U’was Reactivan Diplomacia a Favor de Su Territorio
Actualidad Étnica | Bogota - Gubanu, un hombre anciano, quien además es un werjayu (sabio), recorrió descalzo el distrito capital, para iniciar una nueva etapa en la diplomacia u’wa.
Link TV Presents the End of Oil, a Must–See Special on the Depletion of World Oil Supply, Climate Change and What We Can Do About It
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Gibraltar 3 Desata Nueva Polémica U'was - Gobierno
Actualidad Etnica | En esta oportunidad, la Empresa busca realizar perforaciones de una profundidad aproximada a los 17 mil pies. Las dos anteriores habían llegado a los 11 mil y 14 mil pies aproximadamente.
Dirección de Etnias Refuta Argumentos de los U’wa
Actualidad Etnica | Bogota - Después de evaluar las razones por las cuales el pueblo u’wa dijo no a la consulta previa, el pasado 21 de noviembre la Dirección de Etnias del Ministerio del Interior y de Justicia de Colombia, emitió un concepto en el que concluye que los argumentos de los u’wa para no participar en la consulta no son ajusta
Ecopetrol Iniciará el Plan de Manejo Ambiental en Territorio U´wa
Actualidad Etnica | Bogotá - La Empresa Colombiana de Petróleos –ECOPETROL- dará inicio al Plan de Manejo Ambiental (PMA) para la exploración de petróleo en territorio U´wa, con el fin de establecer los posibles impactos positivos y negativos que dicha actividad puede tener sobre la pervivencia cultural y social de este pueblo ind
ONIC Comunicado: Mas de 150 Tractomulas con Material de Perforacion Petrolera Estan Ingresando a Territorio U'wa
U'was convocan solidaridadCOMUNICADO A LA OPINION PUBLICA NACIONAL E INTERNACIONALResguardo Indígena Unido U'wa, Cubará, Boyacá, Colombia.Enero 18 de 2007MÁS DE 150 TRACTOMULAS CON MATERIAL DE PERFORACIÓN PETROLERA ESTÁN INGRESANDO A TERRITORIO U'WA"POZO GIBRALTAR 3"El Pueblo U'w
The Camisea Cover-Up
NACLA Report on the Americas | Editor’s note: As the Inter-American Development Bank considers an additional $400 million loan to support a natural-gas project in Peru’s Camisea rainforest, a NACLA investigation, funded by the Samuel Chavkin Investigative Journalism Fund, finds evidence of botched pipelines and a government cover-up.The boat rid
Ecuador's New Leader Targets Debt Relief: Taking office, Correa Sets a Socialist Course that Includes a Tougher Stance in U.S. Relations
Los Angeles Times | Quito, Ecuador — Declaring that "inhuman and cruel globalization" has failed his country, leftist economist Rafael Correa took office Monday with a promise to shift his nation toward socialism and to renegotiate the nation's $10.2-billion foreign debt.The 43-year-old Correa, who received his doctorate at the Universi
Prior Consultation Process between the Colombian Government and the U'wa People (May 12, 2004 - October 12, 2006)
LA CONSULTA PREVIA IMPLEMENTADA PARA EL PROYECTO DE EXPLORACIÓN SÍSMICA BLOQUES SIRIRÍ Y CATLEYA ECOPETROL S.A.
