Concientes que la vida lo da la naturaleza, los U’was continuamos defendiendo nuestra Madre Tierra y hoy como pioneros de esa defensa, queremos hacer un gesto simbólico visitando en forma pacífica y ordenado las instalaciones de ECOPETROL (Bloque Sirirí Pozo Gibraltar 3), que se encuentran ubicado en nuestra propiedad, p
All: 2008
Discover Petroleum Denies Paying Bribes in Peru
guardian.co.uk | LIMA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Discover Petroleum, the small Norwegian company whose advisers are at the center of an energy corruption scandal in Peru, said on Tuesday it did not pay bribes to win oil concessions.The scandal has forced out Mines and Energy Minister Juan Valdivia, along with two other high-ranking energy offic
Chevron Loses Another Round In Legal Battle Over Ecuador Rainforest Contamination
U.S. Federal Appeals Court Rejects Attempt to Shift Liability
New York, New York – A three-judge panel for the U.S.
Chevron Loses Major Lobbying Battle In Congress Over Ecuador Trade Benefits
McCain Finance Chair Had Led Campaign -- Effort to Quash Claims of Indigenous Tribes Fails
Washington – Chevron has lost a critical lobbying battle in Congress in its effort to escape a $16.3 billion liability in Ecuador stemming from a landmark environmental case, said Amazonian residents and their lawyers engaged in a court battle with the company.Despite hiring a team of A-list Washington insiders
Ecuador Constitution Grants Rights to Nature
New York Times | News accounts of Ecuador�s vote on Sunday approving a new Constitution mainly focused on how its terms could help the country�s leftist leader, Rafael Correa, an American-educated economist, gain and hold more power.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
The Everyday Activist: Saving the Planet, One Shareholder at a Time
The Institutional Real Estate Letter | It appears at first to be a shallow pool of water in the middle of a muddy field. But the water gives way at its depths to a greasy black sludge that thickens its consistency, and taints its clarity.
Coming Clean: Important New Sustainability Book
Amazon Watch friend and colleague Michael Brune, executive director of Rainforest Action Network, has written an important new book called Coming Clean: Breaking our Addiction to Oil and Coal.Unlike many books on climate and energy, this book is focused on solutions.
Petrobras to return Amazon oilfield to Ecuador
Reuters | QUITO - Brazilian oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) has agreed to give back to Ecuador a controversial oilfield in the heart of the Amazon jungle, President Rafael Correa said on Saturday.Correa, a leftist former economy minister and ally of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da S
Investors Urged not to Buy Ecopetrol Shares on NYSE over Human Rights Concerns
Colombian Oil Company Violates Indigenous Rights, Industry Human Rights Benchmarks
See Letter to JP Morgan and Industry Analysts regarding Ecopetrol IPO: York, N.Y.
U'wa Denuncia Publica
Una vez mas queremos anexar o expresar nuestro mas sincero denuncia publica ante la actitud del gobierno y la empresa Ecopetrol y sus políticas en la bolsa de Nueva York que nuestras autoridades indígenas y los cabildos U`wa en muchas oportunidades al gobierno y a la empresa les a exigido el respeto al territorio ancestral
Chevron, Ecuador In Costly Environmental Dispute
Tell Me More, NPR | Oil giant Texaco, now owned by Chevron, is involved in an epic environmental lawsuit brought on behalf of the indigenous people of Ecuador's rain forest.Texaco is accused of failing to clean up billions of gallons of toxic waste produced during its involvement in oil production in Ecuador.
Amazon Watch to JPMorgan Chase Bank: Don't underwrite Ecopetrol
September 17, 2008Amy DavidsenDirector of Environmental AffairsJPMorgan Chase270 Park Avenue, Floor 29New York, NY 10017Dear Ms. Davidson,Thank you for agreeing to speak with Amazon Watch this week about Ecopetrol’s Colombia operations.
Amazon Defense Coalition: Ecuador Court Report Underestimates Damages for Chevron's "Amazon Chernobyl" in Ecuador $16 Billion Chevron Liability Could Rise If Groundwater and Surface Water Damage Included, Plaintiffs Say
New Criminal Indictment of Chevron Lawyers
QUITO, Ecuador (BUSINESS WIRE) – An independent court-appointed expert in the environmental trial against Chevron in Ecuador should impose additional damages on the oil giant for groundwater and surface water contamination that could significantly increase the current $16.3 billion liability estimate, lawyers for the
Criminal Indictment of Chevron Lawyers Based on Wide Body of Scientific Evidence
Seven Ecuadorian Government Officials Also Charged with Conspiring with Chevron to Falsify Remediation Results Company Hit with Multiple Scandals in Matter of Days
Quito, Ecuador – A criminal indictment in Ecuador against two Chevron lawyers, one an executive vice-president, is based on scientific evidence that the oil giant conspired with Ecuadorian government officials to falsify the results of an environmental clean-up to escape a potential multi-billion dollar civil liability pend
Smithsonian's slippery slope
Washington Times | Growing financial links between the Smithsonian Institution and companies prospecting for oil in fragile ecosystems are raising concerns that the venerable scientific organization is compromising its scientific research mission.Since 2000, researchers at the Smithsonian's National Zoo have received more than $5 million
Chevron Lawyers Indicted by Ecuador in Oil-Pit Cleanup Dispute
Bloomberg | Two lawyers for Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S.
Two Chevron Lawyers Indicted in Ecuador
The American Lawyer | Chevron's Ecuadorian quagmire got deeper and dirtier today, with the announcement that two longtime lawyers for the company have been indicted by the Ecuadorian government.
ONIC: Denunciamos y Rechazamos el Tratado de Libre Comercio
ORGANIZACIÓN NACIONAL INDIGENA DE COLOMBIA-ONICDenunciamos y Rechazamos el TLCPor estos días deambula en Washington una Comisión más de Embajadores de bolsillo cooptados por el Gobierno Nacional que implora ante el congreso, los legisladores y políticos norteamericanas la aprobación del Tratado de Libre Co
Chevron's Environmental Clean-Up in Ecuador Falls Far Short of Company Claims, Report Says
Court Expert Finds More than 80% of Chevron Waste Pits in Amazon Rainforest Were Never Cleaned . . . . . "Devastating Blow" to Chevron, Assert Plaintiffs
QUITO, Ecuador – (BUSINESS WIRE) – An independent court-appointed expert in Ecuador has found that 42 out of 46 toxic waste pits inspected in the Amazon rainforest operated exclusively by Chevron contain high levels of toxins in violation of environmental norms in both Ecuador and the U.S.
Chevron: The Real Human Story in Ecuador
Humberto, an Indigenous leader from Ecuador, describes the impacts of Chevron's oil exploration in the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest.
Carta de los UWA al hombre blanco
Nosotros nacemos siendo hijos de la tierra... eso no lo podemos cambiar los indios ni tampoco el hombre blanco (riowa).
Residents from Ecuador's Amazon Challenge Chevron-Texaco
Free Speech Radio News | In Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, a coalition of residents and indigenous nationalities are suing US-based oil company Chevron-Texaco. They say that 30 years of the company's oil exploitation has resulted in severe environmental and health damages in the region, including 428 cancer deaths.
Putting nature in Ecuador's constitution
Los Angeles Times---Editorial | In an experiment worth watching, Ecuador will ask voters to decide whether nature has rights.This month, Ecuador will hold the world's first constitutional referendum in which voters will decide, among many other reforms, whether to endow nature with certain unalienable rights.
Pueblos indígenas: pobreza y modernidad
La reciente lucha de los pueblos indígenas amazónicos por sus derechos y cuyo epílogo fue la derogatoria de los decretos legislativos 1015 y1973 ha provocado en nuestro país las reacciones y opiniones más increíbles, casi imposibles de imaginar en un país democrático y civilizado.
Corporation Responsible for Worst Oil-Related Disaster on Earth Sponsors Nonprofits Conference
Chevron Continues PR Campaign to Mask Human Rights Abuses in Ecuador
San Francisco – Chevron, a company facing widespread criticism by many Bay Area organizations for human rights abuses and environmental destruction, is the primary sponsor of CompassPoint's "Nonprofit Day".
Peru throws out Amazon land laws
BBC News | Peru's Congress has voted to repeal two land laws aimed at opening up Amazonian tribal areas to development, which led to protests by indigenous groups.Correspondents say the repeal of the laws is a blow to President Alan Garcia, who had approved the legislation by decree.Mr Garcia had described the initiative a
Peru Indigenous Mobilization Day 11: Talks Fail and Tensions Increase Around Controversial FTA Legislation
Negotiations Suspended, More Violence Feared as Peruvian Government Declares State of Emergency Suspending Civil Rights
San Francisco, CA – International human rights organizations today called on the Peruvian authorities to use good-faith dialogue and compromise, not violence, to end the peaceful actions taken by indigenous communities to protest controversial enabling legislation for the US-Peru free trade agreement.Following a brea
Defensoria del Pueblo de Peru Pronunciamiento
Ante los acontecimientos que están ocurriendo en distintas zonas de la Amazonía peruana, como consecuencia de la controversia generada en torno a la reciente regulación de las tierras de las comunidades nativas, la Defensoría del Pueblo, en el marco de sus funciones constitucionales, expresa lo siguiente: Estamos r
Chevron Paying Heavy Price For Texaco's Mistakes in Ecuador, Says Amazon Defense Coalition
Talk of Settlement Reflects Dwindling Legal Options After Court Expert Finds Damages in Billions
Quito, Ecuador – Chevron's surprise announcement on Friday that it would be open to talks to resolve a possible $16.3 billion liability for environmental damage in Ecuador reflects the company's dwindling legal options in a long-running lawsuit over who pays for the clean-up of what even Chevron now acknowledges is a huge d
