Free Speech Radio News | FSRN spoke with Mitch Anderson, the lead campaigner for Amazon Watch's Ecuador project.
All: 2009
Ecuador Seeks Legal Action Against Chevron
Dow Jones | QUITO -(Dow Jones)- Ecuador's attorney general wants legal action in the U.S. against Chevron Corp. (CVX), after the company released videos that it says showed undue influence on a court case involving Chevron.In a statement, Attorney General Washington Pesantez said Chevron could be held accountable under the U.S.
Is Oil Giant Chevron Afraid Of A Movie?
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/09/09/arts/entertainment-us-chevron-ecuador-crude.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=is%20chevron%20Crude%20movie&st=cse | One of the stars of "Crude," a documentary about a $27 billion environmental lawsuit filed against the company on behalf of residents of Ecuador's Amazon, certainly thinks so.
LA Times Editorial Calls For Investigation Into Chevron's Release Of Its "Sting" Videotapes
Questions Raised in Chevron Tapes
Washington, DC (September 7, 2009) – In an editorial this Saturday, the Los Angeles Times called for an investigation into Chevron's production and release of its "sting" videotapes that seek to derail a $27 billion lawsuit brought against the company for oil contamination in the Ecuadorian rainforest.
Chevron's Legal Fireworks
Los Angeles Times | Seeking to change its fortunes in a Ecuador case it's expected to lose, the oil giant releases an explosive video.Only weeks ago, the 16-year legal battle between Chevron Corp. and thousands of indigenous people in Ecuador's Amazon seemed as if it were coming to a close.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Judge`s Recusal Clears Path for Legal Proceedings to Continue
Statement from Amazon Defense Coalition Regarding Judge Recusal from Chevron Trial in Ecuador
From Steven Donziger on behalf of the Amazon communities:"The judge's decision to recuse himself clears the path for the legal proceedings to continue uninterrupted. This appears to have been done by the judge to disrupt Chevron's intention to further delay a litigation that has lasted 16 years.
The Madeira Dams: Impacts and Actions in Bolivian Territory
Jirau and Santo Antonio promise to cost much more than the stated financial value of their construction: deforestation, disease, damage to fish populations, just to name a few.
Ecuador vs. Chevron: Evidence of a Fix, or Video Entrapment?
TIME | The lawsuit, the largest of its kind, has lasted 16 years, pitting U.S. oil giant Chevron against residents in the Amazon jungle of Ecuador.
Major Flaws Emerge In Chevron Bribery Story
New Scrutiny of Chevron's Own Conduct In Possible "Dirty Tricks" Operation. Oil Giant Hiding Witnesses; DOJ Pressed to Investigate Role of Chevron Legal Team; Company Refusing to Turn Over Evidence
Quito, Ecuador (September 3, 2009) – Significant flaws are emerging in Chevron's version of events surrounding a purported Ecuador bribery scandal where company officials are trying to taint a long-running trial involving a potential $27 billion liability, representatives of the Amazon indigenous communities said today.
Chevron Accused of Nixon-style Dirty Tricks Operation In Ecuador
Chevron's Video Transcripts Raise Questions About Oil Giant's Misconduct to Delay $27 billion Environmental Trial In Ecuador Department of Justice Asked to Focus on Chevron
Quito, Ecuador (September 1, 2009) – In a maneuver reminiscent of Richard Nixon's infamous "dirty tricks" operations, Chevron has posted a series of grainy videos on YouTube in an attempt to corrupt the trial proceedings where the company faces a $27 billion liability for environmental damage, representatives of the i
Contamination and failed cleanup by OXY and Pluspetrol in Corrientes, Peru
These photos show some sites in oil block 1-AB visited by E-Tech International to evaluate the effectiveness of Pluspetrol's cleanup of OXY's legacy.
Oil, Ecuador and Its People
Los Angeles Times | Today, a swath of the Ecuadorean Amazon remains contaminated beyond imagining. Neither side disputes the devastation, only who should pay for it.
Ecuadorean Lawyer Battles Big Oil | The award-winning activist has been working for years on a class-action lawsuit against Texaco
The Register-Guard | Pablo Fajardo found his calling at age 15.
Corporation Responsible for Worst Oil-Related Disaster 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".
Big Penalties Loom for Chevron in Ecuador
Buisness Week | An Ecuadoran judge's ruling in an environmental case may make U.S. companies rethink the strategy of pushing lawsuits into overseas courts.Sixteen years after it was first filed and seven years after it was tossed out of U.S.
Peru's Amazon Indians warn of renewed protests, say government has not honored accords
Associated Press | LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peruvian Amazon Indian leaders are warning of renewed protests, alleging Friday that the government has not honored promises made in the aftermath of June violence that left at least 23 police and 10 Indians dead.Indian leader Salomon Awananch accused the government of blocking the formation of an ind
Groundbreaking Film "CRUDE" about the "World's Biggest Environmental Lawsuit" Nominated for "Best Documentary" at the 24th Annual Imagen Awards
Pablo Fajardo, the lead attorney for Ecuadorian plaintiffs in landmark legal case against Chevron, attends prestigious award ceremony.
Los Angeles, CA – Amazon Watch has launched a special campaign to promote CRUDE, Joe Berlinger's award-winning documentary film that chronicles the epic battle to hold oil giant Chevron (formerly Texaco) accountable for it's systematic contamination of the Ecuadorian Amazon – an environmental tragedy experts call "
Chevron Suffers Further Setbacks in $27 Billion Ecuador Environmental Trial
Court Fines Chevron Lawyer for Causing Delay; Criminal Prosecution Gains Steam
LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador - An Ecuadorian trial judge dealt Chevron another setback when he fined the company's local counsel for trying to delay the end of a $27 billion environmental trial and referred a court-ordered report to Ecuador's national prosecutor for possible use in a criminal prosecution of the company, according to c
Chevron Using Deep Pockets to Manufacture "Proof" in $27 Billion Environmental Trial
Use of 3 Major Public Relations Firms Raises Ethical Questions Over Chevron Conduct in Ecuador Litigation Army of Paid Consultants Seeks Favorable Media Coverage
WASHINGTON – Chevron is using its deep pockets to hire three public relations firms to strengthen a misinformation campaign to evade a $27.3 billion judgment against the company in Ecuador for creating the worst oil-related contamination on earth in the Amazon rainforest, said spokesmen for dozens of Amazonian communiti
Charges Presented in Peru's Deadly Amazon Clash
Associated Press | LIMA, Peru (AP) – A Peruvian government prosecutor presented homicide charges against two police generals and 15 other officers for a June government crackdown at an Amazon highway blockade manned by Indians protesting development on their ancestral lands.The criminal charges, which must be ratified by a judge, are t
Pressure Builds on Peruvian Government to Stop Persecution of Indigenous Leaders
Over 100 Organizations Call for Santiago Manuin's Acquittal Families of Fallen Police also Call for Investigation of Bagua Violence
Lima, Peru (Aug 11, 2009) – Over 100 organizations and over 1000 human rights activists sent a letter today urging the Peruvian government to drop legal charges against Santiago Manuin Valera, the internationally respected Awajun indigenous leader currently recovering from eight gunshot wounds suffered during attacks on pro
Ecuador's Amazonian Indian confederation faces varied threats
Indian Country Today | Approximately 100 representatives of Ecuador's Amazonian Indian nations recently gathered in the community of Union Base, near the southeastern town of Puyo, to celebrate the inauguration of new leadership for the Confederation of Indigenous Nations of the Ecuadorian Amazon (CONFENIAE).The ceremony was held in Spanish
APRODEH: Open Letter To Peruvian President Alan Garcia
Dr. Alan García PérezPresident of the Republic of PeruMr.
Relatives of Police Killed in Peru Blame Officials
Associated Press | LIMA, Peru - Relatives of police officers killed during a government crackdown on Amazon Indian protesters are seeking criminal charges against Peru's former interior minister and three police chiefs, a lawyer said Thursday.Ten civilians and 23 policemen were killed June 5 when a small, heavily armed troop of officers
A People Beyond the Riverbanks
Written By Cristiano Navarro, Brasil de FatoTranslated by Natalia TaddeiBolivians will be affected by the dam projects, yet their lands have been not included Brazil's environmental impact study.
Jail and trial are next for wounded Peru Indians
The Associated Press | CHICLAYO, Peru – Santiago Manuin is lucky to be alive.
Persecution of Indigenous Leaders Continues in Peru
Police prepare to arrest indigenous leader who was shot 8 times during protest upon his release from hospital. UN Special Rapporteur report calls for immediate review of legal charges against indigenous leaders
Lima, Peru - San Francisco-based Amazon Watch is among dozens of human rights organizations calling on the Peruvian government to drop legal charges against Santiago Manuin Valera, the highly revered Awajun indigenous leader currently recovering from injuries suffered during attack on protesters by Peruvian Police on June 5th
Chevron Expects to Fight Ecuador Lawsuit in U.S.
The Wall Street Journal | As Largest Environmental Judgment on Record Looms, the Oil Company Reassures Shareholders It Won't PayChevron Corp., which expects to be on the losing end of a long-running environmental lawsuit in Ecuador, is turning its attention to fighting the expected multibillion-dollar verdict in the U.S.
Tragic history repeats itself on Brazil's Madeira River
By: Christian Poirier, Amazon Watch Brazil Program CoordinatorAlong the banks of Brazil's Madeira River, the rusty remnants of the Madeira-Mamoré railroad, built a century ago to run steam engines from Porto Velho to Guajará-Mirim in Bolivia, lay in ruins.
