News & Multimedia from 2009

Indígenas de Ecuador levantan su voz El líder indígena expresó su preocupación por el hecho de que haya leyes que afecten a los territorios de los indígenas y a su espacio de vida.

El presidente de la Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas de Ecuador (CONAIE), Marlon Santi, llegó a la capital de Estados Unidos para hablar de la situación que viven las tribus indígenas de su país.

Santi y otros indígenas se presentaron frente a la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH).

En una entrevista con la Voz de América, Santi aseguró que solicitó a la CIDH que se una en cali

Indian Political Awakening Stirs Latin America

In Ecuador, the Shuar are blocking highways to defend their hunting grounds. In Chile, the Mapuche are occupying ranches to pressure for land, schools and clinics.

WashPost: Group attacks Chevron ally

Two months ago, Chevron released statements and videotapes provided by two men that it said cast doubt on the integrity of a court in Ecuador, where the company is fighting demands that it pay billions of dollars to fix damage done years ago by oil exploration in the Ecuadoran Amazon.

But on Thursday doubt was cast on the integrity of one of those men by Amazon Watch, a group associated with the plaintiffs in the case

NYTimes: Revelation Undermines Chevron Case In Ecuador

HOUSTON - An American whose secret recordings have placed him at the center of a $27 billion lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador is a convicted drug trafficker, records show, throwing another complication into a case already tainted by accusations of bribery and espionage.

The lawsuit pits Ecuadorean peasants against Chevron over oil pollution in the Amazon and has been a major headache for the company for nearly a dec

Incoming Chevron Chief Toes Company Line on Ecuador Oil Pollution Case During Debut in Nation's Capital

Supporters of Amazon Residents Who Are Suing Chevron for Environmental Cleanup Put $27 Billion Contamination Case Front and Center During CEO-to-be John Watson's Chamber of Commerce Visit

Washington DC – Incoming Chevron CEO John S. Watson's debut speech in the nation's capitol addressed a range of issues from the future of the world's energy economy to rising gas prices to the company's $27 billion litigation in Ecuador for massive environmental contamination.

Ecuadorian Indigenous Mobilization Results in Government Negotiations, Strengthened Movement

The last few weeks in Ecuador, characterized by Indigenous mass action and protests and which culminated in a formal agreement between the Indigenous leaders and the president of Ecuador, have marked the beginning of a promising new phase in relations between the government and the country's Indigenous populations.

This process started on the 27th of September when The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (CONAIE

Miles de indígenas debatirán en Cali sobre la presencia militar y empresarial extranjera

Unos 25.000 indígenas llegaron hoy a la ciudad de Cali (suroeste) para debatir sobre la presencia de soldados estadounidenses en bases militares colombianas y la posibilidad de que aumente el número de multinacionales mineras interesadas en sus territorios.

El consejero mayor del Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca (suroeste, CRIC), Elides Pechené, informó a Efe vía telefónica que esta tarde se inaugurará en C

Colombia's U'wa Reiterate Opposition to Ecopetrol Gas Drilling in their Ancestral Territory

International Investors Warned Against Heightened Risk of Oil Operations Within Indigenous Territories Without Consent

Washington, DC – Colombia's U'wa Indigenous people will carry out a mobilization near Cubará, Colombia today in opposition to natural resource extraction projects in their ancestral territory. Colombia's state-run oil company and largest corporation, Ecopetrol, is drilling within U'wa sacred territory and has plans to expand their exploration operations.

"We reject any intervention in U'wa ancestral territory.