English version hereLima, Perú – Alberto Pizango, el líder exilado de la organización nacional indígena del Perú, AIDESEP, regresará a Lima hoy, donde una orden de captura para su detención permanece v
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Chevron Condemned for Human Rights Abuses, Ecuador Disaster at Annual Shareholder Meeting Today
Activists Arrested Inside and Outside Chevron's Meeting Community Leaders Barred, Ejected from Annual Meeting for Exposing the Truth about Chevron
At Chevron's shareholder meeting today the company faced outrage for its continued lies, deception, silencing of critics, and human rights abuses. Concerned community leaders from several nations including Ecuador and Nigeria traveled from around the world yet were refused entry to Chevron's annual meeting.
Chevron Management Hit Hard at Annual Meeting over Ecuador Liability $38 Billion In Shareholder Value Defies CEO Watson
Board Members Confronted by Angry Shareholders, Indigenous Leaders; Five People Arrested As Company Refuses Proxies
Houston, TX – Chevron's annual shareholder meeting erupted in chaos today after CEO John Watson received a stern rebuke from shareholders for its Ecuador environmental disaster and a 71-year-old Ecuadorian woman said the company was responsible for an environmental atrocity in the rainforest that cost her two children and w
Indigenous Leader Returns to Peru After One Year in Exile
Rights Groups Urge Garcia Government to Drop Capture Order for Alberto Pizango and End Attacks on Indigenous Rights
En español aquíLima, Peru – Alberto Pizango, the exiled chief of the national Peruvian indigenous organization, AIDESEP, will return to Lima today where a capture order for his arrest remains in effect.
Peruvian Indigenous Leader Alberto Pizango Unjustly Arrested Upon His Return from Exile
Segundo Alberto Pizango Chota, president of the Peruvian national indigenous federation AIDESEP, was arrested immediately upon his return to Lima after several months in exile in Nicaragua.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Group Criticizes Peru's Plans to Drill in Amazon
Latin American Herald Tribune | U.S.
The Kayapo Continue Blockades of Amazon Highway for the 28th Straight Day in Protest of the Belo Monte Dam
Brazil's Indigenous Peoples Vow to Block Dam Construction or "Die Fighting for our Rights"
Piaraçu, Xingu National Park, Brazil – A group of Kayapo indigenous people led by Chief Megaron Txukarramãe have been blockading the Xingu River crossing of the BR-80, a major Amazon highway in Mato Grosso State since April 23 in protest of the government's plans to build the massive Belo Monte Dam.
Brief on Belo Monte
The Federal Injunctions of the Belo Monte AuctionThe Belo Monte auction took place on April 20, 2010 amidst the street protests taking place in major cities across Brazil. Leading up to the auction date three injunctions (restraining orders) were issued by a federal judge of Altamira.
Indigenous Peoples in Peru Decry New Oil Concessions in their Amazon Territories
Perupetro Opens the Last Vestiges of the Amazon to Oil Drilling
Houston – This week Perupetro is traveling to Houston and London to promote 25 new oil concessions which open the last vestiges of the Peruvian Amazon to oil drilling.
Ecuador lawmakers fail to reach water bill deal
Reuters | QUITO, May 13 (Reuters) - Ecuadorean lawmakers on Thursday failed to reach a deal on suspending debate of a contested water bill that has sparked protests by indigenous groups who fear it threatens their rights to natural resources.President Rafael Correa says the bill will better regulate the water system.
Request to UN Special Rapporteur Regarding Threats and Intimidation in Belo Monte Judicial Process
Movimento Xingu Vivo Para Sempre, Terra de Direitos - Organização de Direitos Humanos, Conselho Indigenista Missionário – CIMI, Sociedade Paraense de Direitos Humanos (SDDH), Justiça Global, Comitê Metropolitano do Movimento Xingu Vivo (Belém – Pará), Prelazia do Xingu, Comissão Pastoral da Terra – Pará, Rede F
The Carbon Hunters: On the Trail of the Climate's Hottest Commodity
FRONTLINE/World | FRONTLINE/World journeys to the remote rainforests of Brazil, where several American companies have been on the hunt for an increasingly valuable new commodity – carbon.
Talking the Amazon with Cameron
Nikolas Kozloff | Recently, I got an invitation to attend an interesting panel dealing with indigenous issues on Earth Day.
Swimming Against the Current: The Belo Monte Dam
The Argentimes | The recent government approval of a controversial dam project on one of the Amazon river's tributaries in Brazil has caused anger and protest from groups as wide ranging as indigenous activists who will see their entire way of life turned upside down, and the likes of Hollywood film director James Cameron.
Daryl Hannah Joins Amazon Protest Against Occidental
AFP | LOS ANGELES - Hollywood actress Daryl Hannah joined indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon here Friday in a protest against Occidental Petroleum at the US oil giant's annual meeting.Hannah, best known for her roles in 1980s hits "Splash" and "Wall Street," accompanied leaders of the Achuar community who have accus
Amazonian Indigenous Leaders Confront Occidental Petroleum
Achuar Indigenous Leaders, Actress Daryl Hannah Demand "Occidental Petroleum, Clean Up Pollution in Rainforest!"
A group of Achuar indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon confronted Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) at the company's Annual General Meeting.
Native Groups Poised for Nationwide Protests Over Water Bill
IPS | QUITO, May 6 (IPS) - Indigenous organisations in Ecuador opposed to a water reform bill that they say would give mining companies and agribusiness privileged access to water have threatened to extend their protests around the country in order to keep the legislature from passing the bill without certain modifications.T
Indígenas vuelven a acechar Congreso de Ecuador en protesta por ley del agua
AFP | QUITO - Los manifestantes indígenas desoyeron las advertencias del gobierno de izquierda de Rafael Correa y volvieron el jueves a acechar el Congreso de Ecuador en protesta por un proyecto de ley del agua del que se sienten excluidos, protagonizando nuevos enfrentamientos con la policía.Los enfrentamientos se desatar
Tribe Travels From Amazon to Battle Oil Company
Aol News | It took the three Achuar tribal leaders nine days to journey from their homes in the Peruvian Amazon to San Francisco, most of the time spent traveling by river in a small motorboat.
The Achuar and Talisman Energy
The Achuar indigenous people live in the Corrientes, Pastaza, and Morona river basins in the northern Peruvian Amazon. Achuar lands sit atop oil fields, although relatively marginal in terms of the quality and accessibility of the reserves.
Meet the Achuar Delegates
By foot, boat, bus and plane, three Achuar indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon will travel to the United States and Canada from May 1st - May 9th as part of the launch of an international campaign to demand that Canadian oil company Talisman Energy immediately cease oil operations in the Achuar's ancestral Amazonian h
Ambush in Sarayaku territory leaves three persons seriously injured
In spite of the attack, Sarayaku evicts invaders
Sarayaku, Ecuador- Ambush in Sarayaku territory leaves three persons seriously injured: In spite of the attack, Sarayaku evicts invaders On Friday 29th of April at 7.30 pm, a group of men from Sarayaku were attacked with dynamite and firearms. Our comrades managed to see that some of the attackers were of African race.
Amazonian Indigenous Leaders Confront Oxy at 2010 AGM
Achuar Indigenous Leaders, Actress Daryl Hannah Demand Occidental Petroleum, Clean Up Pollution in Rainforest!
Chevron AGM 2010 Action
A powerful coalition of leaders from communities around the world negatively impacted by Chevron's operations gathered in Houston to confront the oil giant during its annual shareholders meeting.
Indígenas latinoamericanos piden que EEUU apoye la defensa de sus derechos
Agencia EFE | Washington, 29 abr (EFE).- Representantes de grupos indígenas de Colombia, Perú y Panamá pidieron hoy que el gobierno de Estados Unidos condicione la ayuda militar y los acuerdos comerciales con esos países al respeto de los derechos y las tierras de los indios."Ésta es nuestra tierra, éste es nuestro continente"
Testimony of Daysi Zapata Fasabi Before the U.S. Congress
"For thousands of years the Amazonian indigenous peoples have lived in harmony with the Amazon rainforest. Since the creation of the Peruvian state in 1821, however, we have been excluded and have been invisible in the public policies and plans."
Demonstration in NY Against the Belo Monte Dam in Brazil
Actress Sigourney Weaver Recaps Recent Visit to the Xingu Region in Brazil
WHEN: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 1:30 pmWHERE: Demonstration in front of the Brazilian Permanent Mission to the United Nations 747 3rd Avenue (between 46th and 47th) New York, NYWHO: Actress Sigourney Weaver joins dozens of indigenous leaders from around the world who are participants of the UN Permanent F
Avatar Director James Cameron Follows Box Office Success with Advocacy for Indigenous Struggles
Democracy Now! | On the heels of his record-setting Hollywood blockbuster Avatar, the film director James Cameron is taking on a new role as an activist, allying himself with indigenous struggles he says mirror the plot of his film.
Communiqué from Chief Megaron Txukarramãe
We, leaders and warriors, are here in our movement, determined to continue our blockade of the ferry crossing on the Xingu River. As long as Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva continues to insist on building the Belo Monte dam, we will remain here.
