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Year: 2014

Press Release Advocacy Groups Blast Chevron for Retaliation Tactics Against Ecuador Villagers and Their Supporters U.S. legal advocate for Ecuadorians announces crack appellate team as final briefs are filed in Chevron's Retaliatory RICO... January 23, 2014

News Gas Firm "Assumes" It Will Bring "Fear" to the Peruvian Amazon Gas company Pluspetrol admits it will cause "fear" and possibly "stress" and a "sensation of invasion" among indigenous... January 22, 2014

Press Release First International Tribunal on Rights of Nature Inaugural session in Ecuador admits nine cases January 21, 2014

Press Release Edgy Satire Blasts Chevron over Ecuador Case Oakland, CA – Today Amazon Watch released an edgy satire created by Pulitzer-winning animator Mark Fiore blasting Chevron's... January 21, 2014

Shut It, You Long-Haired Hippie

Blog Shut It, You Long-Haired Hippie An "anti-public service" message from Donny Rico January 21, 2014

News Gas Company: Amazon Tribes Vulnerable to "Massive Deaths" Amazon tribes in Peru's rainforest are at risk of "massive deaths" from new diseases to which they lack... January 20, 2014

Activists Ask Ecuador Not to Drill at Oil Block

News Activists Ask Ecuador Not to Drill at Oil Block Part of ITT block located within country's largest nature reserve January 20, 2014

News Peru Blocks Plans for New Indigenous Reserve as Oil Production Starts Culture ministry backtracks after pressure from Perupetro, putting indigenous peoples' lives at risk January 16, 2014

Amazon Women: On the Front Lines of Grassroots Climate Leadership

News Amazon Women: On the Front Lines of Grassroots Climate Leadership Women activists and leaders have been at the core of the environmental movement since its inception January 15, 2014

Rights Versus Resources in the Amazon

Blog Rights Versus Resources in the Amazon Until the demand for extreme crude decreases, the conflict between rights and resources will continue, at the expense... January 14, 2014

Peru Ignores UN Calls to Suspend Amazon Gas Expansion

News Peru Ignores UN Calls to Suspend Amazon Gas Expansion Government moves one step closer to expand Camisea project despite concerns about impact on indigenous peoples January 13, 2014

Ecuador Cracks Down on Indigenous Leaders Opposed to Oil

Blog Ecuador Cracks Down on Indigenous Leaders Opposed to Oil After attacking some of their closest allies, the Ecuadorian government is now attempting to take down Ecuador's indigenous... January 10, 2014

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