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Indigenous Leaders from Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil Convene Summit to Strategize on Globalizing Indigenous Rights

Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela - Starting today, Tuesday, July 20 through Friday, July 24, over seventy-five Amazonian Indigenous leaders from Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana will convene in a historic summit at the Centro Comercial Continental Plaza in Ciudad Bolivar to discuss land rights and their cultural survival.

Cumbre de Lideres Indígenas de Venezuela, Brasíl, y Guyana para Buscar Estrategias para Globalizar los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas

Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela - Desde este martes, 20 de julio hasta 24 de julio, mas de setenta y cinco lideres indígenas de la Amazonia de Venezuela, Brasil y Guyana se reunirán en una cumbre histórica en la ciudad venezolana de Ciudad Bolívar para conversar sobre derechos territoriales y su sobrevivencia cultural.

Indigenous Leaders Elect Three Representatives to Historical Process to Revamp Venezuela's Constitution

Caracas, Venezuela - Some six-hundred delegates representing 34 Indigenous tribes participated in the National Assembly of Indigenous Peoples July 17 through 18 and elected three representatives to the National Constituent Assembly.

Indigenas Electos para la Asemblea Constituyente en Ciudad Bolivar, Ratificados Ayer en Asamblea Nacional en los Caracas Fotos disponibles de Associated Press Photos y de pagina de web www.amazonwatch.org

Caracas, Venezuela - Los 600 delegados asistentes a la Asamblea Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas entre el 17 y el 18 de julio para la eleccion de los tres constituyentes que representaran a los Pueblos Indígenas en la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente, ratificó, por amplia mayoria, José Luis González, con 453 votos, Guillermo Guevara, con 456 votos y Noelí Pocaterra con 459 votos.

U.S. Agency Waffles on President Clinton's Pledge and Votes to Destroy Primary Tropical Forest Environmental Organizations Declare OPIC in Violation of U.S. Law

Washington — Environmental Groups denounced the decision by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to give $200 million in financing – backed by U.S. tax dollars – for the proposed Enron-Shell Bolivia-Cuiaba gas pipeline project that cuts through rare primary tropical forest.

U.S. Agency to Vote on Controversial ENRON/Shell Pipeline Through Rare Tropical Wilderness in Bolivia Lawmakers, Scientists, and Environmental Organizations Warn OPIC: Pipeline Violates U.S. Law and Devastates Primary Tropical Forest Opponents Rally in

Washington - On June 15, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) will meet to consider whether to provide $200 million in financing – backed by U.S. tax dollars – for ENRON’s proposed Bolivia-Cuiaba gas pipeline project. The pipeline will bisect one of the World’s largest intact tropical forests.

U.S. Agency to Vote on Controversial ENRON/Shell Pipeline Through Rare Tropical Wilderness in Bolivia Lawmakers, Scientists, and Environmental Organizations Warn OPIC: Pipeline Violates U.S. Law and Devastates Primary Tropical Forest Opponents Rally i

Washington - On June 15, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) will meet to consider whether to provide $200 million in financing – backed by U.S. tax dollars – for ENRON’s proposed Bolivia-Cuiaba gas pipeline project. The pipeline will bisect one of the World’s largest intact tropical forests.

Major Step to Ending Oil Drilling in Rainforest Results from Oxy Shareholder Vote 40-Million Shares Vote to Support the Rights of Colombia's U'wa People

Santa Monica, CA - Environmental and human rights activists scored a significant victory today as thirteen percent of Occidental Petroleum shareholders, totaling over 40,000,000 shares, voted in favor of a resolution presented at the annual shareholder meeting to carry out an analysis of the risks associated with oil project planned for U'wa people's lands in the Colombian cloudforest.

Colombia’s U’wa Tribal Leaders to Address Oxy Executives at Company’s Annual Meeting Tomorrow Press Conference at 9:30 am and Public Rally from 11:30 to 1:00 pm PHOTO OPPORTUNITY -- Photos, B-Roll Video Footage (Beta) Available Upon Request --

Santa Monica, CA - U’wa tribal leaders Berito Kuwaru’wa and Roberto Perez have come to Los Angeles from the rainforest of Colombia in order to attend the company’s annual meeting on Friday, April 30. The U’wa, a traditional community of 5,000 Indigenous people who live in the Colombian cloud forest, have vowed to commit mass suicide if Occidental Petroleum drills on their sacred ancestral homeland.

U’wa Leaders Arrive in Los Angeles to Attend April 30 Annual Meeting Shareholders Direct Occidental Petroleum to Assess Financial Risks of Colombian Oil Project on U’wa Tribal Lands -- Video Footage (Beta) and Interviews with Tribal Leaders Availab

Leaders from the U’wa tribe of Colombia arrived in Los Angeles yesterday in preparation of a week of activity surrounding Occidental Petroleum’s April 30 annual shareholder meeting in Santa Monica, CA.

Shareholders concerned by the ongoing conflict between the U’wa Indians and Occidental Petroleum are sponsoring a resolution to be considered at the company’s annual meeting.