Campaign Updates

OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC (Translated by Shanti Michaels)

Señor
Ing. Jorge Quiroga Ramírez
Constitutional President of Bolivia
La Paz

REF: THE CUIABÁ PIPELINE AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CHIQUITANO FOREST.

Mr.

Pressure is also on the Inter-American Development Bank to deny funding for Camisea

Enrique V. Iglesias
President
Inter-American Development Bank
Washington, D.C. 20577
U.S.A.

Dear Enrique V. Iglesias,

Our organizations respectfully urge the Inter-American Development Bank to reject financing currently under consideration for all aspects of Peru's Camisea gas development project.

Accion Por La Vida Update Mindo, ECUADOR

It has been one month and one day since Special Forces national police raided the peaceful protest camp in Cerro Guarumos and all activists were arrested, including some foreign tourists and students. The weeks after the
arrests were very busy for us as we worked hard with Accion Ecologica in liberating the innocent activists and organizing various protests in Quito as well as here in Mindo.

Transcript of Audio Recording of Unanounced Meeting between Pluspetrol and a Nahua Community Living in Voluntary Isolation

SHINAI SERJALI, LIMA

José Luis Carbajal (Community relations coordinator for Pluspetrol)
Today, I have come accompanied by Pluspetrol’s medic, our pilot Pedro and our cameraman, Alberto.

Colombia Update

Dear Friends:

The Colombian conflict took a frightening turn yesterday when the 3-year-old peace talks between the Colombian armed forces and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) broke down. According to news reports, Colombian aircraft launched an offensive against the Switzerland-sized rebel zone of control with more than 200 air sorties attacking some 85 sites inside the zone.

Ecuador Radio Training Missions

January and October 2002 ACT twice dispatched an expert radio technician to deliver extensive training in radio communication to Amazonian indigenous organizations fighting to prevent the invasion of their pristine forest homelands by multinational oil companies.

Ecuador Media Training

Our media and digital witnessing training provided local activists fighting the OCP oil pipeline with the skills and equipment to record images of local blockades of the pipeline route, which have appeared in the world media.

JOINT LETTER FROM INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING THE OCP HEAVY CRUDE PIPELINE IN ECUADOR

TO:
Dr. Friedel Neuber , Chairman Westdeutsche LandesBank
P.O. Box 40199 Dusseldorf
Herzogstrasse 15
40217 Dusseldorf, Germany
Fax: 0049-211/826-6121 or 2588 Mr.

Ecuador Team Mission

The team was deployed on a month-long mission to Ecuador (March 8-April 9, 2001). This mission was organized in response to repeated requests from several Ecuadorian indigenous organizations facing threats from new oil projects. The main goal of the mission was to assess the communications, media, and strategic campaigning skills for five organizations and to develop a plan for long-term capacity building.

Training Workshop

The team organized a media and communications training workshop prior to the annual meeting of the Amazon Alliance in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The three-day workshop was attended by more than 30 indigenous leaders from Bolivia, Ecuador, Brazil, Guyana and Suriname.