Washington Post | NUEVO JERUSALEM, Peru — Tomás Maynas Carijano strolled through his tiny jungle farm, pinching leaves, shaking his head.
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Dorissa Accord: A Statement of Progress One Year On
October marked the one-year anniversary of an historic agreement involving the Peruvian government, the Argentine Pluspetrol oil company and the Achuar indigenous people of the northern Peruvian Amazon.
'Pocahontas Peruana' Gana Premio Ambiental Joven actriz norteamericana, hija de peruanos, es reconocida por su lucha por el medio ambiente
Terra / Agencias | Q'orianka Kilcher ganó el premio medioambiental Brower, en reconocimiento a sus sobresalientes esfuerzos por proteger a la selva amazónica y a los indígenas de la contaminación de las empresas petroleras."Q'orianka es inteligente, apasionada y llena de energía.
Achuar Block 39 New Oil Wells on their Territory Communities Celebrate Major Victory in Battle to Protect Ancestral Lands
San Francisco, CA – Achuar indigenous communities in the northern Peruvian Amazon were celebrating a major victory over the oil industry after the Argentine company Pluspetrol agreed to forego drilling 39 proposed new wells on Achuar land.The decision, which was not made public until yesterday, was announced by Plusp
Amazonian Indigenous Group Opposes New Pluspetrol Oil Wells
EFE | Lima, Peru - Indigenous communities of the Peruvian Amazon expressed to the Argentine Pluspetrol company their decision to not allow the opening of new oil wells, given concerns over contamination of their territories, as stated today by the Federation of Native Communities of the Corrientes River Basin (Feconaco).
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Más Derrames De Petróleo Aseguran Que El Agua De Contaminó Por El Derrame.
Peru 21 | Pese a los compromisos asumidos por la empresa Pluspetrol para trabajar con el fin de remediar la contaminación que actualmente afecta el río Corrientes, los derrames de petróleo siguen perjudicando a las comunidades nativas asentadas en ese lugar.
Carta de FECONACO a Hunt Oil Sobre Lote 143
Iquitos, 13 de Agosto del 2007Carta No 155-07-FECONACOSenores: Sr.
Amazon Watch letter to Hunt Oil Regarding New Oil Block on Achuar Territory
31 July, 2007Mr. Ray L. Hunt, CEOHunt Oil CompanyFountain Place, 1445 Foss at Field, Suite 1400Dallas, TX 75202-2785Mr. Hunt,Amazon Watch is aware that Perupetro has awarded Hunt Oil drilling rights for Block 143 in the northern Peruvian Amazon.
Achuar Letter to Pluspetrol Rejecting New Drilling on Ancestral Land
Al Presidente de la República del Perú;A los Congresistas de la República del Perú;Al pueblo Loretano y a todo el pueblo peruano;Al pueblo y al Gobierno Argentino;A la comunidad Internacional;A la empresa petrolera Pluspetrol;Los abajo firmantes Apus, autoridades y delegados de las com
FECONACO Communique Demanding That the Peruvian Presidency of Ministries Council Declare a Health and Environmental Emergency in the Corrientes River Basin
MEMORIAL DE LAS COMUNIDADES ACHUARES, QUICHUAS, Y URARINAS DEL RIO CORRIENTES, AFILIADAS A LA ORGANIZACIÓN FECONACO DIRIGUIDO A LA PRESIDENCIA DEL CONSEJO DE MINISTROS SOLICITANDO SE DECLARE LA EMERGENCIA EN SALUD Y AMBIENTE EN LA CUENCA DEL RIO CORRIENTESA los 18 días del mes de Julio del año 2007, los Apus y deleg
Peruvians sue oil giant over Amazon pollution
The Guardian | Los Angeles - Members of an indigenous tribe from the Peruvian Amazon sued the oil giant Occidental Petroleum yesterday in California's superior court, alleging that the company knowingly put the health of the Achuar people at risk and damaged their habitat.The claim alleges that over the course of three decades Oxy, a
Peruvians sue Oxy, claiming pollution
Los Angeles Times | Los Angeles - Members of indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon region sued Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Indigenous Peruvians Sue Occidental Petroleum for Contaminating Rivers and Land in Amazon Lawsuit Charges Oil Giant with Harming Health and Environment of Native Achuar People
Los Angeles, CA – EarthRights International (ERI) and the law firm Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP (SDSHH) today brought suit on behalf of twenty-five indigenous Achuar plaintiffs from the Peruvian Amazon against Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Peru communities sue Occidental for oil operations
Reuters | LOS ANGELES - Indigenous Peruvian Achuar communities filed a class action suit against Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Protesters target Occidental A lawsuit is threatened over oil operations in the Amazon basin.
Los Angeles Times | Shareholders of Occidental Petroleum Corp. gathered Friday to hear details behind another great year in the oil business.
Report: Occidental Petroleum Polluted Peruvian Amazon and Poisoned Indigenous Communities LA-Based Oil Giant’s Conduct Leads to Legal Liability in the US
LINK TO REPORT BELOW. THURSDAY TELECONFERENCE AND FRIDAY PHOTO OP.
Amazon Leaders Give Oxy Ultimatum
Amazon Leaders Give Oxy Ultimatum: Clean Up Your Toxic Waste from our Rainforest or Face Legal Action in the U.S.Indigenous Children Suffer Lead and Cadmium Poisoning from Oxy’s Toxic Dumping, New Report FindsFriday photo op.
Oil company accused of dumping waste in Amazon
The Independent | A US oil company has been accused of contaminating an area of the Peruvian Amazon where it and its successor company have drilled for oil for the past 32 years, creating misery for the local Achuar people and widespread lead and cadmium poisoning.
Indigenous Peru group threatens to sue Occidental
Reuters | LOS ANGELES - Indigenous Achuar communities of Peru who claim that pollution resulting from the production of oil harmed their way of life and dama ged their health on Thursday threatened to sue Occidental Petroleum Corp..The Achuar people live along the Corrientes River in the Amazon Basin of northeastern Peru near Ec
Lamentan Retiro de Occidental Petroleum de Perú
Miami Herald | Lima - El presidente de la empresa estatal Petroperú dijo el jueves que el retiro de la compañía Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Amazon Leaders to Call on Oil Industry to Stop Destruction of Rainforest Leaders Arrive in Los Angeles to Make Major Announcement Regarding Occidental Petroleum’s Drilling on their Lands Press Conference and Photo Op. with Achuar Leaders and Hollywood
WHAT: Press Conference and Photo OpportunityWHO: Jorge Fachin, Gonzalo Payma Carijano and Marcial Huaman Sandi, leaders of the Achuar indigenous nation of the northern Peruvian Amazon Lily la Torre, leading human rights lawyer, Racimos de Ungurahui, Peru Q’orianka Kilcher, award-w
Achuar in Peru: History, Recent Victory and New Threats Schedule for Achuar U.S. Delegation Nov-Dec 2006
Oxy, Pluspetrol, and the Achuar Nation of the Northern Peruvian AmazonA Historic Victory for Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon BasinMajor Victory for the AmazonOn October 23rd, after 14 days of peacefully blockading and halting half of Peru’s oil production, the Achuar people of the remote northern Peruv
Indigenous Amazonian People Score Rare Victory Against Oil Company By Taking Drastic Action, the Achuar People of the Amazon Have Forced an Oil Company to Finally Start Cutting Back on Pollution
The Guardian | It was by any measure a remarkable protest.
Argentina's Pluspetrol to invest $200 mln in Peru
Reuters | LIMA, Peru - Argentine energy producer Pluspetrol said on Friday it plans to invest up to $200 million in mainly environmental projects in Peru's Amazon basin, after a dispute with Indians briefly froze its production.Pluspetrol, which produces about half of Peru's oil output from its fields in northern Peru, said the
Nota de Prensa de la Federacion de Comunidades Nativas del Rio Corrientes —FECONACO—
Iquitos 24 de octubre del 2006¡¡VICTORIA DE LOS PUEBLOS INDIGENAS DE LA AMAZONIA PERUANA!!!¡¡VICTORIA DEL PUEBLO ACHUAR, QUICHUA Y URARINA DEL CORRIENTES, UN PASO HACIA LA JUSTICIA!!Informe sobre la paralización petrolera realizada pacíficamente por las comunidades indígenas Achuar, Quichua y Urari
Oil Protest in Northern Peru Jungle Ends
Houston Chronicle | Lima, Peru - An Argentine-run oil company drilling in Peru's northern jungle has agreed to stop dumping toxic waste into the rain forest by July 2008 following protests by an Indian organization that hailed the move Tuesday as a major victory. Two weeks of protests by the Native Federation of the Corrientes River
Pluspetrol Resumes Peru Oil Pumping; Seizure Ends
Bloomberg | Lima, Peru - Pluspetrol SA, Peru's largest oil and gas producer, resumed pumping operations in the northern Amazon jungle after natives ended a 13-day takeover of the company's oilfields, Energy Minister Juan Valdivia said.Some 700 Achuar Indians, who seized wells in Blocks 1-AB and 8 on Oct.
