Washington Post | Washington - With operations in 20 countries, Enron Corp. set out in the early 1990s to become an international energy trailblazer, with grandiose projects and huge U.S. government-backed investments in places no other company would go.
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Enron Spanned the Globe with High-Risk Projects Deals Lost Money but Helped Hide Troubles
Washington Post | With operations in 20 countries, Enron Corp. set out in the early 1990s to become an international energy trailblazer, with grandiose projects and huge U.S. government-backed investments in places no other company would go.Enron launched bold projects in poverty-ravaged countries such as Nigeria and Nicaragua.
Amazon Watch Launches Mega-Project Report: "New Pipelines Threaten Intact Amazon Rainforest in Brazil"
Amazon Watch has just released a new Mega-project report entitled: "New Pipelines Threaten Intact Amazon Rainforest in Brazil". The 12-page report examines plans to construct two new pipelines to expand oil and gas production from the Urucu and Jurua gas fields in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon.
Slick Oil George W. Bush's Toxic Money Pipeline
Pratap Chatterjee | Early last October, every member of a ninth grade girls track team and the freshman the football team at suburban Houston's Deer Park High School's north campus returned from practice reporting severe breathing problems.
Video Exposes Tropical Forest Destruction in Bolivia: Environmental Groups Call on US Agency to Cancel Loan to ENRON/SHELL for Gas Pipeline Dramatic Aerial Footage Available Upon Request See Video, Photos and Letter to OPIC (July 12 2000)
Washington, DC - In a meeting yesterday, environmental organizations Friends of the Earth-US and Amazon Watch called on George Muñoz, the President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to withdraw its $200 million loan for the Enron/Shell Cuiaba gas pipeline from Bolivia to Brazil.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Bolivian Acting President and Top Ministers to Negotiate Indigenous Proposal to Reform Constitution and National Policies
Santa Cruz, Bolivia - Today, the acting President of Bolivia, Tuto Quiroga, along with top government ministers will arrive in Santa Cruz to initiate direct negotiations with the indigenous peoples of Bolivia on their proposal to reform the constitution and national policies.
History in the Making as Bolivian Indigenous Peoples Initiate Direct Negotiations to Radically Restructure Government Policies
Santa Cruz, Bolivia - Today more than 350 representatives from the 34 indigenous groups in the Bolivian lowlands will initiate an historic National Assembly to reach final agreement on their proposal to overhaul the Bolivian constitution and national policies in preparation for dialogue and direct negotiations with the nation
Oil Spill in Desaguadero: the Increase and Growth of Oil Disasters
NOTICIAS FOBOMADE | Economic, social, environmental and cultural impacts of oil company activities in Bolivia are increasingly negative and growing.
Pipeline Bursts in Bolivian Highlands, Spews Unchecked for Thirty Hours
Reuters | A pipeline owned by the oil consortium Transredes burst on January 30 and reportedly spewed oil for 30 hours before valves were finally shut off.
Gas Line Draws Protests Nature Groups Cite U.S. Role
The Miami Hearld | Santa Cruz, Bolivia - In violation of Clinton administration policies,U.S. taxpayer dollars are being used to finance a gas pipeline through aglobally rare forest ecosystem, environmental groups say. U.S.
Clinton Regime Ripped for Supporting Pipeline; Environmentalists Contend Project in Bolivia, Brazil Harms Ecosystems
The Washington Times | DATELINE: Santa Cruz, Bolivia BODY: Santa Cruz, Bolivia - Environmentalists say U.S. government financing is being misused to finance a gas pipeline through a rare forest ecosystem in violation of the Clinton administration's own policies.
Gasoducto Bolivia-Cuiaba de ENRON Llamado un Desastre de Proporción Mundial -- Nombrando Violaciones Serias de las Condiciones del Préstamo, los Grupos le Instan a OPIC a Cancelar el Préstamo
Washinton, D.C. - La semana pasada, los grupos ambientales Friends of the Earth (Amigos de la Tierra) y Amazon Watch le exigieron al OPIC, la agencia gubernamental Estado Unidense, de terminar con su trato financiero que tiene con ENRON international para el proyecto del gasoducto lateral Cuiaba.
ENRON's Bolivia-Cuiaba Pipeline Called a World Class Disaster --- Citing Serious Violations of Loan Conditions, Groups Urge OPIC to Cancel Loan
Washington, D.C. - Friends of the Earth and Amazon Watch called on the Overseas Private Investment Corporation yesterday to immediately terminate its financing deal with ENRON international for the Bolivia-Cuiaba pipeline project on the grounds the ENRON is violating OPIC's loan conditions.
World Trade: Opic Set to Approve Bolivian Pipeline Loan Environment Campaigners Fear for Tropical Forest:
Financial Times | The US Overseas Private Investment Corporation is today expected to approve a Dollars 200m loan for a gas pipeline in Bolivia, a project opposed by 60 environmental groups in 25 countries.Opic, which promotes US foreign investment by offering financing and political risk insurance, has recently approved new stricter en
Enron Pipeline in Bolivia Gets U.S. Loan Guarantee
Houston Chronicle Washington | Washington — The federal government Tuesday agreed to provide $200 million worth of loan guarantees to an Enron Corp.-led group to help fund construction of a controversial, natural gas pipeline that will cut through a tropical forest in Bolivia.
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.
Environment: U.S. Set to Finance Bolivian Gas Project
Inter Press Service | Washington - The Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC), a major U.S.
U.S. Agency Delays Vote on Financing ENRON’s Controversial Pipeline through Amazon Forest
WHAT: At the meeting of its Board of Directors today, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) voted to delay decision on loan guarantees to Enron International for a planned natural gas pipeline that would cut through 200km of primary tropical forest and 100km of pristine wetlands in the Bolivian Amazon.
U.S. Agency Delays Vote on Financing ENRON’s Controversial Pipeline through Amazon Forest
WHAT At the meeting of its Board of Directors today, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) voted to delay decision on loan guarantees to Enron International for a planned natural gas pipeline that would cut through 200km of primary tropical forest and 100km of pristine wetlands in the Bolivian Amazon.
U.S. Agency to Vote on Financing Controversial Pipeline Through Endangered Amazon Forest in Bolivia Environmental Groups Warn: Destructive Project Violates OPIC Policies and Clinton’s Pledge
WHAT: On March 9, the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) will consider providing financing – backed by US tax dollars – for a natural gas pipeline that will cut through 200km of primary tropical forest and 100km of pristine wetlands in the Bolivian Amazon.
The Bolivia-Brazil Pipeline: "Model" Development Project?
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El gasoducto entre Bolivia y Brasil: Àun proyecto de desarrollo "estrella"?
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US Agency OKs $200 Mln for Gas Pipeline
Reuters | Washington - The U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) approved $200 million in financing Tuesday to help pay for a controversial natural gas pipeline project in Bolivia being developed by Enron Corp. (NYSE:ENE - news) and Royal Dutch/Shell Group .
OPIC Approves $200M Bolivian Loan
Associated Press | Washington - The Overseas Private Investment Corporation approved a $200 million loan today for a gas pipeline in Bolivia, a project opposed by environmental groups and some U.S. lawmakers. OPIC, which promotes U.S.
