Mr. Enrique IglesiasPresidentInter-American Development Bank1300 New York Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.
Camisea
Hunt-Led Group Begins Moving Gas from Peru's Camisea Pipeline
Bloomberg News | A Hunt Oil Co.-led group is set to begin pumping natural gas from the $1.6 billion Camisea field in Peru's Amazon rainforest, the culmination of a 20-year project that was delayed by guerrilla warfare and political opposition.Dallas-based Hunt Oil, together with partners from Argentina, South Korea and Algeria, today w
Enviromental Organizations Called on the Bush Administration and the IDB to Stop Financial Aid to the Camisea Gas Project
Petroleumworld.com | Environmental and human rights organizations from the United States and Peru, in letters to Undersecretary of the U.S.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
NGO Letter to the IDB on Camisea Companies' Failure to Comply with Loan Conditions
The following joint letter was sent to the IDB on July 30th by international NGOs as a response to the IDB’s public posting of Camisea loan conditions fulfillment.
Bush Administration on Brink of Greenlighting Use of U.S. Tax Dollars for Controversial Mega-Petroleum Project in Peruvian Rainforest
Washington, D.C. - Environmental and human rights organizations from the United States and Peru, in letters to Undersecretary of the U.S.
New Map: The Isolated Indigenous Populations in the Lower Urubamba Valley, Peru
The following is a map of the Nahua Kugapakori Territorial Reserve in the Lower Urubamba valley. It shows the known locations of untitled indigenous communities living in and around the Reserve, including those living in voluntary isolation. The map was produced by Shinai Serjali.
Pluspetrol Contacta con Nativos a Pesar de Existir Prohibición Trabajadores Llegan en Helicópteros y Hacen Regalos a los Montetoni y Malanksiari.
La Republica | Voceros del consorcio Pluspetrol que explota el gas de Camisea afirmaron que no se han relacionado calculadamente con las comunidades nativas Montetoni y Malanksiari que viven en los alrededores del campamento (provincia de La Convención, Cusco), y que se registraron contactos de forma accidental.Pero testimonios de l
La Empresa No Cumple con Sus Planes
La Republica | El reporte de la Oficina General de Epidemiología señala que el contacto efectuado por los trabajadores del proyecto de Camisea produjo el contagio de enfermedades infecciosas que afecta a las comunidades nativas.Pluspetrol lo niega.
IDB May Fund Peru Gasline Loan with Environmental Conditions
Bloomberg News | The Inter-American Development Bank said it may disburse $135 million in loans for the Camisea natural gas project in Peru as early as next month after addressing concerns raised by environmental activists. The development bank will withhold the money until it makes sure safeguards for the environment are in place,
IDB Urged to Hold Back Camisea’s Loan Agreement Pending Completion of Independent Social and Environmental Audit . Groups Urge the Removal of More Wells Planned Inside Indigenous Reserve due to Recent Epidemics and Deaths
Lima, Peru – the Peruvian National Indigenous Organization was jointed today by Peruvian and international environmental, and human rights organizations calling on the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to commission an independent environmental and social audit of the Camisea project before the signing of the loan agree
Exigen al BID Que Realice Una Completa Auditoria Socio-Ambiental Independiente Antes el Firmar de los Acuerdos Para Financiar el Proyecto Camisea Las Organizaciones Indígenas y Ambientalistas Rechazan Nuevos Pozos de Gas y Petróleo y Exigen el Retiro
Lima, Peru – organización nacional de los pueblos indígenas junto a organizaciones ecologistas y derechos humanos nacionales y internacionales llaman al Banco Inter-Americano de Desarrollo que se realice una auditoria socio-ambiental independiente sobre el proyecto de gas de Camisea antes que firmar el contracto del prés
Camisea Killing Tribes, Harming Amazon-Report
Reuters | Lima, Peru - Peru's controversial Camisea gas project is killing off native tribes in the Amazon jungle, polluting the environment with diesel spills and waste dumps and causing large-scale deforestation, two leaked government reports released by environmentalists said on Saturday.Between May 2002 and May 2003, 2
The IDB Delays Loan Closure to the Camisea Project the Bank Faces Mounting Public Criticism at Annual Meeting in Lima Observers Warn: The Camisea Project Fails Required Safeguards
Lima, Peru — As finance ministers from 46 member countries of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) arrive for the Bank’s annual meeting in Peru this week, hundreds of civil society organizations from throughout the continent join their Peruvian counterparts calling attention to the Bank’s failing social and environ
Enfrentando Crecientes Criticas Públicas en su Reunión Anual en Perú el BID Retrasa el Cierre del Préstamo al Proyecto Camisea Observadores Advierten: Camisea está Lejos de Lograr las Salvaguardias Requeridas
Para publicación inmediata:Lima, Perú—Mientras los ministros de finanzas de 46 países miembros del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) llegan a Lima para la reunión anual de directorio que tendrá lugar esta semana, cientos de organizaciones de la sociedad civil de todas partes del continente se sumaron a sus
NGO Letter to the IDB highligting failures to comply with required loan condtions
The following is the text of a joint letter sent to the IDB on March 11 by international NGOs urging delay of the signing of the Camisea loan agreement. The letter details concerns raised by leading Peruvian indigenous and environmetnal organizations about the Camisea gas project.
Victory for Peru’s Nahua People as Oil Development is Removed from their Territories
The Nahua, an indigenous people in initial contact with the outside world, have learnt that plans for oil exploration in their territories adjacent to the controversial Camisea Gas Project in Peru’s remote southeastern Amazon, have been abandoned in the face of strong local and international condemnation.
Inter-American Development Bank Blasted for Backing Risky Camisea Project in Peru Rainforests, Indigenous Lives and Marine Reserves at Stake
Washington, D.C.- Today, the Inter-American Development (IDB) executive directors approved financing for the controversial Camisea fossil fuel project in the Peruvian Amazon.
Public Bank to Decide on Bush-Cheney Amazon Drilling Plan Bianca Jagger Arrives in DC in Final Push to Defend Peru’s Rainforest
Press Interviews with Ms. Jagger Upon RequestWashington, D.C.—Human rights advocate, Bianca Jagger arrived in the nation’s capital today in a last minute effort to urge the Inter-American Development (IDB) to reject financing for the controversial Camisea fossil fuel project in the Peruvian Amazon.
Energy Project vs. Environmentalists in Peru
New York Times | Paracas, Peru - In the barren moonlike landscape outside this coastal hamlet, workers in hard hats are busily laying cables and constructing giant holding tanks for natural gas liquids.
Asegura PPK, Tras Conversar con Presidente del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Expreso | Crédito a Camisea en el BID está en manos de EE UUEn diálogo con EXPRESO, el ex ministro de Economía Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) comentó que, durante una reciente conversación con el presidente del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), Enrique Iglesias, este le mencionó su deseo de otorgar el préstamo de US$
Piden Investigar Denuncias de Irregularidades en Camisea
La Republica | Una nueva denuncia contra la construcción de la planta de fraccionamiento de Camisea en la playa Lobería hicieron las asociaciones ambientalistas: la obra no cuenta con licencia de habilitación urbana.
Gobierno Confía en Préstamos para Camisea, mientras Artistas Se Oponen
RPP Noticias | Mientras el ministro peruano de Economía Jaime Quijandría confía en la aprobación de préstamos para el proyecto gasífero Camisea, artistas del cine y de la música pidieron al presidente George W. Bush bloquear el financiamiento a dicho proyecto.
Artistas de Hollywood Piden a Bush que No Respalde Plan Gasífero en Perú
CNN en Español | Lima - Un grupo de estrellas de Hollywood pidió el jueves al presidente de Estados Unidos, George W. Bush, que no financie un polémico proyecto de gas en Perú, para evitar la destrucción de una de las zonas de la selva amazónica más ricas en biodiversidad en el planeta.
Hollywood Stars Rally for the Rainforest Bianca Jagger, Sting, Ruben Blades, Kevin Bacon, Susan Sarandon, Chevy Chase and More Urge Presidents Bush and Toledo: “Don’t Finance the Destruction of Peru’s Amazon Rainforest”
Washington, DC – Human rights advocate Bianca Jagger spent the past week writing and calling President Bush, President Toledo and Mr. Enrique Iglesias, the president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to urge them to withhold public funds to the controversial Camisea fossil fuel project in the Peruvian Amazon.
Celebrities: Bush, Don't Fund Peru Rainforest Ruin
Reuters | Lima, Peru - A group of show business stars urged President Bush on Thursday not to let U.S. tax dollars destined for a Peruvian energy project be used to fund the ruin of one of the planet's most precious rainforests.
Celebrity Letter on Protecting the Peruvian Amazon
President George W.
