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    Letter sent from 13 U.S. Senators to the U.S. Treasury Secretary –the agency that directs U.S. voting decisions at IDB—and the head of the U.S. Export-Import Bank. The letter opposes public support for Camisea at this time.

    The Honorable John SnowSecretary of the TreasuryDepartment of the Treasury1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington DC 20220The Honorable Phillip MerrillChairman United States Export-Import Bank811 Vermont Ave, NWWashington DC 20571Dear Secretary Snow and Chairman Merr

    July 29, 2003
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    U.S. to Vote on Aid for Peruvian Gas Project

    The Washington Post | The Bush administration is preparing this week to vote on financial support for a controversial $1.6 billion natural gas project in Peru that some U.S. officials, members of Congress and worldwide environmental groups say has already begun damaging a pristine tropical rain forest in the Amazon.

    July 27, 2003
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    Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.

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    ChevronTexaco Deserves Award for International Destruction! Human Rights and Environmental Groups Protest ChevronTexaco’s Award for “international understanding” at World Affairs Council Annual Dinner

    San Francisco, CA - Members of Amazon Watch, Communities for a Better Environment, Project Underground and concerned community residents from around the Bay Area gathered outside of the World Affairs Council’s Annual Dinner at the Hilton Hotel in downtown San Francisco today to protest this years awardee...ChevronTexaco.

    June 24, 2003
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    Updated Schedule of Events for Ecuador Delegation to the Bay Area

    Wednesday, May 7- -Delegation arrives in San Francisco Friday, May 9- -6:30-8:30pm, Meet and Greet reception for the delegation at the Peace Lutheran ChurchPeace Lutheran Church3201 Camino Tassajara RdDanville, CA 94506(925) 648-7000Tuesday, May 13- -11am, Press Conferen

    May 23, 2003
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    Amazonian Leaders Delegation Summary and Reflection

    BackgroundAfter filing a historic lawsuit in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, on May 7th, 2003, a 12-person delegation of indigenous leaders and campesinos – representing 30,000 rainforest peoples – traveled thousands of miles to ChevronTexaco’s hometown in San Ramon, CA to seek justice for the massive toxic dumping in

    May 23, 2003
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    ChevronTexaco’s Hometown Rallies Behind Ecuador Indigenous Delegation Amazon Rainforest Destruction Twice the Size of the Exxon Valdez Press Conference and March to Company headquarters Thursday at 11am

    Dressed in “traditional attire,” Toribio Aguinda, Wilmer Piaguaje, and seven other indigenous and forest community leaders from Ecuador, together with supporters, will engage in a final “barnstorm” tour of San Ramon to rally community support and call on ChevronTexaco CEO David O’Reilly for a meeting to resolve thei

    May 22, 2003
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    ChevronTexaco’s Hometown Offers Resounding Sendoff to Rainforest Ecuadorians as They Vow to Return for Meeting with CEO David O’Reilly Local Clergy Calls On Chevron to Act with “Conscience” and Meet Indigenous Leaders Local Citizens and Studen

    San Ramon – After two weeks of meetings with the Ecuadorian delegates affected by operations of ChevronTexaco, religious leaders and other residents in the San Ramon-Danville area today agreed to organize a fact-finding mission to their Amazon communities.

    May 22, 2003
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    Indigenous Ecuadoreans ask ChevronTexaco to Clean Up Rain Forest

    Associated Press Newswires | San Ramon, California - Leaders of Ecuadorean indigenous communities who claim ChevronTexaco destroyed their rain forest home during decades of oil drilling have asked residents in the company's own hometown to press for a clean up of the mess.Flanked by local residents and environmental activists on Thursday, th

    May 22, 2003
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    Ecuadorians Demand Meeting

    Contra CostaTimes | The president of the Secoya Federation is a baby-faced 24-year-old who has traveled from the Ecuadorian rain forest to take on one of the Tri-Valley's biggest corporate citizens.Wilmer Marbin Piaguaje said ChevronTexaco Corp.

    May 22, 2003
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    Amazonians Adjust to America

    Tri-Valley Herald | San Ramon - Back home in the Oriente region of the Ecuadorean Amazon rain forest, members of the Cofan tribe walk for as long as 45 minutes to retrieve potable water.Here in San Ramon, it takes only a few seconds to turn on the tap.Such differences in culture are astounding to a group of native E

    May 22, 2003
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    Ecuadorians Win Support in Tri-Valley for Meeting with Chevron CEO David O’Reilly But Chevron Chief Continues To Ignore Request For Meeting, Angering Indians Who Vow To Go To His Home And Lobby Neighbors Vice-Mayor Jerry Cambra To Offer Official City

    San Ramon – The 12 Ecuadorian rainforest leaders who traveled thousands of miles from the Amazon jungle to San Ramon have made significant headway in their campaign for public support in the Tri-Valley area, although the main person they want to meet with –ChevronTexaco CEO David O’Reilly – has ignored them comp

    May 19, 2003
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    “Our People are Dying…We Can wait No Longer” A Real-Life “David v Goliath” Story: Amazon Rainforest People Trek Thousands of Miles to Seek Justice for Environmental Disaster Twice the Size of the Exxon Valdez By foot, canoe, bus, car and jet,

    Lago Agrio, Ecuador and San Ramon, CA – After filing a historic lawsuit charging ChevronTexaco with massive toxic dumping in the Amazon Rainforest, a 12-person delegation of indigenous leaders and campesinos – representing 30,000 rainforest peoples – is traveling thousands of miles to ChevronTexaco’s hometown to seek

    May 13, 2003
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    Big Oil's Dirty Secrets - Oil's Dark Side

    The Economist | Corporate ethicsThe ethics of the oil industry are coming under unprecedented scrutinyEVEN as it celebrates soaring profits - thanks to higher prices during the war - and soaring share prices, now war is over, the oil industry faces a new danger largely of its own creation.

    May 10, 2003
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    Ecuadorean Indians Sue Texaco

    BBC NEWS | A group of Ecuadorean Indians is filing a billion-dollar lawsuit in Quito against the US oil giant, ChevronTexaco.They accuse the company of destroying large areas of rainforest and contaminating local land and rivers.They are also alleging the company's activities have led to an increased risk of ca

    May 8, 2003
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    Suit Says ChevronTexaco Dumped Poisons in Ecuador

    The New York Times | A group of American lawyers representing more than 30,000 indigenous people in Ecuador filed a $1 billion lawsuit against the ChevronTexaco Corporation yesterday.The suit was filed in Ecuador on behalf of 88 plaintiffs in Lago Agrio, a small oil town in northern Ecuador, and asserts that during two decades of operation

    May 8, 2003
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