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Ecopetrol

Press Release Oil Companies Seek to End Clean-up of Amazon Oil Spill Despite Ongoing Pollution Affected Indigenous communities in Ecuador’s Amazon demand justice and share evidence that pollutants remain in two major rivers... September 10, 2020

Delayed Justice, Again

Blog Delayed Justice, Again The Kichwa of Ecuador vow to appeal lawsuit over worst oil spill in the last fifteen years September 5, 2020

Berito’s Vision

Blog Berito’s Vision If UNESCO designated people as World Heritage sites, Berito Kuwaru'wa would be a leading candidate. On one hand,... February 17, 2017

Portraits of Resistance: Inside the Peaceful U’wa Uprising

Blog Portraits of Resistance: Inside the Peaceful U’wa Uprising Peace is more than the silencing of guns, and that the peace accord will not address all sources... September 26, 2016

Colombia’s U’wa: Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice

Blog Colombia’s U’wa: Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice For decades, the U'wa indigenous people of Colombia have been an inspiration to others around the world, including... July 29, 2016

"We Own These Territories. Ecopetrol Has To Go."

Blog "We Own These Territories. Ecopetrol Has To Go." By entering and occupying the actual Gibraltar gas extraction site, the U'wa are taking their nonviolent direct action... July 20, 2016

Colombian Tribe Scores "Historic" Victory Versus Big Gas

News Colombian Tribe Scores "Historic" Victory Versus Big Gas State company Ecopetrol pulls out of drilling site in territories belonging to the indigenous U’wa people March 26, 2015

Resistance! Facing Down Goliath Oil Companies

Blog Resistance! Facing Down Goliath Oil Companies The Achuar and U'wa indigenous peoples have me in awe of the immense power of grassroots resistance in... March 11, 2015

What Would Ingrid Do? War and Peace

Blog What Would Ingrid Do? War and Peace I live in a country which spends a third of my tax dollars on the military, so I... March 4, 2015

Victory! Gas Project in U’wa Territory Dismantled

Video Blog Victory! Gas Project in U'wa Territory Dismantled "The U'wa people would like to inform national and international public opinion that the Magallanes gas exploration block... February 26, 2015

News Will the U'was Be Forced to Threaten to Commit Mass Suicide Again? Gas company wants to drill on indigenous people's ancestral territory in Colombia June 17, 2014

Defending Our Lands – the U’wa Thank YOU!

Blog Defending Our Lands – the U'wa Thank YOU! "The U'wa people are thankful for the solidarity from everyone who made possible this trip in favor of... May 29, 2014

Colombia’s U’was Say No to Gas Drilling in Their Territory

News Colombia’s U’was Say No to Gas Drilling in Their Territory Plans by Colombia's state-owned firm Ecopetrol to drill for gas in the north of the country have been... May 28, 2014

"No Other Option to Avoid Our U’wa People Being Violently Evicted"

Blog "No Other Option to Avoid Our U’wa People Being Violently Evicted" After a tense 40-day stand-off over a bombed and paralyzed oil pipeline, the U'wa indigenous people came to... May 2, 2014

A Tragedy Foretold? Colombia’s U’wa People Facing Violent Eviction

Blog A Tragedy Foretold? Colombia’s U'wa People Facing Violent Eviction A forcible eviction of the U'wa from their encampment would certainly be a horrific event. The U'wa are... April 29, 2014

"The U’wa Nation Will Continue our Peaceful Protest"

Blog "The U’wa Nation Will Continue our Peaceful Protest" The situation for Colombia's U'wa people is both more hopeful and also more precarious than it has been... April 26, 2014

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