For the past week, local community residents, students, and environmentalists have been engaged in a permanent peaceful encampment high in the mountains of the Mindo Nambillo Cloudforest Reserve to stop construction of Ecuador’s new heavy crude pipeline.
Ecuador
Continúa Campamento de Pobladores de Mindo en Oposición al OCP
Pobladores de Mindo, jóvenes universitarios y ecologistas continúan acampando en el sector de Los Guarumos, en la entrada del Bosque Protector Mindo Nambillo.
Mindo Residents Continue Tree-Sit in Opposition to OCP Pipeline in Ecuador
Mindo residents, university students and ecologists continue camping out in the Los Guarumos area at the entrance of the Mindo Nambillo Protected Forest.
New Report Says Ecuadorian Pipeline Fails to Comply with World Bank Policies International Groups Call on German Bank to Suspend Project Loan To Protect Critically Endangered Species
Los Angeles, CA - Ecuador’s new heavy crude pipeline project fails to meet the minimal environmental standards established by the World Bank’s environmental policies and guidelines, according to a report released this week by Amazon Watch.
Greenpeace Wants WestLB to Cancel OCP Pipeline Financing
Dow Jones Newswires | Duesseldorf - Environmental pressure group Greenpeace Tuesday called onWestdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale AG (G.WLG) to cancel its financing ofthe $1.12 billion OCP crude oil pipeline project that is to be built throughrain forest areas in northwest Ecuador.During a demonstration at WestLB's Duessel
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Analysis of Compliance Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados(OCP) Project and the World Bank Environmental Policies and Guidelines Prepared for Amazon Watch by: Patricia B. Caffrey
I. BACKGROUND:Purpose: The purpose of this analysis is to assess the level of compliance of the development process to date and the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados Project (Project) to World Bank (WB) policies and guidelines on environmental assessment and natural habitats.
"Monos" Protestan por Destrucción de Selva en Ecuador
El Comercio | Berlín - Una treintena de activistas de Greenpeace disfrazados de monos cortaron hoy con una sierra la escultura de un globo terráqueo, en una acción de protesta frente a un banco estatal de D~sseldorf (oeste de Alemania) al que acusan de contribuir a la destrucción de la selva de Ecuador.Greenpeace acusa al banco
Protestas Contra el Oleoducto
El Universo | San Miguel de los Bancos -Miembros de grupos ecologistas obstaculizaron ayer los trabajos que efectúa la empresa Techint, a cargo de la construcción del Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP), en el sector de San Miguel de Los Bancos, a unos 100 kilómetros al noroccidente de Quito.
Ecuador: Glimmer of Hope
Energy Compass | If it's not being pressured in the north by incursions from left-wing Colombian rebels or in the south by political tensions with neighboring Peru – with which it's been to war three times since World War II, most recently in 1995 – Ecuador faces protests from disaffected locals.
Global Protests Against Ecuador Pipeline
OneWorld US | Washington - Scores of demonstrators turned out in more than a dozen capitals across Europe and in the United States and Australia Wednesday to protest the involvement of Germany's largest publicly held bank in a controversial oil pipeline project in the Ecuador's Amazon region.Supporters and representatives of indigen
WestLB, Germany’s Largest Public Bank Urged to Pull Out of Oil Pipeline in the Ecuadorian Amazon World Wide Demonstrations Planned in 10 Countries on October 24!
WHEN: October 24, Noon to 1PMWHERE: WestLB offices, 633, West Fifth Street Los Angeles (Near Grand)And in more than 15 WestLB offices in 10 countries(Los Angeles, CA) – Environmental activists in Los Angeles will join their counter parts around the world in protesting the involvement of Germany’s
CONAIE, National and International Environmental Groups Denounce German Government Double Standards in Giving Financial Support to the OCP
Quito, Ecuador - Leaders of CONAIE, representatives of the Vice Presidentof the National Congress, community organizations, and Ecuadorian andinternational environmental organizations met with the German Ambassador toEcuador, to present their concerns over the social impacts and environmentaldestructio
CONAIE, y Ecologistas Nacionales e Internacionales Denuncian Incoherencia del Gobierno Alemán por Dar Apoyo Financiero al OCP
Dirigentes de la CONAIE, representantes de la Vicepresidencia del CongresoNacional, y organizaciones poblacionales y ecologistas ecuatorianas einternacionales se entrevistaron con el Embajador de Alemania en el Ecuador,para presentarle sus preocupaciones por los impactos sociales y dedestrucción ambie
OCP: Protestas Terminan en Paz
el Comercio | Quito - Una protesta de ecologistas ecuatorianos contra la construcción de un nuevo Oleoducto para Crudos Pesados (OCP) concluyó tras un desalojo pacífico de los huelguistas que ocupaban instalaciones de la firma constructora.La portavoz del grupo Acción Ecológica, Ivonne Ramos, indicó a EFE que
Militares Vigilarán Construcción del OCP
el Comercio | Quito -Un centenar de militares resguardará la construcción de un nuevo oleoducto para crudos pesados en Ecuador, cuya ejecución provocó una protesta por parte de ecologistas y estudiantes, quienes mantenían bloqueado el sábado el maquinarias por un área de importancia biológica.Los uni
Women and Children Begin Blockades of Pipeline Construction Crews in Threatened Ecuadorian Cloud Forest Reserve
Guarumos, Ecuador - Early this morning, dozens of women - many accompanied by their children - arrived in the Mindo Nambillo Cloud Forest Reserve and began peacefully blockading construction machinery belonging to the company Techint, a member of the OCP Consortium in charge of building Ecuador's new heavy crude pipeline.
Mujeres y Ninos de Mindo Detienen el Avance de la Maquinaria de OCP
Desde tempranas horas de hoy, decenas de mujeres -muchas de ellas acompañadas de sus hijos- se mantienen de pie frente a las máquinas de la empresa Techint, integrante del Consorcio OCP, para impedir que sigan destruyendo los bosques de Mindo.
Pipeline Through Paradise
LatinTrade | Hernan Lara cut his teeth building an 830-kilometer oil pipeline through the war-torn terrain of his native Colombia.After that security nightmare, he expected any other job would seem like a dream – especially in Ecuador, with its reputation as a regional safe-haven.
FTC Finally Clears Way for $35 Billion Chevron-Texaco Merger
Oil and Gas Journal Online | Houston - The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finally approved a consent order clearing the way for Chevron Corp. and Texaco Inc. to complete their merger into ChevronTexaco Corp. through a $35 billion stock-swap, company officials said Friday.
Oil Companies' Assault on Ecuadorian Activists & Journalists Condemned Internationally Consortium Officials Violently Remove Journalists and Nine Women Staging a Sit-In at the Company's Headquarters
Quito, Ecuador - Nine women environmentalists were violently assaulted when they attempted a peaceful protest at the offices of the Oleoducto de Crudos Presados (OCP) Consortium in Quito, Ecuador.
Nueva Loja Impedirá Construcción de Estación de Bombeo los Habitantes de la Ciudad de Nueva Loja (Lago Agrio) Acudirán a Instancias Legales para Impedir la Construcción de una Estación de Bombeo del Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados, Adjudicado a un Conso
EFE | Quito - El martes, los habitantes de Lago Agrio secundaron una huelga preventiva de 24 horas para exigir que se reubique la estación de bombeo, que se pretende construir cerca de zonas pobladas, según el alcalde de Nueva Loja, Máximo Abad.Los habitantes y el alcalde de Nueva Loja, Máximo Abad, decidieron plantear a
Violento Desalojo a Ecologistas y Periodistas de OCP
El Universo | Unas diez mujeres ecologistas, que ocuparon pacíficamente las reforzadas instalaciones de la empresa petrolera OCP Ecuador, y el periodista del Diario EL UNIVERSO, Gustavo Abad, quien cubría el suceso fueron desalojados violentamente por los guardias de seguridad.
Ecuador's Highest Court Upholds $1.1 Billion Dollar Oil Pipeline
Earth Times News Service | Ecuador's high court gave a green light to build an oil pipeline north of Quito. The decision was cheered by economic boosters and booed by environmental and indigenous groups. The pipeline, which will double the capacity of Ecuador's crude oil, the country's largest export, crosses the Mindo-Nambillo ecological reserve.
Ecuador: Court Rejects Attempts to Block OCP Pipeline
Greenwire | Just when supporters of a controversial pipeline that would double Ecuador's oil output – and royalties – were gaining confidence that construction on the project would soon begin, a new wave of resistance in the courts and on the ground is chastening expectations.The Ecuadoran government gave final app
Ecuadorean Groups Challenge Chevron-Texaco Merger
Oil Daily | Ecuadorean communities have taken to the US airwaves since late last week to oppose the merger of Chevron and Texaco.
Ecuador: Ecuadorean Producers to Pay Military for Protection
Energy Compass | In a bid to improve security in areas bordering Colombia, the 16 private oil producers in Ecuador plus state Petroecuador have arranged a deal under which they can pay the military for protection.
JOINT LETTER FROM INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING THE OCP HEAVY CRUDE PIPELINE IN ECUADOR
TO: Dr. Friedel Neuber , Chairman Westdeutsche LandesBankP.O. Box 40199 Dusseldorf Herzogstrasse 15 40217 Dusseldorf, Germany Fax: 0049-211/826-6121 or 2588 Mr.
Joint Letter from International Organizations Regarding the Ocp Heavy Crude Pipeline in Ecuador
To:Dr. Friedel Neuber , Chairman Westdeutsche LandesBankP.O. Box 40199 Dusseldorf Herzogstrasse 15 40217 Dusseldorf, Germany Fax: 0049-211/826-6121 or 2588Mr.
