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    URGENTE Comunicado a la Opinion Publica Nacional e Internacional la OXY Invade Territorio U´WA el Ejercito de Colombia con 5000 Efectivos al Servicio de la Occidental

    El día 19 de enero del 2000, mas de 5000 efectivos de las Fuerzas militares del ejercito colombiano, fuertemente armados, invadieron nuestro territorio tradicional, exactamente en el sitio Cedeño, donde se encuentra ubicado el punto de perforación petrolera Pozo Gibraltar 1, de la empresa Occidental, OXY.Frent

    January 20, 2000
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    Gore Attacked over Colombia Oil Project

    The Financial Times. | Environmentalists and human rights activists are accusing Al Gore, the US vice-president and candidate for the Democratic party presidential nomination, of hypocrisy over his shareholding in an oil company prospecting in Colombian rainforests.

    January 19, 2000
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    Colombia Indians to Fight Occidental Oil Plans with Lives

    The Washington Times | Bogota - The U'wa Indians of northeastern Colombia say the government will have to kill every last member of their tribe before they allow California-based Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    January 7, 2000
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    When Politicians' Acts Benefit Benefactors

    Inquirer Washington Bureau | Washington - It was part of Vice President Gore's plan to streamline and "reinvent" government: Sell off a 47,000-acre oil field in Southern California. The taxpayers would benefit.But so did one company: Occidental Petroleum, which eventually bought the land through competitive bidding in 1997.

    January 6, 2000
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    Communique to the International Public from the U'WA

    Cubará, ColombiaApproximately 200 members of the U'wa indigenous tribe of northeastern Colombia assembled in a permanent settlement on part of our ancestral lands yesterday, November 16.

    November 17, 1999
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    Victory for Venezuela's Indigenous Peoples! The Venezuelan National Constituent Assembly Votes to Include Indigenous Rights Article in the New Constitution

    Caracas, Venezuela - In a historic moment for Venezuela's indigenous peoples, the 131-member constituent assembly voted yesterday to include a chapter in the new constitution that sets forth legal rights for indigenous peoples and indigenous communities in accordance with International Labor Organization Convention (ILO) 169.

    November 4, 1999
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    Proyecto Petrolero Colombiano en el Teritorio U'WA Inicia Protesta Internacional Dos Mujeres Cuelgan una Bandera de Paz de el Techo del Consulado Colombiano en Los Angeles Colgadoras Disponibles para Entrevistas por Telefono Cellular

    Beverly Hills, CA – Cinco Activistas incluyendo dos mujeres colgadoras fueron arrestadas esta tarde durante una manifestacion en el Consulado Colombiano en Beverly Hills, CA. Dos mujeres subieron al techo del edificio de Consulado unos minutos despues de las nueve de esta manana.

    October 12, 1999
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    Occidental and Oriental Connections

    Wall St. Journal | Carthage, Tenn. - On his 1998 tax returns under "supplemental income," Vice President Al Gore lists a $20,000 royalty payment from Union Zinc Inc. for the right to mine zinc from his 88-acre farm here in the verdant hills of the Cumberland River valley. In the 25 years he has held the zinc lease, Mr.

    September 29, 1999
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    The Colombian Government Urged to Reject Occidental's License to Drill on U'wa Tribe's Land

    Los Angeles, CA - An international alliance of more than 100 organizations from 24 countries sent a joint letter to Juan Mayr, Colombia's award-winning Environment Minister, urging him to reject the Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum's (OXY) pending license to drill its first oil well on the U'wa's sacred ancestral lands.

    September 9, 1999
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    The Colombian Government Urged to Reject Occidental's License to Drill on U'wa Tribe's Land

    Los Angeles, CA - An international alliance of more than 100 organizations from 24 countries sent a joint letter to Juan Mayr, Colombia's award-winning Environment Minister, urging him to reject the Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum's (OXY) pending license to drill its first oil well on the U'wa's sacred ancestral lands.

    September 9, 1999
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    Major Step to Ending Oil Drilling in Rainforest Results from Oxy Shareholder Vote 40-Million Shares Vote to Support the Rights of Colombia's U'wa People

    Santa Monica, CA - Environmental and human rights activists scored a significant victory today as thirteen percent of Occidental Petroleum shareholders, totaling over 40,000,000 shares, voted in favor of a resolution presented at the annual shareholder meeting to carry out an analysis of the risks associated with oil project

    April 30, 1999
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    U’wa Leaders Arrive in Los Angeles to Attend April 30 Annual Meeting Shareholders Direct Occidental Petroleum to Assess Financial Risks of Colombian Oil Project on U’wa Tribal Lands -- Video Footage (Beta) and Interviews with Tribal Leaders Availab

    Leaders from the U’wa tribe of Colombia arrived in Los Angeles yesterday in preparation of a week of activity surrounding Occidental Petroleum’s April 30 annual shareholder meeting in Santa Monica, CA.Shareholders concerned by the ongoing conflict between the U’wa Indians and Occidental Petroleum are sponsoring a

    April 28, 1999
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    Case of U.S. Citizens Killed in Colombia

    To the Colombian and international media, to governments worldwide, to non-governmental representatives of the international community, and to youth everywhere:I have received the latest news accounts reporting that leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas have attributed the killings of

    March 11, 1999
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    Communique from the Pueblo U’wa

    Cubara, ColombiaWe, the U’wa, declare to the government and its various entities, to Congress , to the different social organizations, human rights NGO’s, national and international environmentalists, to the oil companies and to the Colombian people in general, that we have united formally behind the stoppages and p

    August 10, 1998
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