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Gore's Oil Money
The Nation | One of the world's hottest battles between indigenous groups and multinational oil companies is heating up in Colombia, where Occidental Petroleum is seeking to drill on land claimed by the 5,000-member U'wa tribe.
Activists Urge Occidental Petroleum Shareholders to Sell Their Stock Energy: Protesters Gather at Firm's Annual Meeting in an Attempt to Derail Oil-Drilling Project on Sacred Lands Claimed by the U'wa Tribe of Colombia
Los Angeles Times | Supporters of a semi-nomadic people from the cloud forests of northeast Colombia urged Occidental Petroleum Corp. shareholders Friday to sell their stock to protest an oil-drilling project the tribe contends is on its sacred ancestral lands.
Oil Execs Defend Drilling Plan
Associated Press | Santa Monica, Calif. - Human rights activists heckled and booed Occidental Petroleum executives who defended a plan to drill near Indian lands in Colombia during the company's annual shareholders meeting Friday.
Occidental, Plagued by Protesters, Touts Turnaround
Reuters | Santa Monica, Calif. - Executives at independent oil company Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:OXY - news) on Friday touted the company's best earnings in 19 years, but were interrupted and booed by rowdy protesters decrying its plans to drill in Colombia on land disputed by native Indians.
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U'WA INDIANS ARRIVE IN LOS ANGELES URGING DIVESTMENT FROM OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM HUNDREDS TO DEMONSTRATE OUTSIDE COMPANY'S ANNUAL MEETING
WHAT: Press Conference and Demonstrations outside Occidental Petroleum Annual Shareholders MeetingWHERE: Outside Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (1825 Main Street, corner of Pico Blvd in Santa Monica, California)WHEN: Friday, April 28 at 9:30 am LOS ANGELES, CA – Riding a wave of growing international
U'wa Indians Arrive in Los Angeles Urging Divestment from Occidental Petroleum
EVENTS PLANNED THROUGHOUT WEEKWHAT: 1) VIGIL WITH U'WA LEADERS AND SCORES OF SUPPORTERS2) PRESS CONFERENCE OUTSIDE OCCIDENTAL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGWHERE: 1) THE HOME OF DR. RAY IRANI, Oxy CEO (Sunset Blvd.
U'wa Leaders On-Stage at Earth Day - Los Angeles While in Colombia 4,500 Expected in U'wa Tribal Ceremony Honoring the Earth Rare Video Footage of Prayer Ceremony in Colombia Available via Satellite from AP-TV on Saturday
In honor of Earth Day 2000, the U’wa tribe of northern Colombia who have been fighting oil drilling on their sacred lands, will be holding a traditional ceremony in their territory in homage to Mother Earth. In addition, two U'wa leaders will speak on-stage on the Earth Day-Los Angeles at Exposition Park.
"Human Rights Not Corporate Wrongs" Say Activists to Colombian President Hundreds Demonstrate in Washington, DC.
Demanding that peace in Colombia take precedence over US corporate interests, over two hundred activists from a broad coalition demonstrated today in Washington DC in front of the Colombian Ambassador’s residence.
US, Colombian Ecologists Kidnapped by Suspected Rebels
Reuters | Bogota - A group of 25 Colombian environmental researchers and an American professor were kidnapped by suspected leftist rebels as they studied wildlife in a war-torn corner of northwest Colombia, colleagues and the army said on Thursday. U.S.
"HUMAN RIGHTS NOT CORPORATE WRONGS" SAY ACTIVISTS TO COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT DEMONSTRATION PLANNED FOR NOON TOMORROW
WHAT: DEMONSTRATION WITH VISUALSWHEN: TUESDAY APRIL 11, AT NOON WHERE: COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE, Q & 20th Streets Demanding that peace in Colombia take precedence over US corporate interests, activists from a broad coalition will rally tomorrow at noon in front of the Colombian Ambassador's residenc
Hollywood Stars Join U´wa Tribal Leader in Tree Planting Ceremony in Panama
Panama City, Panama - While on location shooting the film adaptation of John le Carré´s "The Tailor of Panama", Director John Boorman (Emerald Forest) along with actors, Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, and John Polito joined indigenous leaders from the U´wa People of Colombia and the Kuna People of Panama yesterday in a tre
U'wa Tribal President Arrives in Boston to Confront Fidelity Investments Clients Publicly Divest in Support of the U'wa
Boston, MA - Today, Roberto Perez, the President of the 8,000-member U'wa tribe of Colombia, will arrive at Fidelity Investments' Boston Headquarters to seek support for the cancellation of Occidental Petroleum's oil project which is located on the tribe's sacred ancestral lands.
U'wa Communiqué
Cubará The Traditional Authories of the U'wa People, the Asssociation ASOU"WA and the social organizations that have been mobilized for the last 43 days exercising our constitutional rights to assembly and peaceful protest and those of us who have blocked the road to Soberanía in the Cubará Boyacá, in defense of our
COMUNICADO AL A OPINION PUBLICA
Cubará, Las autoridades tradicionales del cabildo mayor U`WA, la Asociación ASOU`WA y las Organizaciones Sociales, que estamos movilizados hace 43 días ejerciendo el derecho constitucional a la movilización y la protesta pacífica y quienes bloqueamos la ruta de la Soberanía en el Municipio de Cubará Boyacá, en
Presidente del Cabildo Mayor U'wa Confronta al Vice Presidente de Oxy en el Despacho de la Congresista Mckinney en Washington, D.C.
Washington, DC - Roberto Pérez, Presidente del Cabildo Mayor U'wa, en los primeros días de su visita a los Estados Unidos, ayer confrontó al sorprendido Vice Presidente de Occidental (Oxy), Larry Meriage, en el despacho legislativo de la Congresista del Estado de Georgia, Cynthia McKinney, miembro del Subcomité de Relacio
Colombia Oil Site Ruled 'Off-Limits' to Oxy
Yahoo | A Colombian court has ordered Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE:OXY - news) to halt all work on a promising oil site that the country's native U'wa tribe claims as part of their ancestral lands, authorities said Friday.Alberto Calderon, president of state oil company Ecopetrol, said the court injunction was handed down T
Presidente del Cabildo Mayor U'wa Confronta al Vice Presidente de Oxy en el Despacho de la Congresista Mckinney en Washington, D.C.
Washington, DC - Roberto Pérez, Presidente del Cabildo Mayor U'wa, en los primeros días de su visita a los Estados Unidos, ayer confrontó al sorprendido Vice Presidente de Occidental (Oxy), Larry Meriage, en el despacho legislativo de la Congresista del Estado de Georgia, Cynthia McKinney, miembro del Subcomité de Relacio
President of U'wa Tribe of Colombia Confronts Occidental Petroleum VP in Congresswoman McKinney's Office
Washington, DC - Roberto Perez, President of the U'wa Traditional Authority in the first days of his US visit, confronted a surprised Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) Vice President, Larry Meriage, in the Congressional office of Georgia Representative Cynthia McKinney, ranking member on the House International Relations Subco
U'wa Indians Win Injunction Against Occidental in Colombian Courts in Washington U'wa Roberto Perez Offers Statement
Washington, DC - Handing the U'wa an important victory, a Colombian court has ordered Occidental Petroleum Corp to halt all construction work on the Gibraltar 1 well site on sacred ancestral land of the U'wa tribe.
Presidente del Cabildo Mayor U'wa Confronta al Vice Presidente de Oxy en el Despacho de la Congresista Mckinney en Washington, D.C.
Washington, DC - Roberto Pérez, Presidente del Cabildo Mayor U'wa, en los primeros días de su visita a los Estados Unidos, ayer confrontó al sorprendido Vice Presidente de Occidental (Oxy), Larry Meriage, en el despacho legislativo de la Congresista del Estado de Georgia, Cynthia McKinney, miembro del Subcomité de Relacio
Occidental's Moves Have Generated a Firestorm of Protest in Environmental Circles
The Industry Standard | San Francisco - It's one of the richest ironies of the 2000 presidential race. Despite running a Teflon primary campaign, probable Democratic nominee Al Gore (news - web sites), a published environmental crusader, has found himself repeatedly attacked for his links to Occidental Petroleum.
Gore Campaign Stumbles over Threat to Tribe
THE TIMES [London] | Mr Gore has refused to answer environmentalists' calls to intercede or to talk to the press about the U'wa case.
14 Arrested in Tigard Business Protest About 70 People Gather at Fidelity's Office, Objecting to the Company's Investments in Oil Drilling in Colombia
the Oregonian | Tigard - To the beating of red plastic buckets and the chanting of "Stop the drilling; Stop, stop the killing," about 70 people crowded the entrances to the office of Fidelity Investments Friday morning, protesting the company's investment in a Los Angeles-based petroleum company.
Questioning Gore's Integrity
ABC News Internet | Los Angeles — Al Gore says he’s the environmental candidate. He wrote a best-selling book on it, and it’s a central part of his presidential campaign. “I will not let you down,” stated Gore when he spoke at the League of Conservation Voters in New York on Feb. 24.
Enviros Question Gore’s Commitment in a N.Y. Times Ad Expose V.P.’s "Deep Ties" to Occidental Petroleum Gore Urged to Act in Defense of the U’wa People of Colombia
Escalating a campaign questioning Vice President Al Gore’s environmental commitment, environmental organizations today placed a full-page ad in the west coast edition of the New York Times.
Thousands of Colombians Resume Blockades Near Planned Oil Well Standoff With Oxy Escalating Solidarity March Today In Bogota
Rallying behind the struggle of the U'wa people of Colombia, at least 2,500 people have arrived during the past week in the small community of Gibraltar, in the department of North Santander. The town is approximately 6 kilometers from the site of the first well planned by Los-Angeles based Occidental Petroleum (Oxy).
Thousands of U'was and Supporters Resume Blockades English translation of U'wa Communique
As a result of the recent events that have occurred in U'wa territory, due to the violent military and police intervention, that in past days took the lives or three of our children and resulted in the disappearance of five indigenous brothers, demonstrations of solidarity for our community have continued to grow.
Fight for Identity, Justice "RESPECT OUR TERRITORY': Colombian Indians are Fighting to Keep Oil Drillers Out, but They're Losing Public Support and Their Battle with the Government
St. Petersburg Times | Cubara, Colombia - Roberto Perez feels defeated. And it's not just because he is winded and sweating after climbing a steep mountain slope near this ranching and farming town.
