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.
Oil and Gas
General Strike in Effect in U’wa Region in Colombia Dead Children Named, One Body Found In Washington, OXY Admits Payments to Guerrillas
Responding to the recent use of force by the Colombian National Police against the peaceful U’wa, rural workers throughout the region began a general strike on February 15.
Oil Spill in Desaguadero: the Increase and Growth of Oil Disasters
NOTICIAS FOBOMADE | Economic, social, environmental and cultural impacts of oil company activities in Bolivia are increasingly negative and growing.
Cents and Sensibility Animal Rights Extremists are Targeting Big Money - but Risk Alienating Activists Already Persuading the City that Ethical Investment Works
The Guardian | Ten days ago, the City of London police were present in force outside Fidelity Investments in case a demonstration against the British arm of the giant US-based global pension house got out of control.
The U'was' Last Stand Colombian Indians vs. Occidental Petroleum
U.S.News | Cubara, Colombia – The clatter of two military transport helicopters landing in a nearby mountain clearing signaled that time was up for the ragged band of Indian demonstrators.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Pipeline Bursts in Bolivian Highlands, Spews Unchecked for Thirty Hours
Reuters | A pipeline owned by the oil consortium Transredes burst on January 30 and reportedly spewed oil for 30 hours before valves were finally shut off.
Colombian Police Attack Peaceful U'wa Blockade Three U'wa Children Killed - U'wa Reserve Militarized Oxy and Colombian Government Urged to Suspend Operations
Cubara, Colombia - Dangerously escalating an already tense situation, Colombian National Police today brutally attacked a group of 450 peaceful U'wa protesters on a road near Las Canoas, approximately 4 kilometers from Gibraltar 1, site of the Occidental Petroleum's proposed oil well in Northeast Colombia.
URGENT: Three U'WA Children Killed During Combined Police and Military Raid Denouncement Before the National and International Public
Friday, 2/11/2000, 11:33 AMThe Association of Traditional Uwa Authorities, ASOUWA, and the Regional Indigenous Council of Arauca, denounce the following to departmental, national and international Human Rights and Non-governmental Organizations:1.
Tres Ninos Indigenas U`WAS Asesinados por Accion Militar y Political Denuncia Publica Nacional e Internacional
Friday, February 11, 2000 11:33 AMLa Asociación de Cabildos y autoridades tradicionales ASOU`WA y el ConsejoRegional CRIA, denunciamos antes las ONGS de Derechos Humanos departamental,nacional e internacional, los siguientes hechos:Hoy viernes 11 de Febrero del 2000, siendo las 8:15 a.m., arribaron
Battle for the Sacred Oil
The Guardian | The U'wa tribe of Colombia is remote, little studied, less visited and, until recently, barely registered on the barometer of western or even local Colombian awareness. But in the past two years its fight with Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) has become an international cause celebre.
Fidelity a Target in Oil Protest
Boston Globe | Environmental and human rights groups yesterday demonstrated outside Fidelity Investments offices in Boston and 19 other cities to protest the mutual fund company's stake in Occidental Petroleum Corp., which plans to drill for oil on land claimed by the U'wa Indians in Colombia.
Students Protest Oil-Drilling Program: Colombia Natives' Lands in Jeopardy
Calgary Herald | About 40 placard-waving University of Calgary students chanted slogans and handed out literature Thursday to protest Occidental Petroleum's drilling program near sacred land in Colombia.
Environmentalists Put the Spotlight on Fidelity Investments Investment Giant Urged to Put Pressure on Occidental Petroleum Oxy Moves in Equipment on U’wa Tribal Lands in Colombia
B-roll on the U’wa Situation available via satellite feed On Galaxy 6, Transponder 22 Vertical 41-40 At E.S.T 13:00-13:30 and 17:00-17:30 for info call: Dana Polk or Kasia Grisso, 415-255-1946What: Environmental leaders rally at Fidelity Investments When: TODAY, Thursday, February 3, 2000, 11:30 AM
Groups Protest Fidelity over Oil Drilling in Colombia
The Associated Press | About 80 protestors waved placards and banners outside Fidelity Investments to protest the mutual fund company's holdings in a company that plans to drill for oil in Colombia.
Protesters Target Fidelity in Dispute over Oil Drilling
The Boston Herald | Housewife Kathy Kerridge opened her first individual retirement account with Fidelity Investments in 1987 and now owns shares in various mutual funds run by the industry's largest firm.But the mother of two said yesterday that she may consider pulling her money out if Fidelity doesn't act soon to pressure the Occidenta
Webs of Influence
The New York Times Company | Al Gore believes his role in streamlining the federal bureaucracy was one of his major achievements as vice president. The sale at auction of the huge, government-owned Elk Hills oil field in Bakersfield, Calif., to the Occidental Petroleum Company grew out of that effort. The winning bid was $3.65 billion.
Protest Targets Fidelity Holdings
USA TODAY | Protesters plan marches on Fidelity Investments' offices in 22 cities today to press the mutual fund giant to dump shares in an oil company drilling on land claimed by an indigenous tribe in Colombia.The protests mark the first time a mutual fund company has been targeted by human-rights groups and environmentalists campaigni
Fidelity, Gore Urged to Help Block Colombian Occidental Venture
Bloomberg | 19:6 (New York) Fidelity, Gore Urged to Help Block Colombian Occidental Venture Washington - Environmental activists are urging Fidelity Investments and U.S. Vice President Al Gore either to divest their holdings in Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Media Silence on Al Gore: Why Haven't Reporters Questioned Him about His Ties to Oxy? The Sound of Silence is Deafening
TomPaine.com | For decades, Vice President Gore has been receiving $20,000 annual payments from Occidental Petroleum, ostensibly for the mineral rights on land. But the company has never used the land, and the Gores currently rent it out to a competing firm. So what does the firm get for its money? The answer is not clear.
Two Activists Impersonating Al Gore and Oxy CEO Arrested for Disrupting Company-Sponsored "Environmental" Conference Gore Urged to Divest from Oxy
Santa Barbara, California - Two UC Santa Barbara students dressed as Vice President Al Gore and Occidental Petroleum CEO were arrested and hauled away by Santa Barbara Police today after disrupting the World Environment Center' s conference where Oxy officials were showcasing the company's environmental policies.
Environmental Protest Dogs Occidental Petroleum at Company-Sponsored Conference Street Theater Exposes Vice President Gore's Financial Ties to Occidental
What: A colorful protest with street theater depicting Vice President Al Gore in bed with OxyWhen: Tuesday, February 1, 2000 - 10:30 am to 12:30 pmWhere: Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort, 633 E.
From Piglet to Firing Squad . . . or the Ignorance of the International Community
Oilwatch | A few years ago, one afternoon while it was raining in Chuscal (U'wa territory), a U'wa woman from a family of the Tegria told us about their first contact with the multinational oil company Oxy.
From Piglet to Firing Squad . . . or the Ignorance of the International Community
Oilwatch | A few years ago, one afternoon while it was raining in Chuscal (U'wa territory), a U'wa woman from a family of the Tegria told us about their first contact with the multinational oil company Oxy.
Drilling for Trouble: Should Gore Stop Oxy?
Time Magazine | TIME Notebook: The Veep faces pressure to stop Occidental Petroleum from drilling on Indian lands in Colombia When President Clinton proposed giving $1.6 billion in military aid to fight drug lords in Colombia last week, he probably never thought of the U'Wa Indians.
Communique to the National and International Public:
1. We denounce the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for the various actions that they have carried out against the U'wa people; such as armed intimidation against indigenous inhabitants of our communities in past months; the machine-gun fire attack on Mr.
El Pueblo Indigena U´WA de los Departamentos de Boyaca, Santander, Norte de Santander, Arauca y Casanare, Denunciamos Ante la Opinion Publica Nacional e Internacional
A las fuerzas armadas revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) por las diferentes acciones que ha venido adelantando contra el pueblo indígena U´wa, como son, la intimidación armada realizadas contra indígenas moradores de nuestras comunidades en meses anteriores, como es el ametrallamiento de la vivienda del señor Carlos Tegr
Eight Arrested for Shutting down Gore's New Hampshire Campaign HQ Environmentalists Target VP for Ties to Oxy's Colombia Oil Project
Manchester NH - Eight environmental and human rights activists were arrested around 1:00 p.m. today for staging a sit-in at the Gore campaign headquarters in Manchester.
Colombian Military Invades U'WA Tribe's Legal Territory to Protect OXY'S Oil Project
Today's meeting between President Clinton and Colombian President AndrésPastrana in Washington to discuss increased US military funding drewcriticisms from international human rights groups concerned about the recentmilitarization of the U'wa people's legal, traditional lands.
Communique to Public Opinion Invasion and Eviction of the UWA People Violation of national interest and cultural identity
Today, the 25th of January, 2000, in a shameful action by the military and police forces, headed by Major Victor Hugo Rojas Aragón, we the indigenous U’wa people were evicted from our land at Santa Rita and Bellavista, where the oil drilling site Gibraltar 1 is located.
