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Letter sent from 13 U.S. Senators to the U.S. Treasury Secretary –the agency that directs U.S. voting decisions at IDB—and the head of the U.S. Export-Import Bank. The letter opposes public support for Camisea at this time.
The Honorable John SnowSecretary of the TreasuryDepartment of the Treasury1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington DC 20220The Honorable Phillip MerrillChairman United States Export-Import Bank811 Vermont Ave, NWWashington DC 20571Dear Secretary Snow and Chairman Merr
Internal Bank Report Blasts the Camisea Gas Project U.S. Ex-Im Delays Vote on Loan to Hunt Oil Turning a Blind Eye to Project Risks, IDB to Give Green Light on Wednesday
Amazon Watch Video Released Today Shows Tragedy in the Making: Massive Landslides, Choking Rivers, Rainforest Destruction, Suffering Indigenous Communities See video: QuickTime Modem |
U.S. to Vote on Aid for Peruvian Gas Project
The Washington Post | The Bush administration is preparing this week to vote on financial support for a controversial $1.6 billion natural gas project in Peru that some U.S. officials, members of Congress and worldwide environmental groups say has already begun damaging a pristine tropical rain forest in the Amazon.
Peru’s Camisea Pipeline Scars Primary Rainforest $600 M in Taxpayer Support Hinges on U.S. Vote Next Week Will Ex-Im Bank Risk Backward Step Among OECD Nations? Texas-based Hunt Oil and Halliburton Stand to Gain See
Washington, D.C. – Next week, the United States Export-Import Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank will vote whether to approve public monies for the $2.6 billion Peru’s Camisea gas project.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Banks Poised to Vote as Findings of Field Investigation Expose Camisea’s Deadly Impacts
A preliminary report released today by U.S. NGOs Amazon Alliance, Amazon Watch and Environmental Defense confirms that the project has begun to cause food shortages and is leading to the spread of disease to indigenous communities in the Urubamba Valley.
June 2003 Investigative Mission to Indigenous Communities Affected By the Camisea Project. Upper and Lower Urubamba River Valley, Peru.
Download report in PDF format (31 k)IntroductionThe absence of a truly independent monitoring system for the environmental and social impacts of the Camisea Project and the lack of transparent dissemination of mu
Position and Recommendations Presented by Various Peruvian Civil Society Organizations to the IADB, The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) and the Export - Import Bank as Potential Financiers of the Camisea Project.
Download this report in PDF format (48k)The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), through its Private Sector department (PRI), the Andean Development Corporation (CAF), and the Export-Import- Bank, areconsidering the p
Posición y Recomendaciones que Diversas Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil del Perú Presentan Ante el BID, la CAF y el EXIM Bank como Potenciales Entidades Financieras del Proyecto Camisea
Descarga el Informe en formato PDF (69k)Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) a través de su departamento del Sector Privado (PRI), la Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF), así como el Ex-Im-Bank, están analizando la po
Camisea Natural Gas Project Environmental Evaluation Background and Objectives
The government of Peru has embarked on an ambitious program to develop natural gas reserves in the Camisea region and convey the products to the populated and industrial coastal areas.
The IDB urged to deny taxpayer dollars for the Camisea gas project
Enrique V. IglesiasPresidentInter-American Development BankWashington, D.C. 20577U.S.A.Dear Enrique V.
Indigenous Leaders March on the IDB Denouncing Camisea Project’s “Irreparable Harm to Indigenous Lives
On May 9 2003, over 50 indigenous protesters joined together to march through Washington to the Inter-American Development Bank head office to denounce the Camisea Gas Project’s “irreparable harm to the biodiversity and the life of indigenous peoples who have lived in these lands for thousands of years.”Peruvian
Camisea Project Sparks Protest by Amazon Indigenous Peoples at Inter-American Development Bank Friday May 9, 1:00PM
WHAT: Indigenous and environmental leaders will hold a demonstration at the Inter-American Development Bank against the U.S.
Nahua Community Inside Nahua Kugapakori Reserve Say No to All Oil Development!
“If another company comes here, our rivers and land will be destroyed!”In April 2003, the Nahua people of Santa Rosa de Serjali within the Nahua Kugapakori State Reserve took the extraordinary step of issuing a public declaration via the advocacy group Shinai Serjali spelling out their complete opposition to all oi
Peruvian Indigenous Organizations Call for Camisea Project To Withdraw from State Reserve for Indigenous Peoples Who Reject Contact with Outside World Inter-American Development Bank Official Responds, “What You Want Will Not Happen!”
In a statement to Peruvian authorities, international banks and the international community dated March 2003, Peru’s national indigenous organization AIDESEP joined with COMARU, the Machiguenga Council for the Urubamba River, to condemn the impacts of the Camisea Gas Project on thousands of indigenous families living in its
Inter-American Development Bank President Iglesias Admits Serious Flaws in Camisea Gas Project: Still, No Commitment to Loan
In a meeting with international NGOs at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) annual meetings in Milan, Italy, President Enrique Iglesias and Senior IDB officials admitted that the Camisea gas project in Peru is problematic and controversial, as it is having negative impacts on the environment and on indigenous peoples.
El Gas de Camisea y los Pueblos Indígenas de la Amazonia Peruana Problemática y Propuestas
PresentaciónLa Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana, AIDESEP y el Consejo Machiguenga del río Urubamba, COMARU, organizaciones representativas de los pueblos indígenas de la Amazonía peruana a nivel nacional y local, respectivamente, presentamos el documento “El gas de Camisea y los Pueblos I
U.S. Public Banks Back in the Spotlight Over Financing for Camisea Gas Project in Peru’s Amazon Heartland Hunt Oil –Ally to President Bush –Faces Renewed Controversy As Disease Rocks Camisea Maps, Photos, Video Footage, Related Reports Available
Washington, DC – Today US NGOs issued a comprehensive statement to the Inter-American Development Bank, urging the rejection of financing for the controversial Camisea Gas Project in the remote Peruvian Amazon.
The Camisea Gas Project And Forced Contact with Indigenous Peoples Living in Voluntary Isolation
TO: Enrique Iglesias, President, Inter-American Development Bank CC: Jose Fourquet, Executive Director, Inter-American Development Bank; Keith Kozloff, Department of Treasury; Stephen Altheim, Department of Treasury; Secretary Donald L. Evans, Department of Commerce; Denise Carpenter, Department of Commerce; Otto J.
Record of Forced Contact By Camisea Project Companies in Nahua-Kugapakori Reserve
Below is a record of cases of forced contact with peoples living in voluntary isolation within the Nahua-Kugapakori State Reserve by Pluspetrol - operator and sponsor for the upstream (gas extraction) part of the Camisea Gas Project – and Veritas Energy Services, a Canadian company contracted by Pluspetrol to conduct seismi
Hunt Oil Invades Territories of Uncontacted Peoples in the Remote Peruvian Amazon
Hunt Oil, a Texas-based private oil company with close ties to the Bush family, is operating in the territories of uncontacted indigenous peoples in one of the remotest regions of the Peruvian Amazon. The Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines has given Hunt Oil, a major donor to the George W.
Co Working on Peru's Camisea Gas Confident of IDB Loan
Dow Jones | Lima, Peru - The company developing a pipeline to transport natural gas from the Camisea project in Peru said Tuesday it is confident that the Inter-American Development Bank will approve a loan despite criticism from environmental groups.A mission from the IDB and the Andean Community's development agency, or CAF, is
Ministry Invites NGOs to Camisea Site in Peru
BNAmericas | Peru's ministry of mines and energy has invited international NGOs to come to Peru and see the environmental monitoring of the Camisea natural gas project at first hand, the ministry said in a statement.Peru's government and the Camisea consortium, led by Argentina's Pluspetrol, are currently lobbying the Inter-America
The Position of US Environmental Organizations in Respect to The Camisea Gas Project in the Peruvian Amazon Public Funds Should Not Fund Amazon Rainforest Destruction
The United States government will soon consider whether or not to finance a natural gas project along the Camisea river in Peru that will cause irreparable damage to pristine forests and rivers and expose indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation to unwanted contact.The U.S.
Texas Firms Line Up U.S. Aid in Peru Gas Project's Damage to Rain Forest Assailed
The Washington Post | Two Texas energy companies, both closely tied to the Bush White House, are lining up administration support for nearly $900 million in public financing for a Peruvian natural gas project that will cut through one of the world's most pristine tropical rain forests.A top priority of Peruvian officials, who view it as key
NGO Statement on the Camisea Project, Peru
TO: Inter-American Development Bank Executive DirectorsExport-Import Bank Board of DirectorsFROM: Amazon Watch, Bank Information Center, Environmental Defense, Friends of the Earth, Institute for Policy Studies, Rainforest Action NetworkDATE: November 1, 2002RE: NGO Statement on the Camisea Project,
Company Barges Drown Machiguenga Girl Pluspetrol and Hunt Oil Negligence Results in Tragedy
Barges belonging to the Argentinean energy company Pluspetrol operating on Peru’s Urubamba River caused the death of a Machiguenga girl in the community of Kirigueti on August 24, 2002.
Findings of the International NGO Delegation on the Camisea Gas Project
Download report in pdf format (52 k)This report stems from a field mission from August 8 – 13, 2002 to the Lower Urubamba region to investigate the social and environmental impacts of the Camisea Gas Project by a del
Informe de la Delegación Internacional de ONGs sobre el Proyecto de Gas
Download report in pdf format (52 k)Este informe procede de una misión de campo a la región de Bajo Urubamba desde el 8 hasta el 13 de agosto de 2002 para investigar los impactos sociales y ambientales del Proyecto