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    Explicaran ante el Congreso

    Peru.com | Camisea - El ministro de Energía y Minas, Glodomiro Sánchez, y el gerente general de Transportadora de Gas del Perú (TGP), Alejandro Segret, se presentarán este miércoles 21 ante el Congreso para explicar sobre la reciente fuga de gas producida por segunda vez en Ayacucho.La citación, realizada con carácter de u

    September 19, 2005
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    Evacuan a 200 por Derrame de Gas en Ayacucho

    El Comercio Peru | Unos 300 metros cúbicos de líquido del gas natural de Camisea se derramaron cerca del poblado de Toccate, en la provincia ayacuchana de La Mar, luego de que una de las tuberías se rompiera.

    September 17, 2005
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    200 People Evacuated Because of Gas Spill in Ayacucho

    El Comercio | Some 300 cubic meters of liquids from the Camisea natural gas project were spilled near the town of Toccate, in the ayacuchana de La Mar province, after one of the pipes ruptured. This situation led to the evacuation of some 200 inhabitants for the duration of 10 hours in order to prevent contamination.

    September 17, 2005
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    Amazonian Leaders Arrive in Los Angeles Culminating a 2-Week U.S. Tour to Expose How Oil Companies from the U.S. are Despoiling their Rain Forest Territories in Peru Interviews available in English & Spanish, Footage and Photos Also Available

    WHO: Amazon Watch and Earth Rights International are hosting a delegation of Peruvian Achuar leaders, and their human rights lawyer, on a speaking tour of the United States (Washington D.C., NY, SF, LA) to expose how U.S.

    August 1, 2005
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    Perú: Comunidades Machiguengas Rechazan Audiencia para Lote 56, Camisea 2

    www.servindi.org | * Denuncian presiones y manipulación del MEM para realizar audiencia el 09 de mayo pero ellos no abrirán local comunal* Comunidad Shivankoreni exige transparencia y afirma que Camisea solo ha significado daños para el pueblo machiguengaDirigentes de la Comunidad Nativa Shivankoreni hicieron público que

    May 8, 2005
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    Perú: Machiguenga Communities Reject Public Audience for Block 56, Camisea 2

    www.servindi.org | * They denounce pressures and manipulation of the MEM to carry out audience May 09 and will not open communal localities * Community of Shivankoreni demands transparency and affirms that Camisea project has only brought about problems for the Machiguengas Leaders of the native community of Shivankoreni p

    May 8, 2005
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    Occidental Petroleum Promete No Entrar a Territorio Achuar

    Lima, Perú – En una declaración emitida hoy, la organización Racimos de Ungurahui informó del reciente pronunciamiento de Occidental Petroleum de no entrar a territorio Achuar sin el permiso de estas comunidades.

    April 11, 2005
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    COMARU Carta al Gobierno Peruano Sobre Lote 56

    Comunidad Nativa Shivankoreni11 de abril de 2005SeñoraEcon. Iris Cardenas PinoDirectora GeneralAsuntos Ambientales EnergeticosMinisterio de Energia y MinasAsunto: Nuestra posicion con respecto a una audiencia publica el 2 de mayo (Ref. Oficio No.

    April 11, 2005
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    Indigenous Protests Shut Down Hearings for Controversial Oil & Gas Project in Peruvian Amazon Indigenous Leaders Travel to Lima to Discuss Recent Spill, Landslides and Violation of Their Rights

    Shivankoreni, Peru - Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon recently shut down public hearings for the extension of the Camisea project in protest over failures by the government and companies – namely Pluspetrol and Hunt Oil – to address major impacts caused by the original project.

    January 26, 2005
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    Indígenas Solicitan Suspender Audiencia por Lote 56 de Hidrocarburos en Bosque Tropical del Urubamba Denuncian que Camisea es una Coladera y Exigen que Previamente Se Esclarezcan las Causas del Derrame de Condensados Liquidos Ocurrido el 22 de Diciembre

    www.Servindi.org | Un conjunto de organizaciones indígenas y ganaderas pidieron al Ministro de Energía y Minas (MEM) suspender la audiencia pública del Estudio de Impacto Ambiental (EIA) del Lote 56 mientras no se esclarezcan las causas del reciente derrame de hidrocarburos y se adopten otras medidas pertinentes.

    January 11, 2005
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    Liquid Gas from Camisea Spills Into Peruvian Jungle River

    AFP | A pipeline transporting liquid gas from the controversial Camisea project in southeastern Peru burst and spilled an unknown amount of liquid into a jungle river, officials said here.The spill affected the Urubamba river some 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Lima in the province of Cusco, the Ministry of Energy and Mi

    December 28, 2004
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    COMARU Communique on Camisea Oil Spill

    TGP PROVOKES PETROLEUM SPILL IN THE URUBAMBA VALLEYThe Machiguenga Committee of Lower Urubamba – COMARU makes public that on the 22nd of December there was a petroleum spill of major proportion stemming from the Camisea gas pipeline that transports hydrocarbons from the Las Malvinas plant in the Urubamba River to the

    December 26, 2004
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    Denuncian a Empresas Petroleras por Contaminación de la Amazonía

    Diario La Republica | Parece que fue ayer cuando los hallazgos de petróleo en los pozos de Trompeteros y Pavayacu, en plena amazonía del departamento de Loreto, sirvieron para armar toda una campaña mediática que le otorgó cierta legitimidad a la dictadura del general EP Juan Velasco Alvarado.Pero era el año 1971.

    November 11, 2004
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    Perú: Histórica decisión municipal reconoce propiedad de territorio indígena

    La Voz de la Selva | Con ocho votos a favor y una abstención el Concejo Municipal provincial de Datém del Marañon aprobó la ordenanza municipal 0012-2008-CM-MPDM, que establece el procedimiento autónomo de ordenamiento y zonificación territorial para los pueblos indígenas de esta provincia.La decisión municipal ha sido calificada c

    November 4, 2004
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    Hunt-Led Group Begins Moving Gas from Peru's Camisea Pipeline

    Bloomberg News | A Hunt Oil Co.-led group is set to begin pumping natural gas from the $1.6 billion Camisea field in Peru's Amazon rainforest, the culmination of a 20-year project that was delayed by guerrilla warfare and political opposition.Dallas-based Hunt Oil, together with partners from Argentina, South Korea and Algeria, today w

    August 5, 2004
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    New Map: The Isolated Indigenous Populations in the Lower Urubamba Valley, Peru

    The following is a map of the Nahua Kugapakori Territorial Reserve in the Lower Urubamba valley. It shows the known locations of untitled indigenous communities living in and around the Reserve, including those living in voluntary isolation. The map was produced by Shinai Serjali.

    July 12, 2004
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