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    Defending the Amazon Against Illegal Economies

    The Wampís Nation’s fight to defend their territory against an invasion of illegal mining

    The Wampís’ fight is not just local, it’s global. Defending the Amazon means defending the planet.

    October 22, 2025
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    A Historic Alliance for the Amazon

    “This deal has no consent, no legitimacy, and will face legal and social resistance every step of the way.”

    This united front builds on a track record of resistance: in more than 25 years, no new oil well has been drilled in Ecuador’s southeastern Amazon.

    August 19, 2025
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    Peru and Ecuador’s Crude Gamble Faces Indigenous Wall of Resistance

    Indigenous nations reject Boluarte’s announcement on binational oil pipeline between Petroperú and Petroecuador

    “Without our consent, this project has no legitimacy. Investors must be warned: any deal built on rights violations is built on quicksand.”

    July 31, 2025
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    The Achuar Reject Petroperú’s Oil Expansion – Yet Again

    Amid mounting debt and political pressure, Petroperú scrambles to revive Block 64, but Indigenous nations expose sham consultations and defend their territories from fossil fuel expansion

    “These informal meetings and all publicity surrounding them have no validity as a mechanism for Indigenous peoples' participation. The truth cannot be hidden."

    July 22, 2025
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    Solaris Stock Drops To an All Time Low After Misleading Statement

    “The company’s rosy and clear-cut description of its Warintza model is quickly falling apart in the eyes of investors and shareholders who have been fed inaccurate information for years. The share price plummeting to rock-bottom today is a testament to that.” 

    July 17, 2024
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    Solaris Resources Faces Major Setback As Deal With Zijin Mining Falls Through

    Project controversies, regulatory delay, and investor skepticism doom CAD$130 million deal over Ecuadorian Amazon project

    Canada’s Solaris Resources announced yesterday that a CAD$130 million investment deal with Chinese firm Zijin Mining was dead, abruptly ending a much touted infusion of capital needed to advance its flagship Warintza project.

    May 22, 2024
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    Victory: Corporations Behind Climate Week Exposed for Ties to Amazon Destruction

    Thousands of Indigenous, frontline, and community activists gathered at NYC Climate Week demanding climate justice

    After years of virtual events, Climate Week 2022 coincided with the gathering of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly, bringing thousands to New York City to hold leaders accountable for the escalating climate crisis and making the presence of Indigenous peoples more important than ever.

    September 29, 2022
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    The Risks of Investing in Petroperú

    This risk assessment describes the political, social, financial, environmental, and legal risks associated with investing in Petroperú. It also compiles the perspective of some communities that could be affected by the threat of oil operations by Petroperú, in particular, the Achuar People of the Pastaza River and the Autonomous Territorial...

    September 2022
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    Vanguard Funds Indigenous Rights Violations in Peru’s Amazon

    Asset manager Vanguard must stop investing in Indigenous rights violations and environmental destruction

    The Achuar and Wampis have good reason to oppose further oil extraction: The Northern Peruvian Oil Pipeline, which runs through their territories, has repeatedly ruptured, causing countless spills and constant threats to the environment and safety of their communities.

    September 9, 2022
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    Petroperú’s Ongoing Threat to the Amazon

    Intense market and supply chain conditions – due in part to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – have led to increasing inflation around the world, and Peru has been no exception. Today, the controversial Talara oil refinery will be inaugurated and touted by the government as a solution to the current energy crisis. It is not.

    April 12, 2022
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    Citigroup “Climate Forward” Reputation Remains Tainted with Impacts of Fossil Fuel Financing in Amazon Rainforest

    Report shows bank’s role in funding state-run oil companies with ties to corruption, rights violations, pollution, and deforestation in the Amazon. Indigenous leaders, human rights and environmental campaigners calling for Citi to exit Amazon oil and gas

    Ahead of Citigroup Investor Day, environmental campaigners at Amazon Watch and Stand.earth are releasing a report spotlighting the bank’s exposure and central role in providing financing and investments of tens of billions to oil and gas companies in the Amazon.

    March 1, 2022
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    New Oil Company Enters Failed Block 64, Again

    Achuar and Wampis communities are mobilizing against Petroperú’s intention to exploit the northern Peruvian oil block

    If you have followed Amazon Watch’s campaigns over the years, the name Block 64 might ring a bell. Over the course of almost 30 years, the Peruvian government has encouraged a steady parade of international oil companies to explore and exploit the oil concession, located near the border with Ecuador. All have hit a major obstacle: the vehement...

    February 8, 2022
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    Citigroup Fails to Rein in Oil and Gas Expansion to Address Amazon Rainforest Crisis

    Oakland, CA – Yesterday, finance giant Citigroup released an outline of its latest plans to achieve net zero in its energy and power portfolios. Despite these new commitments, Citi remains a major bankroller of oil and gas expansion in the Amazon biome – as it is the top financier of state-owned oil companies in the Amazon. This reality is...

    January 20, 2022
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    #AdiosGeoPark: Peruvian Indigenous Peoples Expel Another Oil Company

    The Achuar People of the Pastaza and the Wampis Nation secure a new victory for the climate justice movement by defeating fossil fuel company GeoPark

    Today, we celebrate a major victory after years of collaboration and hard work to fend off another multinational oil company that was supported by the world's largest investment firms and powerful governments.

    July 21, 2020
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    Indigenous Resistance Expels Oil Company GeoPark from Peruvian Amazon

    The Chile-based oil company's announcement follows years of protests, lawsuits, outreach to major shareholders, and direct advocacy with the CEO

    "GeoPark's departure from Block 64 is a testament to the vision and persistence of the Achuar people and Wampis Nation. Let this be the final nail in Block 64's coffin," said Andrew Miller, Advocacy Director at Amazon Watch.

    July 17, 2020
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    COVID-19: Is GeoPark Contaminating Amazon Communities?

    The Wampis Nation, one of the most organized Indigenous peoples in the Peruvian Amazon, is calling out Chile-based oil company GeoPark for putting their communities at risk of the COVID-19 contagion. Leaders of the Wampis Nation have received information that GeoPark community-relations workers are violating Peru's national quarantine by...

    May 12, 2020
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