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    Gore Attacked over Colombia Oil Project

    The Financial Times. | Environmentalists and human rights activists are accusing Al Gore, the US vice-president and candidate for the Democratic party presidential nomination, of hypocrisy over his shareholding in an oil company prospecting in Colombian rainforests.

    January 19, 2000
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    Gas Line Draws Protests Nature Groups Cite U.S. Role

    The Miami Hearld | Santa Cruz, Bolivia - In violation of Clinton administration policies,U.S. taxpayer dollars are being used to finance a gas pipeline through aglobally rare forest ecosystem, environmental groups say. U.S.

    January 11, 2000
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    Colombia Indians to Fight Occidental Oil Plans with Lives

    The Washington Times | Bogota - The U'wa Indians of northeastern Colombia say the government will have to kill every last member of their tribe before they allow California-based Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    January 7, 2000
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    When Politicians' Acts Benefit Benefactors

    Inquirer Washington Bureau | Washington - It was part of Vice President Gore's plan to streamline and "reinvent" government: Sell off a 47,000-acre oil field in Southern California. The taxpayers would benefit.But so did one company: Occidental Petroleum, which eventually bought the land through competitive bidding in 1997.

    January 6, 2000
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    Energy Projects Opposed Latin Indians Using Sabotage

    Miami Herald | Kilometer 33, Venezuela - Across Latin America, indigenous groups are locked in power struggles with authorities over large energy projects on their lands, and the twisted metal of a toppled steel pylon in a jungle clearing here is sign of the latest clash.

    November 18, 1999
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    Indigenous Rights Recognized

    EL NACIONAL | The drums resounded in the capital building until the Assembly approved guarantee as constitutional rights the existence of indigenous peoples and communities, their social and economic organization, culture, uses and customs.

    November 4, 1999
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    Reconocen Derechos a los Pueblos Indígenas

    EL NACIONAL | Los tambores retumbaron en el Capitolio Federal hasta que la Asamblea aprobó consagrar como derechos constitucionales la existencia de los pueblos y comunidades indígenas, su organización social y económica, cultura, usos y costumbres.

    November 4, 1999
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    Occidental and Oriental Connections

    Wall St. Journal | Carthage, Tenn. - On his 1998 tax returns under "supplemental income," Vice President Al Gore lists a $20,000 royalty payment from Union Zinc Inc. for the right to mine zinc from his 88-acre farm here in the verdant hills of the Cumberland River valley. In the 25 years he has held the zinc lease, Mr.

    September 29, 1999
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    Despite Image, Gore Has Deep Roots in Oil Industry

    Reuters | New York - Democratic Presidential front-runner Vice President Al Gore has nurtured his image as the nation's top environmental advocate, but a close look shows his roots in the oil industry run almost as deep those of his Republican rival, Texas Governor George W.

    August 9, 1999
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    Enron Pipeline in Bolivia Gets U.S. Loan Guarantee

    Houston Chronicle Washington | Washington — The federal government Tuesday agreed to provide $200 million worth of loan guarantees to an Enron Corp.-led group to help fund construction of a controversial, natural gas pipeline that will cut through a tropical forest in Bolivia.

    June 15, 1999
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    Environment: Warnings on Risky Projects in Amazon Region

    Inter Press Service | Washington, Oct. 1 - Investors from multinational corporations and financial lending institutions are being urged to weigh the potential environmental risks of investing in certain infrastructure projects in the Amazon.

    October 6, 1998
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    Tensions Rise in Venezuela's Amazon

    Associated Press | El Dorado, Venezuela — The Pemon Indians rolled a huge log across the highway to block traffic. The tribe, some dressed in red loin cloths and their faces streaked with paint, was defending its piece of paradise.

    August 10, 1998
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    Los Tres Expedientes que están en la Corte Serán Conocidos por la Sala Plena CSJ Se Tardará Más en Decidir sobre Imataca

    El Universal | Caracas - Por decisión del máximo tribunal del país, la Sala Plena será la única que conozca los tres expedientes relacionados con el caso de Imataca, los cuales fueron abiertos luego de recibir medidas cautelares innominadas y solicitudes de nulidad del decreto 1850, que permite la explotación minera en dicha reserva f

    August 6, 1998
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    Controversial Amazon Power Line Gets Funding

    Reuters | Caracas - A Latin American development bank on Tuesday granted a $55 million loan to build a controversial power line linking Venezuelan and Brazil through the Amazon jungle which is fiercely opposed by indigenous and environmental groups.

    August 4, 1998
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    Venezuela Indians Defend Park

    Associated Press Writer | Caracas, Venezuela — About 400 Indians blocked Venezuela's main highway to Brazil with huge logs to protest a high-voltage power line being built in the "Lost World'' of Amazon rain forests.

    July 29, 1998
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    Venezuela Indians Defend Park

    Associated Press | Caracas, Venezuela — About 400 Indians blocked Venezuela's main highway to Brazil with huge logs to protest a high-voltage power line being built in the "Lost World'' of Amazon rain forests.

    July 29, 1998
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    Amazonian Indian Tribes on the Barricades to Protest International Powerline Destruction of Their Rainforest Environment

    VHeadline/VENews | Caracas - Venezuelan Pemon indians have set up roadblocks on the arterial continental highway from Brazil in a major protest over the construction of electricity power transmission lines which have cut a 400 kilometer (250 mile) swathe through tropical Amazon rainforest affecting some 5,500 acres in the ecologically sensitive

    July 29, 1998
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    Venezuela Indians Block Road to Protest Power Line

    Reuters | Caracas - Hundreds of Venezuelan Indians blocked the main highway to Brazil on Tuesday to protest the construction of a power line connecting the two countries through their homelands.Indigenous leaders said construction of the 430-mile (690 km) link was ruining their livelihood and destroying vast tracts of national p

    July 28, 1998
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    OPIC Approves $200M Bolivian Loan

    Associated Press | Washington - The Overseas Private Investment Corporation approved a $200 million loan today for a gas pipeline in Bolivia, a project opposed by environmental groups and some U.S. lawmakers. OPIC, which promotes U.S.

    June 15, 1998
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    US Agency OKs $200 Mln for Gas Pipeline

    Reuters | Washington - The U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) approved $200 million in financing Tuesday to help pay for a controversial natural gas pipeline project in Bolivia being developed by Enron Corp. (NYSE:ENE - news) and Royal Dutch/Shell Group .

    June 15, 1998
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    5 Arrested in Protest against Occidental

    Los Angeles Times | Five environmentalists protesting Occidental Petroleum Corp.'s plan to build an oil pipeline in Colombia were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of trespassing and vandalism.

    April 23, 1998
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    Environmentalists Detained in Anti-Oil Protest

    Reuters | Los Angeles - Environmental activists chained themselves to an oil drum in front of Occidental Petroleum Co.'s headquarters here on Wednesday to protest the company's plans to drill on land claimed by a Colombian tribe.

    April 22, 1998
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