Lima, 1 de octubre 2005Señor Luis Alberto MorenoPresidente del Banco Inter-Americano de DesarrolloWashington, D.C.Asunto: Posición de AIDESEP respecto al “Plan de Protección y Defensa de los Pueblos en Aislamiento Voluntario y Contacto Inicial de la Reserva Kugapakori, Nahua, Nanti y otros” de
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Clean Up Ecuador Campaign Update: Photo Exhibit, Shareholder's Meeting and CVX Name Change...
Environmental Justice for the AmazonAmazonian Leaders, Activists, Photographers and Shareholders pressure ChevronTexaco to Clean Up EcuadorCan you imagine an oil spill worse than the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska? Unfortunately, there is one in the middle of the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador.
Sarayaku Update: Hearing before Inter-American Human Rights Court ratifies Sarayaku's arguments
Asunción, Paraguay – On May 11, 2005 Dr. José María Borja, Ecuador’s Attorney General, announced before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS) his proposal to maintain the human rights protection measures in favor of the Sarayaku indigenous people.
Letter to CEO of ChevronTexaco on Corporate Governance Concerns
Mr. David O’Reilly, Chairman and CEOChevronTexaco Corporation Inc.6001 Bollinger Canyon Rd.San Ramon, CA 94583Dear Mr.
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.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
NGO Letter to IDB on Camisea Project Town Hall Meeting
March 11, 2005Mr. Dennis FlanneryExecutive Vice PresidentInter American Development Bank1300 New York Avenue, NWWashington, D.C.
COMARU Pronunciamiento: No Participaremos en la Audiencia Publica Para la Amplicación del Proyecto Camisea
A la opinión pública nacional e internacional:Las Comunidades Nativas del pueblo indígena Machiguengas del Bajo Urubamba hacen de conocimiento publico que: debido a la falta de interés por parte del gobierno hacia los justos reclamos de nuestra población por los problemas con el proyecto del Gas de Camisea ha caus
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
CVX LEGAL CASE UPDATE: Remediation of Waste Pits in Ecuadorian Amazon was inadequate!
Scientists Reveal Devastating Proof of Toxins In Suit Against ChevronTexaco in EcuadorHigh Levels of Cancer-Causing Chemicals Found In “Remediated”Waste Pits Quito, Ecuador– The harrowing results of one of the first judicial inspections of the areas contaminated by ChevronTexaco in Ecuador were annou
CHEVRON TEXACO SHAREHOLDERS REFILE RESOLUTION ADDRESSING ECUADORIAN CONTAMINATION CONTROVERSY... 2005 CVX Resolution Below
For the second year in a row, ChevronTexaco shareholders have submitted a controversial resolution calling on the company to report on “new initiatives by management to address the specific health and environmental concerns of communities affected by unremediated waste and other sources of oil-related contamination in the a
NGO Letter to IDB on Camisea Companies' Expansion Into Adjoining Block 56
Mr. Enrique IglesiasPresidentInter-American Development Bank1300 New York Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.
Update on ChevronTexaco Trial and Inspections: Phase II of ChevronTexaco’s “Rainforest Chernobyl” Trial is underway As the judge begins official “Inspections” of ChevronTexaco’s contamination in Ecuador’s Amazon, local Bay Area residents s
Ten months after the “Rainforest Chernobyl” trial began in the Supreme Court in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, the judicial inspections – marking Phase II of the trial – began yesterday at one of Texaco’s former oil camps, Campo Sacha in Joya de las Sachas, in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
NGO Letter to the IDB on Camisea Companies' Failure to Comply with Loan Conditions
The following joint letter was sent to the IDB on July 30th by international NGOs as a response to the IDB’s public posting of Camisea loan conditions fulfillment.
Amazon Watch Releases the 2003 Annual Report
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Update from the Ecuadorian Amazon: Amazonian Leaders March on Ministry of Commerce and Justice and Force Ecuadorian Government to Stand Up to ChevronTexaco
On July 7, the Amazon Watch partner organization the Amazon Defense Front (Frente de Defensa de la Amazonia) scored an imporant victory in its the case against ChevronTexaco's polluting their forests and communities.
U'wa Communique to the National and International Public Opinion
In the year 2001, the U.S. based multinational oil company Occidental of Colombia, OXY, acknowledged publicly the discouraging results to its much anticipated oil bonanza of Gilbraltar 1, in sacred U'WA territory.Today, the Colombian state oil company ECOPETROL continues the work that OXY started.
SIGN UP NOW for Amazon Watch Student Delegation to the Ecuadorian Amazon, August 7-17, 2004.
Looking for an Adventure and to Make a Difference in the World this Summer? Join San Ramon Valley students on a trip to the Amazon RainforestAugust 7-17, 2004 (tentative dates)-visit pristine Amazonian rainforest-see wild animals (monkeys, parrots, toucans, and pink river dolphins)-learn ab
Statement of Bianca Jagger at the CHEVRONTEXACO Annual Shareholder Meeting
Good Morning Mr. O’Reilly, Board of Directors and fellow shareholders:My name is Bianca Jagger, I represent Reverend Will Saunders and I am here to second this proposal.Mr.
Testimony from Ecuadorian Cofan Leader and Local Nurse at ChevronTexaco Annual Shareholder Meeting
Highlights of the Statement from Toribio Aguinda, Cofan indigenous leader on whose people's territory Texaco (now ChevronTexaco) carried out oil operations for more than 20 years. Ø Greetings Mr. Chairman, shareholders and others present.
Message from the Shuar People of the Ecuadorian Amazon to Burlington Resources at its Annual General Meeting of Investors
“We ask for the immediate departure of all oil companies from the territories of the Shuar, Achuar and Quichuas peoples.We Shuar are an ancient people who continue to live in our territory according to our customs and our own cosmovision.
NGO Letter to the IDB highligting failures to comply with required loan condtions
The following is the text of a joint letter sent to the IDB on March 11 by international NGOs urging delay of the signing of the Camisea loan agreement. The letter details concerns raised by leading Peruvian indigenous and environmetnal organizations about the Camisea gas project.
Corruption has bled democracy
(espanol sigue ingles)By Jorge Cortés F. CEADES BOLIVIA ceadescz@entelnet.boIn May of the 2003 in the Seoul 11th International Anticorruption Conference (IACC) we denounced the serious problems of corruption that characterize the Bolivian government and the disastrous consequences this had for B
Speech by Bianca Jagger in Quito Following Her Tour of Amazon Region Contaminated by ChevronTexaco
(version en espanol sigue ingles)Welcome and thank you for coming. I am going to talk about what I have witnessed in the last few days in the Ecuadorian Amazon during my first trip to your beautiful country.
Celebrity Letter on Protecting the Peruvian Amazon
President George W.
PRONUNCIAMIENTO
El Consejo Directivo Nacional de la Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP), a nombre de sus 1,250 comunidades indígenas amazónicas afiliadas, de las 53 federaciones y 6 regiones, se dirige a los hermanos indígenas de la costa y la sierra; a nuestros compatriotas; a la opinión pública naciona
Achuar of Peru Denouce OXY's Divisive Tactics
PRONOUNCEMENTThe Achuar people of Peru, settled in the basin of the Huitoyacu, Huazaga and Pastaza Rivers, organized through their highest authorities into Achuarti Iruntramu (ATI) and the Achuar Chayat Organization (ORACH) make the following known to public opinion:1.
PRONOUCEMENT
The National Council of Directors of the Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Amazon (AIDESEP), in the name of its 1,250 affiliated Amazonian indigenous communities, 53 federations and 6 regions, addresses our indigenous brothers and sisters from the coast and mountains; our compatriots; national and wo
