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    AIDESEP, COMARU, CITIZEN ACTION FOR CAMISEA AND OTHERS EXPRESS OUR OBJECTION TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE 7TH CAMISEA CONSULTATION MEETING, ORGANIZED BY THE INTERAMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK - IDB

    The Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest – AIDESEP, The Machiguenga Council of the Urubamba River – COMARU, Citizen Action for Camisea and other civil society organizations, by signing below, are expressing our objection to the organization of the Interamerican Development Bank’s (IDB)

    March 21, 2009
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    Brazil's Madeira Riverbank Dwellers Call for Help

    Members of the riverbank communities on Brazil’s Madeira River sent a letter to Brazil’s President Lula da Silva prior to his visit to see work on the two dam sites of Santo Antonio and Jirau, key projects of the Initiative for the Regional Integration of Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA).

    March 20, 2009
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    COIAB meets with Prince Charles in Manaus

    The coordinator-general of the National Indigenous Organization of the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB), Jecinaldo Satere, delivered a document to the heir of the British throne detailing the position of indigenous peoples on environmental issues.

    March 13, 2009
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    Amazon Watch on Good Morning America

    Amazon Watch was featured on Good Morning America in its recent series of reports about the Amazon. The report, which aired on March 11 and was entitled "At Home in the Amazon", focuses on the plight of indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation, deep in the rainforest.

    March 11, 2009
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    Amazon Watch is building on more than 28 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.

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    Yasuní: The Last Chance or the First Step?

    Yasuní: The Last Chance or the First Step?By Esperanza MartínezAcción EcologicaOn Februray 5, 2009, presidential decree number 1572 indefinitely extended an initiative not to exploit crude oil located in Yasuní National Park in Ecuador.With this, the Yasuní-ITT ini

    March 5, 2009
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    U'wa Statements on the 10th Anniversary of the Murder of Terry, Ingrid, and Lahe

    CONTEXT: March 4, 2009 marks a decade after the murder in Colombia of Terence Freitas, Ingrid Washinawatok and Lahe'ena'e Gay, who were all passionate advocates of indigenous rights around the world. The three activists were kidnapped by armed men during a visit to the territory of Colombia’s U’wa indigenous people.

    March 4, 2009
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    Oil Spill Seriously Affects the Health of Indigenous Communities along the River Coca

    A communiqué from the Ecuadorian indigenous federation CONAIEQuito, March 3, 2009The discharge of oil caused by the collapse of the OCP (the second largest pipeline in Ecuador) has threatened the health of more than 40 native communities whose ancestral territories are to be found along the River Coca and the R

    March 4, 2009
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    President condemned for uncontacted tribes policy

    From Survival InternationalPresident Correa has been condemned by Ecuador's national indigenous peoples' organisation CONAIE over his policy towards uncontacted Indians.'Correa's regime is promoting oil production on land inhabited by uncontacted tribes,' says a statement from CONAIE.The statement w

    January 30, 2009
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    LOS UWAS MARCHAMOS POR LA VIDA

    Concientes que la vida lo da la naturaleza, los U’was continuamos defendiendo nuestra Madre Tierra y hoy como pioneros de esa defensa, queremos hacer un gesto simbólico visitando en forma pacífica y ordenado las instalaciones de ECOPETROL (Bloque Sirirí Pozo Gibraltar 3), que se encuentran ubicado en nuestra propiedad, p

    October 10, 2008
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    Coming Clean: Important New Sustainability Book

    Amazon Watch friend and colleague Michael Brune, executive director of Rainforest Action Network, has written an important new book called Coming Clean: Breaking our Addiction to Oil and Coal.Unlike many books on climate and energy, this book is focused on solutions.

    September 25, 2008
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    U'wa Denuncia Publica

    Una vez mas queremos anexar o expresar nuestro mas sincero denuncia publica ante la actitud del gobierno y la empresa Ecopetrol y sus políticas en la bolsa de Nueva York que nuestras autoridades indígenas y los cabildos U`wa en muchas oportunidades al gobierno y a la empresa les a exigido el respeto al territorio ancestral

    September 18, 2008
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    Amazon Watch to JPMorgan Chase Bank: Don't underwrite Ecopetrol

    September 17, 2008Amy DavidsenDirector of Environmental AffairsJPMorgan Chase270 Park Avenue, Floor 29New York, NY 10017Dear Ms. Davidson,Thank you for agreeing to speak with Amazon Watch this week about Ecopetrol’s Colombia operations.

    September 17, 2008
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    ONIC: Denunciamos y Rechazamos el Tratado de Libre Comercio

    ORGANIZACIÓN NACIONAL INDIGENA DE COLOMBIA-ONICDenunciamos y Rechazamos el TLCPor estos días deambula en Washington una Comisión más de Embajadores de bolsillo cooptados por el Gobierno Nacional que implora ante el congreso, los legisladores y políticos norteamericanas la aprobación del Tratado de Libre Co

    September 10, 2008
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    Carta de los UWA al hombre blanco

    Nosotros nacemos siendo hijos de la tierra... eso no lo podemos cambiar los indios ni tampoco el hombre blanco (riowa).

    September 8, 2008
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    Pueblos indígenas: pobreza y modernidad

    La reciente lucha de los pueblos indígenas amazónicos por sus derechos y cuyo epílogo fue la derogatoria de los decretos legislativos 1015 y1973 ha provocado en nuestro país las reacciones y opiniones más increíbles, casi imposibles de imaginar en un país democrático y civilizado.

    September 1, 2008
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    Defensoria del Pueblo de Peru Pronunciamiento

    Ante los acontecimientos que están ocurriendo en distintas zonas de la Amazonía peruana, como consecuencia de la controversia generada en torno a la reciente regulación de las tierras de las comunidades nativas, la Defensoría del Pueblo, en el marco de sus funciones constitucionales, expresa lo siguiente: Estamos r

    August 19, 2008
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