Daysi Zapata (Aidesep VP) testified before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. House of Representatives, during hearing on Indigenous Peoples Rights in Latin America.
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The Xingu and its People
For hundreds of years, the Xingu River basin has been home to a cross-section of Brazilian life, made up of rural and urban communities. The region reveals a diverse conglomeration of people, with varying levels of multilingualism and acculturation to the Brazilian mainstream.
Cameron Travels to the Xingu River
James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver and Joel David Moore travel with members of Amazon Watch to the Xingu River basin.
Ecuador Petition Delivery to Chevron Headquarters
Emergildo Criollo traveled to California recently from his indigenous village in Ecuador to the home of Chevron's new CEO John Watson and then to a meeting with state lawmakers, demanding that the oil giant Chevron "... take responsibility for their actions and clean up our rivers and forests – our homes."
A Glimpse of Achuar Life
The Achuar are an indigenous people who live in the Pastaza, Corrientes and Morona river basins in the Amazon Rainforest on both sides of the Peru-Ecuador border. These photos give a glimpse of life in an Achuar community on the river Huasaga, in the Pastaza river basin.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
2009 Copenhagen UN Climate Summit
Amazon Watch accompanies Ecuadorian indigenous colleagues Tito Puanchir and Marlon Santi to the summit.
Meeting of Peoples Affected by Financing from Brazil's Development Bank (BNDES)
Photos from a November gathering of Brazilian and other South American community representatives negatively affected by projects financed by BNDES.
Affected Communities March Against Chevron Corruption in Ecuador
Over 400 people from indigenous and farming communities around Lago Agrio, Ecuador, marched to a toxic dump site today to protest Chevron's on-going attempts to derail the $27 billion lawsuit that will soon come to a close after more than 16 years of courtroom struggle.
Amo Amazonia
Hundreds of people form a human banner in Peru to draw attention to plight of the Amazon.
Demonstrations and Repression of Protestors in Ecuador
The incident near the town of Macas in Southern Ecuadorian Amazon has reportedly left at least one Shuar indigenous protester dead, and dozens injured from both sides.
CRUDE Premiere Events
Photos from opening night of CRUDE in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City.
Contamination and failed cleanup by OXY and Pluspetrol in Corrientes, Peru
These photos show some sites in oil block 1-AB visited by E-Tech International to evaluate the effectiveness of Pluspetrol's cleanup of OXY's legacy.
The Madeira River Complex, Brazil and Bolivia
Photos from an Amazon Watch trip through the Madeira River basin to bring back stories of anguish and hope in the fight to stop the construction of two mega-hydroelectric dams on the Amazon's principal tributary.
Peruvian Police Fire on Unarmed Indigenous Tribes' Oil and Gas Protest
At approximately 5 am this morning, the Peruvian military police staged a violent raid on a group of indigenous people at a peaceful blockade on a road outside of Bagua, in a remote area of northern Peruvian Amazon.
Chevron AGM 2009 Action
Representatives of indigenous and farming communities from Ecuador's Amazon have brought their 15-year battle for justice to Chevron's doorstep.
Protests in Peru
Awajun indigenous protesters in Bagua, northern Peru, where armed police put many of them into hospital in a May 10th attack on their peaceful blockade of the Corral Quemado Bridge.
Ecuador Oil Spill Pollutes River in the Amazon
A rupture in Ecuador's second largest oil pipeline polluted the Santa Rosa river in the lush Amazon jungle and shut off the flow of crude to a Pacific port in the city of Esmeraldas.
S.O.S. Amazon
View photos of indigenous people from across Latin America leading over 1000 participants of the World Social Forum to form human banners, using their bodies to draw attention to the increasingly precarious situation of the Amazon rainforest.
Urubamba River Peru Field Investigation
Amazon Watch and the local communities are deeply concerned that the impacts of the existing Camisea gas project are likely to be compounded by additional oil operations planned nearby by Spain's Repsol and Brazil's Petrobras.
A Toxic Legacy of Oil in Block 1ab in Corrientes River
On May 1, 2008, Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon and environmentalists donned hazmat suits and staged a major "clean-up operation" outside the global headquarters of Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) to urge the company to remediate a toxic disaster it created in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.
Chevron AGM 2008 Action
In a dramatic face-to-face showdown at Chevron's annual general meeting, victims of the company's grave human rights abuses from three continents today told shareholders and senior executives that the oil major must live up to its corporate rhetoric on human rights and the environment, and also take decisive action to make amends to the...
Save the Yasuni Rainforest
The Ecuadorian government's offer to forgo oil development in the ITT portion of Yasuni would be a giant first step towards breaking Ecuador's dependence on oil. Ecologists and indigenous leaders in Ecuador join in formation to send a message to the World about Saving Yasuni Park.
ConocoPhillips Oil Projects vs. Indigenous Communities in the Amazon
The Shuar, Achuar, and Kichwa have denounced plans for oil extraction in Blocks 23 and 24 since the Ecuadorian government first awarded the concessions. Instead, they are calling for a plan to permanently protect the vast roadless rainforest region and promote sustainable development.
The Chevron Toxic Legacy
Between 1971 and 1991, Texaco extracted more than 1.5 billion barrels of oil from the Ecuadorian Amazon. In order to save millions of dollars, Texaco simply dumped the toxic wastes from its operations into the pristine rivers, forest streams and wetlands, ignoring industry standards.
