Washington, D.C. – Next week, the United States Export-Import Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank will vote whether to approve public monies for the $2.6 billion Peru’s Camisea gas project.
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U'wa Communique
Cubara, Colombia - The U’wa People, Children of God, Children of our Mother Earth, Lovers of the Natural World and of the SpiritsThe U’wa people are tired of the proliferation of false promises that the Colombian government has made to us.
ChevronTexaco Deserves Award for International Destruction! Human Rights and Environmental Groups Protest ChevronTexaco’s Award for “international understanding” at World Affairs Council Annual Dinner
San Francisco, CA - Members of Amazon Watch, Communities for a Better Environment, Project Underground and concerned community residents from around the Bay Area gathered outside of the World Affairs Council’s Annual Dinner at the Hilton Hotel in downtown San Francisco today to protest this years awardee...ChevronTexaco.
ChevronTexaco’s Hometown Rallies Behind Ecuador Indigenous Delegation Amazon Rainforest Destruction Twice the Size of the Exxon Valdez Press Conference and March to Company headquarters Thursday at 11am
Dressed in “traditional attire,” Toribio Aguinda, Wilmer Piaguaje, and seven other indigenous and forest community leaders from Ecuador, together with supporters, will engage in a final “barnstorm” tour of San Ramon to rally community support and call on ChevronTexaco CEO David O’Reilly for a meeting to resolve thei
ChevronTexaco’s Hometown Offers Resounding Sendoff to Rainforest Ecuadorians as They Vow to Return for Meeting with CEO David O’Reilly Local Clergy Calls On Chevron to Act with “Conscience” and Meet Indigenous Leaders Local Citizens and Studen
San Ramon – After two weeks of meetings with the Ecuadorian delegates affected by operations of ChevronTexaco, religious leaders and other residents in the San Ramon-Danville area today agreed to organize a fact-finding mission to their Amazon communities.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Ecuadorians Win Support in Tri-Valley for Meeting with Chevron CEO David O’Reilly But Chevron Chief Continues To Ignore Request For Meeting, Angering Indians Who Vow To Go To His Home And Lobby Neighbors Vice-Mayor Jerry Cambra To Offer Official City
San Ramon – The 12 Ecuadorian rainforest leaders who traveled thousands of miles from the Amazon jungle to San Ramon have made significant headway in their campaign for public support in the Tri-Valley area, although the main person they want to meet with –ChevronTexaco CEO David O’Reilly – has ignored them comp
Indigenous Leaders from Ecuador and Peru Present “Eviction Notice” to Burlington Resources of Houston Call on Oil Company to Leave Amazonian Territories
Houston – At 12:00 noon today seven indigenous leaders, representing 100,000 people living in approximately 4 million acres of pristine rainforest, accompanied by their lawyer and various supporters, appeared at the headquarters of the oil company Burlington Resources to deliver an “Eviction Notice” calling on the compa
“Our People are Dying…We Can wait No Longer” A Real-Life “David v Goliath” Story: Amazon Rainforest People Trek Thousands of Miles to Seek Justice for Environmental Disaster Twice the Size of the Exxon Valdez By foot, canoe, bus, car and jet,
Lago Agrio, Ecuador and San Ramon, CA – After filing a historic lawsuit charging ChevronTexaco with massive toxic dumping in the Amazon Rainforest, a 12-person delegation of indigenous leaders and campesinos – representing 30,000 rainforest peoples – is traveling thousands of miles to ChevronTexaco’s hometown to seek
Camisea Project Sparks Protest by Amazon Indigenous Peoples at Inter-American Development Bank Friday May 9, 1:00PM
WHAT: Indigenous and environmental leaders will hold a demonstration at the Inter-American Development Bank against the U.S.
ChevronTexaco Facing Trial in Ecuador Court for Billion-Dollar Rainforest Destruction U.S. Federal Court: Ecuador Decision and Judgment Enforceable in the United States Lawyers: Damages Could Exceed the $5 Billion of the Exxon Valdez -- Major Health P
Lago Agrio, Ecuador - ChevronTexaco will face off against indigenous Ecuadorians in an Ecuadorian court and the stakes are massive.
Occidental Petroleum Faces Lawsuit for Its Role in Massacre in Colombia Plaintiff Questions CEO at the Company’s Annual Meeting
Los Angeles, CA — Luis Alberto Galvis Mujica, the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed yesterday against Occidental Petroleum, attended the company’s annual shareholder meeting today to question CEO Ray Irani about Occidental’s role in the 1998 Santo Domingo Massacre in Colombia.“As a family member of the victims, as a
Colombia: Another US War for Oil?
Protest outside Occidental Petroleum's Annual Shareholder Meeting- Friday, April 25, 8:30 am- The St.
Occidental Petroleum Sued in U.S. Courts for Role in Civilian Massacre in Colombia Plaintiff to Address CEO and Shareholders at Annual Meeting on Friday
Los Angeles, CA - International rights attorneys filed suit today under the Alien Tort Claims Act against Occidental Petroleum and its security contractor, Airscan, Inc., for their role in the murder of innocent civilians in the hamlet of Santo Domingo, Colombia on December 13, 1998.
Mass Non-Violent Direct Action at ChevronTexaco HQ Connects Chevron's Toxic Terrorism Around the World with Corporate Led "Second Invasion" of Iraq
Bay Area Anti-War Activists Mobilize en Masse to Re-affirm Opposition to the Illegal War and Occupation of IraqSan Ramon, CA – As the Bush administration instigates a full-scale occupation of Iraq and fires verbal warning shots at Syria, hundreds of Bay area residents participated in a mass non-violent direct a
ChevronTexaco Headquarters: Next Bay Area Action for Anti-War Activists-- Concerned Citizens Hold Press Conference at Richmond Refinery to Declare NO War in Iraq and NO Toxic War in Our Communities!
Richmond, CA - Representatives of Direct Action to Stop the War, Richmond community members affected by ChevronTexaco’s refinery, Labor, and citizens concerned with ChevronTexaco’s worldwide operations held a press conference in front of the Chevron Refinery at 841 Chevron Way today at 11am to announce a massive non-viole
Inter-American Development Bank President Iglesias Admits Serious Flaws in Camisea Gas Project: Still, No Commitment to Loan
In a meeting with international NGOs at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) annual meetings in Milan, Italy, President Enrique Iglesias and Senior IDB officials admitted that the Camisea gas project in Peru is problematic and controversial, as it is having negative impacts on the environment and on indigenous peoples.
Oil Fuels Conflict from Iraq to Colombia: March 24 Mobilization Demands End to US Military Aid
From Iraq to Colombia, conflict over oil is forcing civilians into the crossfire. On Monday, March 24, peace activists will stage a rally and march to draw attention to the role of American corporations that are directly or indirectly profiting from war in oil rich regions such as Colombia and Iraq.
U’wa: Collective Suicide
The Highest Council of the U’wa Traditional Authorities would like to clarify the issue of collective suicide to the national and international community.
U’wa Vow To Resist Oil Discovery on Sacred Land Groups Denounce Use of US Tax Dollars for Oil Drilling in Colombia
After a successful decade long struggle to keep oil exploitation off of their sacred homeland, the 7,000 member U’wa indigenous community from the remote cloud forests of northeastern Colombia are vowing to continue their peaceful opposition to oil drilling on their land in light of this week’s announcement by Colombia’
Communique to the National and International Community in Response to the Discovery of Petroleum in Our Ancestral Territory, Kera Chikara
Cubará, Colombia - On March 3, 2003 the highest U’wa Council of the Traditional Authorities of 17 indigenous U’wa communities, leaders, and general public received official word from the President of Ecopetrol, Isaac Yanovich, regarding the discovery of petroleum in Gibralter I of the Samoré block.
Comunicado a la Opinion Publica Nacional e Internacional Frente al Hallazgo de Petroleo en Nuestro Territorio Ancestral Kera Chikara
Cubará, Colombia - El día 03 de Marzo de 2003 el Cabildo Mayor U´wa, Autoridades Tradicionales de las 17 Comunidades Indígenas, Lideres y Pueblo en General recibe de manera Oficial de parte de los medios de Comunicación Nacional y del Presidente de ECOPETROL ISAAC YANOVICH en hallazgo de petróleo en Gibraltar 1 del Bloq
U.S. Public Banks Back in the Spotlight Over Financing for Camisea Gas Project in Peru’s Amazon Heartland Hunt Oil –Ally to President Bush –Faces Renewed Controversy As Disease Rocks Camisea Maps, Photos, Video Footage, Related Reports Available
Washington, DC – Today US NGOs issued a comprehensive statement to the Inter-American Development Bank, urging the rejection of financing for the controversial Camisea Gas Project in the remote Peruvian Amazon.
The Camisea Gas Project And Forced Contact with Indigenous Peoples Living in Voluntary Isolation
TO: Enrique Iglesias, President, Inter-American Development Bank CC: Jose Fourquet, Executive Director, Inter-American Development Bank; Keith Kozloff, Department of Treasury; Stephen Altheim, Department of Treasury; Secretary Donald L. Evans, Department of Commerce; Denise Carpenter, Department of Commerce; Otto J.
Ecuador’s ‘Crown Jewel’ or Investors’ Worst Nightmare The ITT Oil Project Will Cost Investors and Destroy a UN Biosphere Reserve
New York, NY – Environmentalists decried efforts by the Ecuadorian government delegation who is in New York this week to auction an oil concession in the heart of Yasuni, Ecuador’s largest and most prized National Park.
The U'wa Demand the Immediate Withdrawal of EcoPetrol from Their Sacred Land
Comunique to the Colombian and International CommunitiesResguardo Unido U’wa, CubaráIf ECOPETROL continues with the Sirirí project in U’wa territory, our culture will disappear.
“Our People are Dying…We Can Wait No Longer” Ecuadorian Indigenous Leaders Arrive in Bay Area to Implore ChevronTexaco to Clean Up Toxic Waste in Amazon Region -- Leaders vow: “CLEAN UP. PAY UP. AND NEVER COME BACK!” as the petroleum polluter c
San Francisco, CA – As ChevronTexaco contemplates renewed operations in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest, indigenous leaders, representing 30,000 people, today traveled to San Francisco to tell the petroleum giant: “CLEAN UP. PAY UP.
International Alliance Vows to Intensify Opposition in Eight Countries to Ecuador’s OCP Oil Pipeline Amazon Pipeline Downgraded by Moody’s, Criticized by the World Bank
Sassenberg, Germany - Representatives from more than forty non-governmental organizations from eight countries, along with German parliamentarians and political party activists, concluded a 3-day summit today in Sassenberg on the growing environmental and social problems caused by the new oil pipeline in Ecuador – one o
Environmentalists Criticize Bolivian President’s DC Visit to Help Enron and Shell Win $125 Million in Public Funds from Development Bank
Available through AP-TN: Video Footage of Bolivia Pipeline ImpactsPipeline Damage Report and Video Available Upon Request also see PhotosWashington, D.C.
Residents and Environmentalists Paralyze OCP Pipeline Construction in Mindo Community Members and International Observer Arrested
Mindo, Ecuador — Approximately one hundred Mindo residents, students, and members of the Italian Green Party peacefully occupied a construction site of Ecuador’s new OCP pipeline inside the Mindo Nambillo Cloudforest Reserve today to protest ongoing construction through the ecologically sensitive region.
