Washington DC — As trade ministers from the Americas gather today in Quito, Ecuador to advance the negotiations for the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), thousands of citizens from around the hemisphere are pouring into the streets of Quito.
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Amazon Watch’s “Creation Stories” Event Featuring the U’wa People of Colombia Draws Hundreds from the Creative Community
On September 24, in collaboration with the Creative Artists Agency Foundation, Amazon Watch hosted an evening with the traditional leaders of the U'wa nation of Colombia who shared their dramatically unfolding "creation story" with select members of the Hollywood community.Mary Stuart Masterson and Julia Butterfly Hill
Author of World Bank Environmental Policies Says the OCP Crude Pipeline in Ecuador Threatens Amazon Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples
Washington D.C. — Environmental groups in Germany and the US released a new report today that provides conclusive evidence that the German Bank Westdeutsche Landesbank (WestLB) violated its own policies in loaning $900 million to the OCP Consortium building Ecuador’s new heavy crude pipeline.
Environmentalists Call on German Bank to Cancel Loan for Ecuador Oil Pipeline Protest Held at WestLB’s New York Headquarters
New York, NY – Following on the heels of activist Julia Butterfly Hill’s arrest and deportation last week from Ecuador, US environmental groups are bringing the international campaign against the OCP oil pipeline to the New York offices of WestLB, the German bank that is syndicating $900 million to the pipeline.
Environmentalists Call on German Bank to Cancel Loan for Ecuador Oil Pipeline or Withdraw from United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative Protest Planned at WestLB’s New York Headquarters
WHAT: Public Demonstration, Street Theatre and Press Conference WHEN: Tomorrow, THURSDAY, JULY 25TH from 12 to 1 pmWHERE: 1211 Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue at 48th Street in Manhattan), at the offices of WestLB(New York, NY) – Following on the heels of activist Julia Butterfly Hill’s arrest and de
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Julia Butterfly Brings the Struggle Against Oil Destruction from Quito to LA: Press Conference at Occidental Petroleum’s LA Headquarters
Los Angeles, California - Vowing her continued commitment to the struggle against Ecuador’s OCP oil pipeline, Julia Butterfly Hill will speak to the press today at 10.30 am outside the LA offices of Occidental Petroleum located at Wilshire and Westwood Blvds.
Midnight Decision to Deport Julia Butterfly Ecuadorian Government Preempts Her Fair Trial in Oil Protest
Quito, Ecuador — Immigration police announced late last night that activist Julia Butterfly Hill will be deported to the United States early this morning. The deportation is set to occur just two hours before a scheduled Habeas Corpus hearing for Ms.
Julia Butterfly to Arrive in Los Angeles Tonight After Forcible Deportation from Ecuador Julia to hold press conference 10.30 am tomorrow outside Occidental’s LA offices
Quito, Ecuador — Environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill will arrive at Los Angeles International Airport at seven tonight, after being forcibly deported from Ecuador at dawn. The deportation occurred just two hours before a Habeas Corpus hearing set for Ms.
Julia Butterfly Hill Remains in Ecuadorian Jail with Seven Other Activists After Oxy Oil Protest
Quito, Ecuador — Julia Butterfly Hill and seven Ecuadorians arrested Tuesday during a peaceful protest outside Occidental Petroleum (OXY)’s Quito offices remained in jail for a second night pending their 9 am hearing Thursday.
Julia Butterfly Hill Arrested in Ecuador Oil Protest Occidental Petroleum’s Quito Office Shut Down by Protesters
Quito, Ecuador — Quito police today arrested activist Julia Butterfly Hill and at least 7 other peaceful protestors outside the Quito offices of US oil company Occidental Petroleum (OXY). Most of those arrested represent Ecuadorian communities adversely affected by the new OCP pipeline being built by Oxy.
Ecuador Activists Reoccupy OCP Pipeline Construction Site Julia “Butterfly” Hill Takes Action in Solidarity with South America’s First Tree-Sitters
Guarumos, Ecuador — Several dozen local community members from Mindo, accompanied by Julia “Butterfly” Hill, and members of Acción Ecológica and Amazon Watch, are currently re-occupying the Guarumos construction site of Ecuador’s new Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP) in the Mindo Nambillo Cloudforest Reserve, in ord
Julia ‘Butterfly’ Hill to Visit Ecuador’s Embattled OCP Pipeline Project & Tour Toxic Waste Pits and Forest Destruction in the Amazon and Mindo
Quito, Ecuador — Internationally celebrated environmentalist, author, and forest defender Julia Butterfly Hill arrives in Quito today to express solidarity with communities resisting the construction of the new OCP oil pipeline through Ecuador’s fragile tropical forests.
EXIM Bank Urged to Deny Government Loan to Egregious Energy Project in the Amazon Peru's Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples Threatened by Massive Camisea Gas Project
Washington, DC - The Argentinean energy giant, Pluspetrol and its partners arrived in Washington this week to meet with ExIm Bank of the United States to drum up financing for its Camisea gas project and pipelines in Peru.
Bolivia: Proposed Constitutional Reforms Spark Unprecedented Nationwide March Marchers Demand Democratic Assembly to Halt Reforms That Favor Foreign Corporations Photos available upon request
Cochabamba, Bolivia - For nearly a month, approximately 2000 indigenous and campesino men, women and children have been marching hundreds of miles from the Amazon basin to the capital city of La Paz in the Andes.
Amazonian Farmers Protesting OCP Pipeline Violently Evicted Road Blockades Continue Despite Increased Repression
Quito, Ecuador — Four farmers were wounded and ten were arrested early Thursday morning when an estimated one hundred uniformed police and military soldiers violently burst onto a farm in the Amazonian province of Sucumbios where a group of local residents affected by the construction of the heavy crude pipeline were physic
Asunto: Comunicado a la Opinión Pública Nacional e Internacional Frente al Retiro de la Oxy de Territorio Sagrado U'wa Kera Chikara
El milenario e histórico Pueblo Indígena U'wa de Colombia con asentamiento en los departamentos de Casanare, Arauca, Boyacá, Santander y Norte de Santander, por medio del presente comunicado queremos agradecer de corazón el apoyo total e incondicional que recibimos por parte de las siguientes organizaciones nacionales e i
Makuma - Morona Santiago Ministerial Agreement N° 2881 - of December 27, 1996
The Inter-Federation coordinating body announces to the national and international public the tragic loss of our friends and colleagues Joaquin Najamdey, President of FIPSE, Rodrigo Wampankit, Parliamentarian of FIPSE and Samuel Wampankit Head of Territorial Affairs of FIPSE.
CDES Requests an Investigation into the Deaths of Shuar Leaders in an Air Accident
The Center for Social and Economic Rights, CDES, demands an immediate and transparent investigation into a tragic plane crash in the Ecuadorian Amazon which caused the deaths of 3 high level leaders of the Shuar people who were engaged in the lawsuit that the Shuar are bringing against the oil company Burlington on grounds of
Re: Statement to the National and International Public on the Withdrawal of Oxy from U'wa Sacred Territory Kera Chikara
Cubará - Boyacá, Colombia - The millennial and historic U'wa Indigenous People of Colombia situated in the departments of Casanare, Arauca, Boyacá, Santander and Norte de Santander, through this statement would like to express thanks from our hearts for the total and unconditional support that we have received from the fol
Occidental Petroleum to Leave U’wa Land! Company Announces Plans to Leave Controversial Colombia Oil Project
Los Angeles — At its annual shareholder meeting today, Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) announced its plans to return to the Colombian government its controversial Siriri oil block (formally Samore), located on the traditional territory of the U’wa people.
Debate hinders pipeline-mitigation initiative
In 1999, when Enron and partner Shell were seeking loan guarantees from the U.S. government’s Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) for their Cuiabá natural gas pipeline here, they answered environmental opposition with conservation pledges.
U'wa Indigenous Leaders Arrive in Washington DC To Rally Against Plan Colombia and Military Aid For Oxy's Pipeline
WHO: Roberto Perez and Armando Tegria Rincunada, leaders of the U'wa Peopleof ColombiaWHAT: Visit Washington DC this week to speak out against Plan Colombia andmilitary aid to OXY's Colombia operations.WHEN & WHERE:Wed.
German Parliamentarians Arrive in Mindo Today to Inspect OCP Pipeline Route Jailed Environmentalists Freed, All Charges Dropped
Mindo, Ecuador - Members of the German State Parliament of the North Rhine Westfalia arrived in Mindo today to visit the controversial OCP pipeline route.
Pipeline Protests Continue as Ecuadorian Armed Forces Evict Mindo Environmentalists Local Community Blocks Highway and Confiscates OCP Vehicles in Response
Mindo, Ecuador - Approximately one hundred members of the Ecuadorian National Police forcibly evicted seventeen activists Monday evening blockading the OCP pipeline route through the sensitive Mindo Nambillo Protected Cloudforest.
Ecuador Indigenous Groups in New York for Major Showdown with ChevronTexaco Billions at Stake as Tribal Leaders Press Groundbreaking Lawsuit Before Appeals Court Assert Texaco Ruined Their Rivers and Land Destroying Their Centuries-Old Way of Life
New York - Indian tribal leaders from the Amazon region of Ecuador arrive in New York March 11, for a major courtroom showdown with Chevron-Texaco over a billion-dollar lawsuit charging that Texaco (which emerged with Chevron in 2001) caused widespread devastation to the rainforest environment and dramatically increased the r
El Consejo de Gobierno de las Nacionalidades y Pueblos Indigenas del Ecuador
A nuestras esposas, compañeras, trabajadoras y madres de familia nos permitimos entregar el mensaje de vida que construimos en el trajinar cotidiano de la vida en nuestro país.A Ud., que simboliza sensibilidad,A Ud., que simboliza ternura,A Ud., que simboliza la fecundidad de nuestra PACHAMAMA,nos p
Ecuadorian Military Attacks OCP Pipeline Demonstrators At Least Two Reported Dead, Dozens Wounded
This release contains statements from Ecuadorian organizations involved in the general strike against the OCP pipeline and pumping station.
Al Gobierno, Ministros de Estado, Medios de Communicación, Opinion Pública Nacional e Internacional
El Ecuador está atravesando por una grave crisis consecuencia de la falta de "Voluntad Política" por parte del gobierno del Presidente Gustavo Noboa.A partir del día lunes 18 de febrero 2002 los pobladores de las Provincias de Orellana y Sucumbíos adoptaron como medida de hecho la paralización de actividades en to
U'wa Speak Out Against Bush's Pipeline Protection Program in Colombia
The U'wa Community represented by the U'wa Grand Council and the U'waTraditional Authority, addresses the difficulties faced by our Sarare region that is partly Our Ancestral Territory established by our Highest Colonial Letters.We express our voice of protest and rejection before the national and
