Major international environmental groups sent a letter this week to J.P. Morgan Chase, Citigroup, and Deutsche Bank raising serious concerns about a controversial new Ecuadorian oil pipeline, known as the OCP (Oleoducto de Crudo Pesado) and urged the banks to refrain from further financing the project.
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Communique to National and International Community
The U'wa people inform the National and International Community about the current state of our TERRITORIAL, CULTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIAL process against the OIL EXPLORATION PROJECT IN THE AREA OF THE GIBRALTAR WELL UNDERTAKEN BY OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM MULTINATIONAL OF COLOMBIA INC., AND WITH APPROVAL FROM THE COLOMBIAN G
Comunicado a la Opinion Publica Nacional e Internacional
El Pueblo U'wa informa a la Opinión Pública Nacional e Internacional el estado actual del proceso de DEFENSA TERRITORIAL, CULTURAL, AMBIENTAL Y SOCIAL adelantando en contra del PROYECTO DE EXPLORACION PETROLERA EN EL ÁREA POZO GIBRALTAR, VEREDA CEDEÑO, CORREGIMIENTO DE GIBRALTAR, MUNICIPIO DE TOLEDO, DEPARTAMENTO DE NORTE
Widespread Ecuadorian Opposition to OCP Pipeline Route at Public Meeting
San Miguel de los Bancos - With posters, whistles, drums and chants, hundreds of people from the Northwest Pichincha province of Ecuador expressed their firm opposition in a public meeting today to the passage of the Heavy Crude Pipeline (OCP-Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados) through the region.The public hearing, organized
Multitudinaria Oposicion a Ruta del OCP en Reunion Publica
San Miguel de los Bancos. - Con pancartas, pitos, tambores y consignas centenares de pobladores del Noroccidente de Pichincha manifestaron su oposición contundente al paso del Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP) por este sector en una reunión pública hoy.
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Chevron's Board Urged to Disclose Texaco's Liabilities in the Ecuadorian Amazon in the Merger Proceedings Evidence Detailing More than Three Hundred and Fifty Contaminated Sites Handed to Chevron's Chairman
Los Angeles, CA - Chevron's Board of Directors were put on notice at the company's annual meeting yesterday that the company is legally required to notify the SEC and their shareholders of the law suit and the environmental liabilities it would inherit following the merger with Texaco with respect to hundreds of contaminated
Le Urgieron a la Junta Directiva de Chevron que se Divulgaran las Responsabilidades de Texaco en la Amazonía Ecuatoriana Durante los Procedimientos de Fusión (Merger) Evidencia Detallando Más de Trescientos Cincuenta Sitios Contaminados Heredados por e
Los Angeles, CA - Se le aviso a la Junta Directiva de Chevron que se requiere que la compañía notifique legalmente a la Comisión de Seguridades e Intercambio (SEC) – una agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos – y a accionistas de Chevron sobre el juicio y las responsabilidades ecológicas que heredaría
U'wa Leader and Activists Target Occidental Petroleum's Largest Investor Protests in Seven Cities Call on Bernstein/Alliance Capital /AXA Financial to Divest from Occidental and the Deadly Oil Project in Colombian Cloudforest Region
New York, NY - U'wa tribal chief accompanied by human rights and environmental activists demonstrated outside the offices of investment giant Bernstein/Alliance Capital today to protest the company's holdings in the Los Angeles based-Occidental Petroleum (OXY)- under fire for drilling on the land of the traditional U'wa peopl
U'wa Tribal Chief Sends Message to Shareholders to Divest from Occidental Petroleum and Vows to Continue Resistance against Drilling in Colombia
Los Angeles, CA - Roberto Perez, President of the U'wa Traditional Authorities of Colombia once again took center stage at a demonstration today at Occidental Petroleum's Annual Meeting in Santa Monica and delivered his people's message to supporters outside and shareholders inside the meeting.
U'wa Tribal Leader Kicks-off U.S. Tour to Expose the "Crude Logic" behind the U.S. Drug War in Colombia
Los Angeles, CA - Roberto Perez, President of the U'wa people of Colombia will arrive today in Los Angeles for his National Tour (April 17-28) to speak out against Plan Colombia and the corporate interest behind the so-called "drug war." The U'wa people, a peaceful tribe of 5,000 who live in the cloud forests of northeastern
Open Letter to Occidental Petroleum's President, Members of the Board of Directors and Shareholder
We, the U'wa, write to you once more to express our worry over the operations your company continues to move forward on our sacred territory "KERA CHIKARA" through the GIBRALTAR AREA Petroleum Exploration Project, in the town of Cedeño, hamlet of Gibraltar, municipality of Toledo, department of Norte de Santander.
Communiqué to the International and National Public Opinion
On March 21 and April 01, 2001, we had a meeting in Saravena (Arauca) with the social organizations of Arauca and of Cubará represented in: the Asociación Departamental de Usuarios Campesinos-ADUC (Departmental Association of User Farmers), the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores CUT (Workers' Unitary Headquarters) - Arauca Su
Comunicado a la Opinion Publica Nacional e Internacional
Los días 31 de marzo y 01 de abril de 2001 nos reunimos en Saravena (Arauca) las organizaciones sociales de Arauca y de Cubará, Boyacá, representadas en: la Asociación Departamental de Usuarios Campesinos ADUC, la Central Unitaria de Trabajadores CUT - Subdirectiva Arauca, la Asociación de Cabildos Mayores Uwa, ASOUWA, l
THE MINIMIZATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL CULTURE by THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY & OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
The Kitanemuk Tribe of Tejon Indians has for several years tried to secure a commitment from DOE and OXY that they will provide adequate protection of the 91+ culturally sensitive sites on the Elk Hills property Oxy purchased from DOE in 2/1998.
Government Troops Kill Four in Clashes as Ecuadorian Indians Demand Reforms
Washington, DC - In an interview with the Washington DC-based Amazon Alliance, the President of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), Mr.
RIGHTS OF CITIZENS OF ECUADOR ARE VIOLATED DESPOTISM IN ECUADOR BY THE PRESIDENT UPON DECREEING A STATE OF EMERGENCY, ADDING TO THE STATE OF INTERNAL COMMOTION
The internal disruption of the government that we are being forced to endure has shaken the tranquility, the justice, and the stability of our homes daily. Under the use of force, more than two million have had to flee to different countries for the survival of their children and our elders.
ALERTA A LO QUE PASA EN ECUADOR SE VIOLENTAN GARANTIAS CIUDADANAS EN EL ECUADOR AUTORITARISMO EN EL ECUADOR POR PARTE DEL PRESIDENTE AL DECRETAR ESTADO DE EMERGENCIA ADUCIENDO QUE HAY ESTADO DE CONMOCION INTERNA
La conmoción interna la venimos soportando de los gobiernos, que nos han venido golpeando día a día la tranquilidad, la justicia, y la estabilidad de nuestros hogares, al forzar que más de dos millones han tenido que migrar a diferentes países para sostener la supervivencia de sus hijos y nuestros padres.Por otra
Campaign Launched Against SANFORD BERNSTEIN for 'Unethical' Investments in Oil Project on U'wa People's Sacred Land Groups Call on Company to Divest from Occidental Petroleum
San Francisco, CA-U'wa Indian chief Roberto Perez joined activists from environmental and human rights organizations today to launch a grassroots campaign against the largest investor in Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Sanford Bernstein & Co. for its involvement in an oil project on the U'wa's land in Colombia.
Decree No. 1088 of 1993 - Resolution of Register No. 003 of January 1997 Indigenous Affairs - Minister of the Interior PRONOUNCEMENT TO THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Once again, the U'wa people reject the enslaving attitude of Occidental Petroleum, which continues to disregard the sovereignty and legitimacy of the U'wa, a millennial people, by allowing agents of the multinational Occidental Colombia Inc.
Decreto No. 1088 de 1993 Resolución de registro No. 003 de febrero de 1997. Dirección genera de asuntos Indígenas Ministerio del Interior PRONUNCIAMENTO A LA OPINION PUBLICA NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL
Una vez más el Pueblo U'wa rechazamos la actitud avasalladora de la Oxy, porque esta pretende seguir desconociendo la Soberania de nuestro Pueblo Milernario y por tanto de la legitimidad de nosotros los U'wa con respecto a los Territorios Ancestrales que hoy pisotean los agentes de la Multinacional Occidental de Colombia Inc
U.S Anti-Drug Aid Endangers Indigenous Communities and Amazon Biodiversity
Washington, DC - Indigenous leaders and scientists held a press conference today warning that aerial fumigation of drug crops with chemical herbicides could seriously threaten the health of Amazonian communities and ecosystems that are among the most diverse in the world.
Indigenous Peoples Delegation to the Sixth Session of the U.N. Conference of the Parties on Climate Change
The Hague - A delegation of indigenous representatives from 22 different countries, and 28 distinct cultures, is currently assisting the sixth session of the UN Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP6), presently being held in The Hague, Netherlands.
Participacion Indigena en la Conferencia de las Partes Sobre Cambio Climatico
La Haya - En la 6ta Conferencia de las Partes sobre Cambio Climatico que se esta desarrollando en la ciudad de La Haya, Holanda, hay una participacion de representantes indigenas provenientes de 22 paises de diferentes partes del mundo representando 28 pueblos diferentes, con ecosistemas muy fragiles y que ya estan sufriendo
DECLARATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ON CLIMATE CHANGE
The Hague, November 11-12, 2000 I. PREAMBLE We, the Indigenous Peoples of our Mother Earth, as partners with in the United Nations Family, have collectively developed our rights, responsibilities and aspirations in international law and formal declarations, including the U.N.
DECLARACION DE LOS PUEBLOS INDIGENAS SOBRE EL CAMBIO CLIMATICO
La Haya, 11-12 Noviembre 2000 I.
Kera Chikara - Ancestral and Sacred Territory of the U'wa People
Association of U'wa Traditional AuthoritiesDecree No. 1088 of 1993 - Resolution of Register No.
Democratic Party Trick Becomes Treat for U’wa Tribe Environmentalists Continue to Hound Gore for His Silence
Washington, DC – Halloween trickery by the Democratic National Committee backfired today when a lawyer who had claimed to represent the U’wa people, and who used that platform to endorse Al Gore, was forced to admit that indeed, he did not represent the Colombian tribe.
GORE EXPOSED! ‘Flashers’ Expose Al Gore’s Ties to Big Oil and Its Threat to the U’wa People
San Francisco; Los Angeles - Al Gore ‘flashers’ made surprise visits to Gore campaign offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles to expose the truth behind the vice president’s ties to Occidental Petroleum and the company’s assault on the rights of the U’wa people of Colombia.
200 Activists Occupy Al Gore's Washington State Office Demand Gore Take a Stand for the U'wa of Colombia
Olympia, WA-Some 200 activists occupied Al Gore's offices for six hours yesterday demanding the vice president take a stand against Occidental Petroleum's drilling project on the U'wa people's sacred lands in Colombia. Mr.
