Press Releases

Day 5 - 1,200 Venezuelan Indians Shut-Down Traffic on Highway to Brazil Leaders Announce Blockade to Continue Indefinitely El Dorado, Venezuela - More than 1,200 Indians from the Imataca and Gran Sabana regions are now gathered... August 7, 1998

Fourth Day: 800 Venezuela Indians Continue Occupation of Highway Indigenous Leaders Hold Press Conference in Caracas on August 7 --- note: Associated Press reporter and photographer in the region--- El Dorado, Venezuela - For the fourth time in the past week, Over 800 indigenous people of the... August 6, 1998

1,000 Venezuelan Indians Blockade Main Highway to Brazil Protest Marks 500 Years since the Arrival of Columbus to Venezuela --- note: Associated Press reporter and photographer on the scene --- El Dorado, Venezuela - Just shortly after 1:30 PM (EST) today, nearly 1,000 Pemon Indians of the Imataca... August 5, 1998

Indigenous Blockade of the Brazil –Venezuela International Road May Continue This Week Pending Meeting Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela - The Indigenous Federation of the State of Bolivar said on Friday that hundreds of... August 3, 1998

Day 2 - Indigenous Peoples Blockade International Highway In Protest of Guri Electrical Line El Dorado, Venezuela - The Indigenous Federation of Bolivar State reported that since 6:00 am, Monday morning, July... July 28, 1998

U’wa Tribal Leader to Attend Occidental’s Annual Meeting Press Conference and Native Prayer Circle outside the Shareholder Meeting Santa Monica, CA - An U’wa tribal leader has traveled to Los Angeles from the rainforest of Colombia... April 29, 1998

Seven Arrested at Earth Day Protest in Los Angeles Protesting Occidental Petroleum Project on Sacred U'wa Land in Colombia Los Angeles – Seven people were arrested this afternoon in front of the LA headquarters of the Occidental... April 22, 1998

Full-page New York Times Ad Warns Investors: Occidental’s Amazon Oil Project is a "Death Sentence" for the U’wa Tribe In a full-page ad appearing in the New York Times today, an international coalition of twenty-seven environmental, human... April 14, 1998

Environmentalists Disrupt Trade Conference in Atlanta US Government: Don't "Fast-Track" the Destruction of the Amazon & Our Climate Atlanta, Georgia - Demanding an end to "fast-track" destruction of the Amazon and the Earth's climate, environmentalists today... November 6, 1997

Tribe Threatens Mass Suicide U’wa Chief to Deliver a Personal Message to Occidental Petroleum and Shell (Entrevistas en Espanol) WHO: Roberto Cobaria, President of the Traditional U’wa Authority, an indigenous tribe from the Cloud Forest joins scores... October 20, 1997

Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, Yanomami Indigenous Leader from Brazil TO ALL WHO WISH TO HEAR METhe biggest problem for the Yanomami Indians now are the garimpeiro (goldminers)... August 25, 1997

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