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Jul 16, 2010 -- Lack of Private Sector Participation in Belo Monte Dam Consortium Signals Investor Concerns Over Financial Risks...
Amazon Mega-Dam Deemed Unfeasible in Risk Scenario Analysis
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| Brasilia, Brazil - This week's announcement detailing the members of the consortium seeking to build the controversial Belo Monte Dam in the Brazilian Amazon reveals a striking lack of private sector participation. The 18-member Norte Energia consortium(1) is marked by the absence of key players in the country's dam-building industry. State-owned or state-controlled participation in the c...
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Jul 01, 2010 -- Ecuador Indigenous Leaders Charged with Terrorism and Sabotage...
Correa Administration Seeks to Criminalize Dissent and Peaceful Protest
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| Marlon Santi, President of CONAIE, together with Ecuadorian Congressmembersspeak to the press about the trumped up charges of terrorism and sabotage.
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador – CONAIE faces an investigation issued by Otavalo city prosecutors for sabotage and terrorism during the Bolivian Alliance of the Americas summit on June 25.
Marlon Santí, president of the ...
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Jun 29, 2010 -- Historic Town Hall Event: Bayou American Indian Tribe Hard Hit by BP Gulf Spill to Host Leaders of Ecuador's Indigenous Communities Devastated by Chev...
Event will include presentation by Ecuadoreans on lessons learned about recovery from oil disasters, native cultural exchange & ceremony, music, dance
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| Who: Indigenous and community leaders from Ecuador's Amazon and Gulf Coast Native tribe
What: Community Town Hall Meeting, Dinner, Native Ceremony, Cultural Exchange
When: Thursday, July 1st, 6-9pm
Where: KC Home, 5396 Shrimpers Row, Dulac, LA 70353
New Orleans, LA – The United Houma Nation, a Gulf Coast Native A...
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Jun 28, 2010 -- Cultural Exchange: Bayou American Indian Tribes Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster to Host Leaders of Ecuador's Indigenous Communities Dev...
New Report Also Released:
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| Who: Indigenous and community leaders from Ecuador and Gulf Coast Native tribes
What: Boat tour of oil spill affected areas, public community meeting, cultural exchange
When: June 28 - July 2. Highlights include Tuesday boat tours out of Grand Isle, Wednesday leadership reception/exchanges in the Houma Nation, and a public forum in Houma Thu...
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Jun 04, 2010 -- Bagua Anniversary: One Year After Violent Clashes In Peru, Situation For Indigenous Rights Little Improved...
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| Bagua, Peru – Saturday June 5 marks the one-year anniversary of the violent clashes in the Amazonian town of Bagua and Oil Pumping Station 6, which left 34 dead and dozens injured when the Peruvian government sent armed police to clear a road blocked by peaceful indigenous protesters. The protests were calling for the repeal of new laws that rolled back indigenous land rights and opened up the la...
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Jun 01, 2010 -- Peruvian President Garcia Meeting President Obama Today; Coalition Raises Serious Concerns in Letter to Obama...
Bagua Anniversary: One Year After Violent Clashes in Peru, Situation for Indigenous Rights Little Improved
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| Washington, D.C. – President Obama will meet today with Peruvian President Alan Garcia for the first time since taking office, "to discuss a wide range of bilateral, hemispheric, and global issues."
Amazon Watch, along with a diverse coalition of human rights, environmental, trade and labor groups have urged President Obama to raise concerns with President Garcia over his government's f...
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May 27, 2010 -- Peruvian Indigenous Leader Released from Unjust Detention...
International Pressure Mounts on Peru to Dismiss Unsubstantiated Charges Against Alberto Pizango
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| Photos available upon requestRead Alberto Pizango's Public Declaration: "Reasons I Went into Exile"
Lima, Peru – Indigenous peoples in Peru are celebrating a victory today, as their leader Alberto Pizango has been released from detention. Pizango was arrested yesterday at the Lima airport, immediately upon his return after nearly a year of exile in Nicaragua, on the basis of charges wid...
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May 27, 2010 -- New Questions About Chevron CEO in Wake of Arrests, Shareholder Defiance, at Annual Meeting...
Human Rights Issues, Ecuador Calamity Drive Opposition; Watson Loses Control in Face of Criticism
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| Houston, TX – Chevron CEO John Watson was accused of violating corporate governance requirements and other laws when he apparently lost control of Chevron's annual meeting yesterday, resulting in five arrests of well-known Chevron critics and a stunning shareholder rebuke over the company's $27 billion potential Ecuador liability.
Chevron selectively denied entry to its critics, said Mari...
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May 26, 2010 -- Indigenous Leader Returns to Peru After One Year in Exile...
Rights Groups Urge Garcia Government to Drop Capture Order
for Alberto Pizango and End Attacks on Indigenous Rights
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Lima, Peru – Alberto Pizango, the exiled chief of the national Peruvian indigenous organization, AIDESEP, will return to Lima today where a capture order for his arrest remains in effect. Pizango was granted asylum in Nicaragua nearly a year ago after the Garcia administration attempted to hold him responsible for fatalities during the violent June 5th army raid on indigenous pro...
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May 26, 2010 -- Chevron Management Hit Hard at Annual Meeting over Ecuador Liability
$38 Billion In Shareholder Value Defies CEO Watson...
Board Members Confronted by Angry Shareholders,
Indigenous Leaders; Five People Arrested As Company Refuses Proxies
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| Houston, TX – Chevron's annual shareholder meeting erupted in chaos today after CEO John Watson received a stern rebuke from shareholders for its Ecuador environmental disaster and a 71-year-old Ecuadorian woman said the company was responsible for an environmental atrocity in the rainforest that cost her two children and was devastating the lives of thousands of people.
Chevron's management al...
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