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New evidence of fraud in Chevron's "Amazon Chernobyl" in Ecuador

It just keeps getting deeper and deeper for Chevron. This is a crime of such immense... more

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Chevron Lawyers Explode in Anger After More Oil Found At "Remediated" Sites

It's getting hot as crunch time comes for Chevron to pay for their massive... more

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Judge rejects Chevron's motion to delay 27 billion Ecuador environmental trial

The Amazon Defense Coalition reports that oil is still visible to the naked eye in... more

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YANQUI GO HOME!

Ecuadorian president stands up to US dominance and Washington Consensus.

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ECUADOR: Derrame de Petróleo afecta gravemente a la salud de Comunidades Indígenas

he oil spill has severe affects on the health of indigenous communities of Rio COCA.

the oil spill caused by a collapse in the OCP pipeline, deeply worsens the health of over 40 indigenous communities in the ancestral territories lie algothe Coca River and the Napo River.

Eye witness reports from the southern Amazon refer to abundant severe health problems, especially women and children. Many have been hopitalized in Coca with dizziness, vomiting, stomach pains, and intoxication.

the measures taken to mitigate and mediate the environmental effect of the spill have been been insufficient according to the judgement of oil sector personnel. Buoyes placed to retain the expansion of the spill have had no effect in conserving the water quality, which is fundamental for human consumption, crop irrigation and livestock / animal consumption: the environmental damages will be irreversible and merit an comprehensive response by the Government.

The consequences have already been observed hundreds of km from the pipeline break: in the area of the Peñacocha community, Provence of Sucumbios, the Shushufindi canton (district) some 350 KM from Santa Rosa (where pipeline broke). In the Orellana Provence, some 500KM downriver reports large numbers of fish, Boa constrictors, and bagres (giant catfish). Children in the area show signs of strong stomach pains and headaches, and other health related issues. This testimony was given by FCKUNAE, (federation of kichwa communities, union of natives of the Ecuadorian amazon) that live in the Peruvian border. Communities in the districts of Sacha, Orellana, Aguarico have been effected the strongest by the contamination. Land used for agriculture, hunting and fishing have been severely contaminated - "the earth is blacken by the petroleum from the spill"

In previous spill the consequences, the delicate state of health in the affected zones, have been shown for years. Children and Adults that have bathed in the contaminated rivers have suffered skin disorders and blindness. These cases have been register in the communities of San Jose del COCA, yet aid has only arrived in urban areas. A thin layer of petroleum in the river has been verified via a telephone conversation with a functionary of the Orellana Provence Health administration.

Given the events CONAIE urges a declaration of a state of emergency in the effected communities, and in this context urge an immediate attention in health material for all the effected. Also, we demand an independent provider of information for the country relative to the scope of the spill as well as the measures that will be implemented in prevention, reparation and legal indemnification

Quito March 3, 2009

Communique CONAIEhe oil spill has severe affects on the health of indigenous communities of Rio COCA.... more

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14,000 Barrels Spilled in Amazon

the oil spill has severe affects on the health of indigenous communities of Rio COCA.

the oil spill caused by a collapse in the OCP pipeline, deeply worsens the health of over 40 indigenous communities in the ancestral territories lie algothe Coca River and the Napo River.

Eye witness reports from the southern Amazon refer to abundant severe health problems, especially women and children. Many have been hopitalized in Coca with dizziness, vomiting, stomach pains, and intoxication.

the measures taken to mitigate and mediate the environmental effect of the spill have been been insufficient according to the judgement of oil sector personnel. Buoyes placed to retain the expansion of the spill have had no effect in conserving the water quality, which is fundamental for human consumption, crop irrigation and livestock / animal consumption: the environmental damages will be irreversible and merit an comprehensive response by the Government.

The consequences have already been observed hundreds of km from the pipeline break: in the area of the Peñacocha community, Provence of Sucumbios, the Shushufindi canton (district) some 350 KM from Santa Rosa (where pipeline broke). In the Orellana Provence, some 500KM downriver reports large numbers of fish, Boa constrictors, and bagres (giant catfish). Children in the area show signs of strong stomach pains and headaches, and other health related issues. This testimony was given by FCKUNAE, (federation of kichwa communities, union of natives of the Ecuadorian amazon) that live in the Peruvian border. Communities in the districts of Sacha, Orellana, Aguarico have been effected the strongest by the contamination. Land used for agriculture, hunting and fishing have been severely contaminated - "the earth is blacken by the petroleum from the spill"

In previous spill the consequences, the delicate state of health in the affected zones, have been shown for years. Children and Adults that have bathed in the contaminated rivers have suffered skin disorders and blindness. These cases have been register in the communities of San Jose del COCA, yet aid has only arrived in urban areas. A thin layer of petroleum in the river has been verified via a telephone conversation with a functionary of the Orellana Provence Health administration.

Given the events CONAIE urges a declaration of a state of emergency in the effected communities, and in this context urge an immediate attention in health material for all the effected. Also, we demand an independent provider of information for the country relative to the scope of the spill as well as the measures that will be implemented in prevention, reparation and legal indemnification

Quito March 3, 2009

Communique CONAIEthe oil spill has severe affects on the health of indigenous communities of Rio COCA.... more

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Details of oil spill in Ecuador

The pipeline operator, Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados Ecuador SA, attributed the rupture... more

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14,000 barrels of oil spilled in Amazon last night

SANTA ROSA, Ecuador, Feb 26 (Reuters) - A rupture in Ecuador's second largest oil... more

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Chevron abusing courts to delay judgment in $27 billion environmental suit

Trying to make good on its promise of a “lifetime of litigation” for indigenous groups in the Amazon, Chevron is using fraudulent tactics to delay an Ecuadorian trial court from reaching a decision on a record $27 billion in environmental damages, lawyers for local residents say.

“Facing overwhelming evidence of that they caused a massive human rights violation, Chevron is engaged in an absolute judicial fraud in Ecuador to keep the trial going to avoid paying a judgment,” said Pablo Fajardo, the lawyer for 30,000 Amazonian residents filed the case in 1993. “The company has gone rogue and thousands of innocent people are the victims.”

“Chevron does not respect the law and refuses to accept the legitimacy of the legal system because it knows it is about to lose the very trial that it fought to have in Ecuador,” said Fajardo, referring to the fact Chevron fought for nine years in U.S. federal court to have the case shifted to Ecuador over the objections of the plaintiffs.

The lawsuit seeks damages for the dumping of more than 18 billion gallons of toxic waste into Amazon waterways over a 26-year period when Texaco operated an oil consortium. Five indigenous groups have had their traditional lifestyles decimated and cancer rates in the area have skyrocketed, according to plaintiffs and an independent, court-appointed expert.

The court expert, Professor Richard Cabrera, worked with a team of 14 independent technical experts. They concluded it would take at least $27 billion to remediate the rainforest to safe levels and compensate people for health problems caused by the contamination. The amount would wipe out more than a year of the company’s profits.

Saying that Chevron’s knows the “game is up” and that if faces a multi-billion dollar judgment, lawyers for the rainforest residents are asking that the trial judge rule based on more than 250,000 pages of evidence and close to 80,000 chemical sampling results generated in the lawsuit. Chevron’s top lawyer, Charles James, said recently that the company expects a “significant adverse judgment” in Ecuador.

“Chevron in this case has been granted more due process rights than probably any defendant in the history of civil justice,” said Julio Prieto, a lawyer who works with Fajardo. “They have had 15 years to litigate, and they are still looking for new courts that will accept their theories of junk science that posit that known human carcinogens cannot cause harm to people if ingested. Once one court rules against them, they look for another court to start the process all over again.

“The reality is that Chevron will never accept any adverse ruling from an independent court,” added Prieto.Trying to make good on its promise of a “lifetime of litigation” for... more

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UK student killed in Ecuador after mistaken identity

The 31-year-old, named as Benjamin Robert Samphire, was on a study trip to... more

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Ecuador says expelled diplomat was 'CIA chief'

The US diplomat Ecuador expelled from the country earlier this week was a CIA station... more

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Chevron's dirty tricks, extortion ol' school style

they have done it before, like in 1999... and they will try to do it again. The oil... more

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“mobilisation for life” Against the mineral exploitation in Andean Region

The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) and a number of... more

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Indians Block Ecuador Highways to Protest Mining

QUITO -- Indian groups in Ecuador started blocking highways before dawn Tuesday in... more

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Amazon pollution case could cost Chevron billions

We can only hope it does. Corporations should be liable for crimes against humanity... more

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Avoidable Apocalypse

PMT is a series of short animated films presenting new ideas about global... more

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New Years traditions around the world

In Ecuador, people burn effigies called Años Viejos that are styled to look... more

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Jon in the Jungle

Girls as young as 14 are often lured into the "legal" prostitution industry... more

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Ecuador to default on foreign debt billions

Ecuador is to default officially on billions of dollars of foreign debt it considers... more

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