by oilwatch | Apr 12, 2014 | Latin America, Publication
Human Rights Tulip Saving indigenous peoples and nature in EcuadorYASunidos, a youth movement, gathered 750,000 signatures to support the proposal of leaving oil underground in Ecuador’s National Park Yasuni. Youth in Protection of Biodiversity and Indigenous...
by oilwatch | Apr 2, 2014 | Latin America
UpsideDownWorld One of the many collectives, Yasunidos LojaI’m in Quito, Ecuador. I wake up nervous at 8 a.m., getting ready to pick up a valuable envelope at the bus station that Cesar, a Yasunidos activist, mailed from Guayaquil, brought by his friend from New...
by oilwatch | Mar 28, 2014 | Latin America, Press Release, Statement
Amazon Watch A global call to keep oil in the ground in Yasuni National Park Los Angeles, CA – Amazon Watch and Yasunidos, a campaign comprised of a collective of Ecuadorian and international environmental organizations and advocates, released a new PSA featuring...
by oilwatch | Mar 17, 2014 | News, South Asia
Amazon Watch China’s economy and its global influence are growing at a rapid rate. Nowhere is that growing influence clearer than in Ecuador, a country that Beijing has lent nearly $9 billion and has promised $7 billion more in financing. Those loans and...
by oilwatch | Feb 19, 2014 | Latin America, News
The Guardian The Ecuadorian government was negotiating a secret $1bn deal with a Chinese bank to drill for oil under the Yasuni national park in the Amazon while pursuing a high-profile scheme to keep the oil under the ground in return for international donations,...
