Oilwatch in Latin America
Oilwatch affiliate activities and news from the Latin American Region
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Save Yasuní, the Last Wonder of the Amazon!
AVAAZ.org petitions Why this is important In Ecuador thousands of us have taken to the streets to protest President Rafael Correa's decision to drill in Yasuní-ITT. The area is the most biodiverse rainforest on the planet and the home to two of the last indigenous...
Letter Oilwatch – Protect the Planet, Keep oil companies out of Yasuni-ITT
Oilwatch International 6 September 2013 Rafael CorreaPresidentRepublic of Ecuador Dear Mr. President Protect the Planet, Keep oil companies out of Yasuni-ITT We are shocked by the announcement you made on 15 August 2013 that you would permit crude oil extraction in...
Oilwatch to Ecuadorian president: Keep oil firms out of Yasuni-ITT
EnviroNews President of the Republic of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, has been urged by Oilwatch International not to permit the extraction of crude oil from Yasuni-ITT in order to protect the region from environmental damage. Correa In a recent correspondent to Correa, the...
Anti-fracking mobilization suppressed and indigenous houses burnt due to resistance over Chevron-YPF agreement
OPSUR The agreement [1] between Chevron and YPF needed Neuquén's parliament ratification due to federal sovereignty over natural resources. Since civil society's participation was not allowed at any stage, a pacific mobilization –organized by unions, mapuche...
Open letter to the National Assembly of Ecuador
The fate of the Yasuni-ITT initiative supported by 90 per cent of the Ecuadorian population now rests with the National Assembly and what it decides to do or not to do. The Assembly has already made one decision by omission when it failed to denounce the environmental...
Global Action Day in support of Amazonian Peoples of Ecuador
**Against the XI Oil Bidding*/Day: 16th of July,/ in front of Ecuadorean embassies and diplomaticdelegations all over the world. It will be given a letter from social organisations and movements insolidarity with the struggles of amazonian peoples in Ecuador,...
Open letter to the President of Ecuador as the date approaches for assessment of the Yasuní-ITT initiative
Mr. President Correa: We wish to register our opposition to the way that the Yasuni-ITT initiative is being dismantled without proper public discussion and review and to what appear to be attempts to make petroleum exploitation in Yasuni National Park a fait accompli....
Brazil to hold 1st pre-salt auction in October
La Prensa Rio de Janeiro, May 23 (EFE).- Brazil's first auction of contracts to develop offshore oil and gas reserves in the pre-salt region will be held in October, or earlier than previously scheduled, the government said Thursday. The government's National Council...
“Unburnable” fuels, How to keep the oil in the soil
Brussels, May 21, 2013 Today, a global coalition of economists and activists release a 200p report on a variety of initiatives to leave "unburnable" fuels in the soil. The EU funded EJOLT network studied a range of campaigns and innovative proposals that aim to stem...
Brazil’s 11th bidding round for oil and gas exploration blocks receives record bids
World Oil BRASÍLIA -- The 11th Bidding Round for Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks held yesterday by the Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) in Rio de Janeiro received a $1.4 billion in bids for exploration rights. The 797.81% premium...
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