101. ICT [2001/09/24]  Ecuadoran Indians Raise Political Stakes Those who participated were indigenous people from across ecuador, protestingagainst corruption and mismanagement which they believe led to a dismal http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=608

102. Texaco CONAIE s (Confederation of indigenous Nationalities of ecuador) agrarian reform It s meant to benefit not only the indigenous people but also the entire http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~eschniter/AMAZONIA/OIL/texaco.html

< back TEXACO "Texaco has been in this country for twenty years... They taught us how to produce and pollute. They never taught us how to clean up the mess. Ecuador justifies its allowance of companies like Occidental Petroleum to operate and use the same discredited technologies due to its need to pay an external debt (Amazon Crude: pg. xxvi preface)" For 20 years Texaco pumped oil from the Ecuadorian rainforest. Texaco Petroleum Company operated in Ecuador from 1964-1990 in partnership with Petroecuador: Ecuador's state oil company. Spills totaling 17 million gallons of crude oil. It was Texaco that created hundreds of unlined waste pits to hold petroleum sludge. Texaco has demonstrated irresponsibility and lack of concern for public health, human rights and the global environment. However, there is a BIG PROBLEM: Texaco disputes the environmental claims. Environmental and human rights defense: Texaco's pollution of the Amazon is an example of environmental racism, according to the committee for the defense of the Amazon (55,000 indigenous people). Environment, health and safety were not put into consideration when oil drilling occurred. Texaco's Defense: Texaco Petroleum is proud of the positive contributions it made to the Ecuadorian economy. They are proud to say that they provided jobs for 8450 employees and approximately 2,000 contract workers, thereby benefiting almost 3,000 Ecuadorian families directly. But, they seem to forget about all the health issues they caused.

103. LATIN AMERICA: 'War On Terror' Has Indigenous People In Its Sights - Anarchist P ,Site covering the cultures, history, issues and communities of people of color In ecuador, indigenous people account for an estimated 40 percent of the http://www.illegalvoices.org/apoc_blog/message_from_your_moderator/latin_america

Home Search Support APOC Web or Legal Funds Home 2005 Conference Southeast Conference Community ... FreAQ Login Form Username Password Remember me Forgotten your password? No account yet? Create one Who's Online We have 32 guests online Syndicate This LATIN AMERICA: 'War on Terror' Has Indigenous People in its Sights Monday, 27 June 2005 Gustavo González* Inter Press Service News Agency http://ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=28962 SANTIAGO, Jun 6 (IPS) - The "war on terror",identified in Amnesty International's annual report as a new source of human rights abuses, is threatening to expand to Latin America, targeting indigenous movements that are demanding autonomy and protesting free-market policies and "neo-liberal" globalisation. In the United States "there is a perception of indigenous activists as destabilizing elements and terrorists," and their demands and activism have begun to be cast in a criminal light, lawyer José Aylwin, with the Institute of Indigenous Studies at the University of the Border in Temuco (670 km south of the Chilean capital), told IPS. Pedro Cayuqueo, director of the Mapuche newspaper Azkintuwe, also from the city of Temuco, wrote that the growing indigenous activism in Latin America and Islamic radicalism are both depicted as threats to the security and hegemony of the United States in the "Global Trends 2020 - Mapping the Global Future" study by the U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC). NIC works with 13 government agencies, including the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), and is advised by experts from the United States and other countries.

104. Untitled Every hour, 50 more indigenous people will join the hunger strike. The Confederation of indigenous Nationalities of ecuador is requesting international http://www.1worldcommunication.org/stateofemergency.htm

HOME 1world communication E-MAIL MORE ON ECUADOR TITLE Ecuador Wakes Up Under A State Of Emergency AUTHOR: ORG: Accion Ecologica in Ecuador and Project Undergroun d DATE: February 3, 2001 This morning, February 3, 2001, Ecuador woke up under a State of Emergency. Under this arrangement, freedom of association has been suspended, private homes can be invaded, and citizens can be detained without warning. In short, the Ecuadorian people have lost their constitutional rights. The State of Emergency, under the Law of National Security, declared Friday night by the government of Gustavo Noboa, is the latest step in a series of acts of violence and repression undertaken over the past week. The State of Emergency in Ecuador is reminiscent of the methods implemented by various dictatorships during tragic moments in the history of Latin America. This latest step by the government is clearly aimed at punishing the indigenous people, who have demanded an end to the violence and a epeal of economic policies which have brought the country to the brink of destruction. The economic policies include, among other things, the construction of a new oil pipeline, the spurring along of the mining industry, privatization of the water supply, an increase in taxes, the return of kerosene as a fuel for home use, and an increase in the bus fares.

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