by oilwatch | Apr 16, 2014 | Africa, Global, Latin America, News
The Guardian Today it is accepted, but 20-30 years ago campaigners were struggling to even get an acknowledgement that climate change was happening, let alone that it was manmade. It would have been hard to imagine that one day we might hold the developed nations...
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...
