by oilwatch | Dec 8, 2019 | Africa, Global, Latin America, Press Release, South Asia, Statement
Proposal for COP21, Paris, December 2015 The Annex 0 proposal was made to COP21 in Paris, in December 2015 and further released at COP25, Madrid, December 2019. The purpose of this document is to present the commitments and efforts of the peoples, nationalities, and...
by oilwatch | Aug 5, 2015 | Latin America
YASunidos to the country. Apparently the “most important things in life,” like the politic, the economy, the macro-economy… are only valid in so far as they present facts, numbers, and statistics. The more and larger these figures are, the better is,...
by oilwatch | May 17, 2015 | Latin America
Marcelo Calazans, Tamra Gilbertson and Daniela Meirelles* In 2005, the Brazilian oil company, Petrobras discovered hydrocarbons below the geological salt layer in the Tupi field located in the Atlantic Ocean off-shore of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2006 a consortium of...
by oilwatch | Jun 30, 2014 | Latin America, News
The Guardian the Kukama Kukamiria’s march to the city of Iquitos. They are protesting the toxic waste land left behind by over 40 years of oil contamination in their territories; and demand respect for their most basic human rights: access to clean water, safe...
by oilwatch | Jun 29, 2014 | Latin America, News
The Guardian Some of the recent media coverage about the fact that more than 50 people in Peru – the vast majority of them indigenous – are on trial following protests and fatal conflict in the Amazon over five years ago missed a crucial point. Yes, the hearings are...
by oilwatch | Jun 29, 2014 | Latin America, News
Drilling for oil in a part of the Amazon rainforest considered one of the most biodiverse hotspots on the planet is to go ahead less than a year after Ecuador’s president lifted a moratorium on oil drilling there. Last August, Rafeal Correa scrapped a pioneering...
