by oilwatch | Aug 14, 2013 | Latin America, Press Release, Statement
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...
by oilwatch | Jul 16, 2013 | Latin America, Statement
**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,...
by oilwatch | Jun 14, 2013 | Latin America, Press Release, Statement
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....
by oilwatch | May 23, 2013 | Latin America, News
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...
by oilwatch | May 21, 2013 | Africa, Global, Latin America, Publication
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...
by oilwatch | May 11, 2013 | Latin America, News
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%...
