Category: Ecuador

Stand with the Shuar: Oppose the Mirador Mine Project in Ecuador

By John Ahni Schertow • Mar 15, 2013 This is used with permission of Intercontinental Cry, an all-volunteer online journal founded in 2004 and dedicated to providing reports, videos and action alerts on the most pressing Indigenous struggles. In March 2012, the Correa government signed a controversial agreement with the Chinese-owned company Ecuacorrientes (ECSA) to […]

Friday March 15th, 2013 in Ecuador, Indigenous people | No Comments »

Judge orders filmmaker to hand over film, but stays order until May 31

A federal judge Wednesday afternoon ordered filmmaker Joe Berlinger to hand over all of his footage from his documentary Crude to oil giant Chevron. But early today Judge Lewis Kaplan stayed his decision and any due date for production of the footage until May 31st. But he did not stay his decision pending appeal. Before […]

Thursday May 20th, 2010 in Chevron, Ecuador | No Comments »

Filmmaker Battling Chevron Over Ecuador Footage Receives Groundswell of Support

There have been so many stories recently from oil industry backers pointing out how the environmental disaster caused by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is such a rare thing, that I thought I should run this press release from the Amazon Defense Coalition just as it came in by email this […]

Wednesday May 19th, 2010 in Chevron, Ecuador | 1 Comment »

Indigenous communities urge Chevron to resolve ‘human and environmental tragedy’ in Ecuador

The latest slogan for oil giant Chevron is “We’re in the human energy business.” And Amazon Watch, representing indigenous people in rainforest communities in Ecuador, is happy to hear that. Atossa Soltani, executive director of Amazon Watch, recently wrote a letter to Chevron CEO John Watson, explaining why. “I write to you on behalf of […]

Monday January 25th, 2010 in Ecuador | 1 Comment »