The Yine, Machiguenga and Harakmbut communities, issued a statement this month demanding to speak 'directly' to Ray Hunt, CEO of the Texas-based company Hunt Oil. James Pliny reports. Can you imagine oil tycoon and Bush associate Ray Hunt in the Amazon? That's what three tribes have requested. Hunt’s company, Hunt Oil, is exploring on the [...]
The Mapuche community of Lonko Purran may now be facing eviction after a peaceful confrontation last week with the US-based company Apache Oil. Apache tried to enter their oil concession, a part of Lonko Purran's territory in the Neuquen district of Argentina, on September 14. However, upon their arrival they encountered a roadblock setup by [...]
In the landlocked country of Kyrgyzstan, there sits one of a few toxic legacies from the cold war: A product of the Soviet Union's uranium enrichment programme... More than 800 million tons of uranium waste. An estimated 6,500 hectares of land is believed to be have been exposed to radioactive contamination as a result of [...]
On the same day Peru's Congress voted to repeal two controversial laws, signaling an end to the National Mobilization of Indigenous Peoples of Peru, the Ngobe People of Western Panama won a major victory of their own. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) called for the suspension of all activities connected to the Chan-75 [...]
Below, an URGENT request for assistance from Silvia Burley, Chairperson of the California Valley Miwok Tribe (CVMT). The Tribal community has lost their land to foreclosure and an eviction notice was issued for their removal. The eviction was scheduled to take place yesterday, June 17, 2009. In response to the eviction, Silvia Burley and others [...]
NAFTA. It's known as a "death sentence" to the Zapatista and to millions of farmers in Mexico who find themselves in a desperate state as their livelihoods are taken from right out under them and they are left with nothing. It's something that most us can agree on. NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, [...]
In two days (June 10) the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on whether the Canadian mining company Barrick Gold will be allowed to move ahead with its open pit gold mine on the Shoshone Sacred Site of Mount Tenabo in Nevada. The mine threatens to permanently destroy the cultural and spiritual [...]