An updated policy included in Citi’s latest environmental and social risk management report will preclude the bank from directly financing new projects involving Amazon oil and gas expansion. But the vast majority of Citi’s financing goes to controversial …
Quito, Ecuador – Just days before the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Solaris Resources (SLS.TO), principal Indigenous organizations together will soon release a scathing public statement denouncing the company and its flagship Warintza Project, said to be …
Washington, DC – Fifty environmental and human rights organizations, including Amazon Watch and Amnesty International, have sent a letter to President Biden urging him to pardon U.S. human rights lawyer Steven Donziger after Chevron targeted him with the …
Photos and video available here San Ramon, CA – Days after activists in Richmond, CA and Ecuador held a series of “Anti-Chevron” Month events, Chevron held its annual shareholder meeting in San Ramon. Once again taking advantage of changes put into place …
Puyo, Ecuador – Canada’s Solaris Resources (SLS.TO) announced yesterday that a CAD$130 million investment deal with Chinese firm Zijin Mining was dead, abruptly ending a much touted infusion of capital needed to advance its flagship Warintza project. But …
Photos available here Over 30% investors at the biggest U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase have backed a resolution on Indigenous rights, which was presented by a Peruvian Amazon leader facing death threats over her opposition to oil drilling. Similar resolutions …
Photos and video available upon request. Richmond, CA – On Sunday May 19, a coalition of environmental justice, climate, and anti-war activists gathered at Unity Park in Richmond to educate the community about local, national, and international struggles …
Photos of today’s march are available upon request Brasilia, Brazil – Thousands of Indigenous leaders and representatives and their allies converged on Brazil’s capital this week for the 20th Free Land Camp (Acampamento Terra Livre – ATL), a major annual …
The filers of a shareholder resolution at JPMorgan Chase on Indigenous rights have criticized the bank for canceling a scheduled meeting with Indigenous leaders from Peru’s Amazon region. JPMorgan Chase, the biggest funder of oil and gas expansion in the …
New York, NY – Today, Amazon Watch released a new report, Assessing Petroperú’s Financial, Legal, Environmental, and Social Risks, exposing the elevated risks of financially supporting state-run oil company, Petróleos del Perú S.A (Petroperú), amid its …
Brasilia – Brazil’s Lula administration faces mounting criticism from the country’s Indigenous movement as it falls short on its promises to safeguard Indigenous land rights, signaling a concerning backslide in its commitment to title Indigenous …
Oakland, CA – The feature-length, verite-style documentary “We Are Guardians” – executive produced by Leonardo Dicaprio – will have special events featuring Indigenous leadership at the New Parkway Theater and Bioneers Conference on March 28 and 29, 2024. …
More photos available here. Geneva/Quito – In a major victory for the Shuar Arutam Indigenous people (Pueblo Shuar Arutam – PSHA) in Ecuador’s Amazon, the International Labor Organization (ILO) concluded today that they had not been consulted over two …
Video and photos available here. Talara, Peru – A burgeoning coalition of Peruvian Amazonian Indigenous peoples and fishing organizations are demanding to meet JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup to warn against any new financing for state-operated oil …
Video and photos available here. Quito, Ecuador – Two days after Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa spoke in Toronto at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), the world’s largest mining conference, the National Federation of Indigenous …
Toronto, CA – At the opening sessions of today’s Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) – the world’s largest mining conference – Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa sought to promote a new era of mining for the country. It was his first …
Santarém, Brazil – Today, hundreds of Amazonian Indigenous peoples, representatives of traditional communities, social movements, researchers, and inhabitants of Tapajós and Xingu River regions staged a “People’s Tribunal” whose jury judged the Ferrogrão …
Sucúa- Ottawa-Oakland – Today, the Shuar Arutam People (PSHA) filed a complaint against Solaris Resources Inc. (TSX: SLS) before the British Columbia Securities Commission over its failure to continuously disclose material information to shareholders …
Today, over a hundred Canadian and international organizations published an open letter in support of human rights and environment defenders who are being criminalized for speaking out against a proposed Canadian gold mine in the heart of the Brazilian …
Sarayaku, Ecuador – On January 9, 2024, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador issued Judgment 60-19 AN-23 in the case brought by the Kichwa People of Sarayaku against the Ecuadorian government. This legal action was taken due to the government’s failure to …
