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Oxy Pulls Out of Peru
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell December 7th, 2006 in Amazon, Latin American oil, indigenous rightsEnvironmental groups and indigenous leaders have claimed a dramatic victory after Occidental Petroleum Corp confirmed plans to withdraw from a controversial oil and gas venture in Peru.
Occidental’s departure, which the company said is contingent on approval by the Peruvian government, follows extensive criticism by NGO’s.
One of the company’s biggest critics, Atossa Soltani, executive director of […]
Achuar Take on Peruvian Government Over Pollution
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell November 22nd, 2006 in Amazon, Pollution, oil and gas productionA rare victory for people power. The Guardian has reported how the Achuar Indians from the Amazon have managed to get the Peruvian government to take notice of their plight.
For decades they had been saying that their land had been heavily polluted and their waters poisoned by oil exploration, but they had been consistently ignored.
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