July 11, 2011 | Source: Free Speech Radio News
As Congress inches closer to passing free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia, activists opposed to the agreements are gearing up for a fight. Hundreds gathered outside the White House on Monday to protest the Colombia free trade agreement, which they say will kill jobs here, and threaten communities in Colombia. Alice Ollstein reports.
Colombian indigenous leaders from the U'wa people visited friends old and new in San Francisco and Los Angeles in late September of 2010.
Roberto "Berito" Cobaria and Gilberto Cobaria from the U'wa people of Colombia were our guest speakers. James Cameron joined the luncheon by video to present A Message from Pandora, a special feature about the battle to stop the Belo Monte Dam.
Achuar Indigenous Leaders, Actress Daryl Hannah Demand Occidental Petroleum, Clean Up Pollution in Rainforest!
Tell the Brazilian Government that you are deeply concerned about their plans to build the Belo Monte Dam in the Amazon rainforest.
The Achuar have decided that they do not want development based on oil drilling and the unsustainable extraction of natural resources.
Enough is enough. It's long past time for Chevron to clean up the deadly mess they made in Ecuador.
