It is all in the eyes of the beholder?
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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Abducting and torturing: Carrying out the orders of Rafael Correa?
Monday, February 25, 2008This is a shocking story – if it is not an ultra right wing conspiracy to discredit Correa it ought to be the end of any support for the Correan experiment:
Via Ukhamawa noticias/23 February 2008
“The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador CONAIE announces its objection, before the country, public opinion, international agencies, and the media, to the abduction, and psychological and verbal assault committed against Compañera Miriam Cisneros 28 years, spouse of President Marlon Santi.
While Compañera Miriam was prepapring to travel to Puyo, she was intercepted by two men in civilian clothes at approximately 4:30 pm, Friday 22 Febryuary, 2008, and immediately carried in a van heading south of Quito, where she was repeatedly interrogated with 5 questions:
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Assassinations in Yasuni: capitalism is murder, business as usual.
Friday, February 15, 2008It has already been widely reported on, so here is just a quote from Aljazeera.net and a collection of links for further reading:
“An investigating team made up of the leaders of several indigenous groups, is travelling in the Amazon jungle unarmed and without police escort. … “We’re going in to investigate, but it’s not going to be easy because of [the area's] remoteness,” said Domingo Anguash, president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nations of the Ecuadorian Amazon.”
http://ecuador-rising.blogspot.com/2008/02/ecuadors-government-investigates-report.html
http://ecuador-rising.blogspot.com/2008/02/ecuador-investigates-indian-massacre.html
http://ecuador-rising.blogspot.com/2008/02/rights-group-15-indians-shot-to-death.html
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World Bank lends a destroying hand – no news there!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008Bad news, but as expected the Camisea liquid natural gas project in the Peruvian Amazon was approved by the IFC yesterday. See press reports below and a link to the letter sent by NGOs prior to the IFC board’s approval. Please use this in any press work or meetings with your country representatives.
Peru’s gas exporting project gets World Bank loan
http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0521183720080205
Link to letter
http://www.ifiwatchnet.org/?q=en/node/4085
Amazon Watch campaign page
http://www.amazonwatch.org/amazon/PE/camisea/
BWP article on Camisea, December 2007
http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/art-558777
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