The Amazon
Peru: protests against PlusPetrol turn deadly
Two have been killed by army troops in militant protests against the operations of PlusPetrol at Pichanaki, on the edge of the Amazon rainforest Peru's Junín region.
Tag: petro-resistance
The Amazon
Peru: Achuar protesters seize Amazon oil-field
Hundreds of Achuar indigenous protesters occupied 16 wells at Peru's biggest oil bloc, halting production to demand better compensation for use of their lands by Pluspetrol.
The Amazon
Ecuador: Waorani warriors on trial in oil-field raid
Indigenous leaders in Ecuador are calling for the release of Waorani tribesmen accused of carrying out a raid on a jungle oil-field that left six soldiers injured.
Africa
Shell agrees to settlement in Niger Delta oil spills
Royal Dutch Shell reached an $84 million settlement over Niger Delta oil spills, in what Amnesty International called "an important victory for the victims of corporate negligence."
The Andes
Colombia: rights suits against US firms dismissed
Three losses in suits by Colombian victims suggest that US courts may have given US corporations total immunity for any rights violations they commit abroad.
The Andes
Colombians sue BP over environmental damage
More than 100 Colombian farmers filed suit with the UK high court against a BP subsidiary over damage to their lands from the company's Ocensa oil pipeline.
Mexico
Mexico: campesinos block Tabasco oil wells
Local campesinos are blockading hundreds of oil and gas wells in Mexico's Tabasco state to demand indemnification for lands impacted by a massive spill and explosion.
Mexico
Mexico: HP fined in latest Pemex scandal
Hewlett-Packard is being fined for bribing oil company officials in Mexico; meanwhile, the US is investigating possible corruption in Citigroup's Mexican operations.
Southern Cone
Argentina: Mapuche occupy oil wells to protest Chevron
Mapuche in southwestern Argentina followed through on their promise to block oil drilling by Chevron in their territory—they occupied four oil wells.
Southern Cone
Argentina: Mapuche to block Chevron from territory
Argentina’s Mapuche say they will challenge a hydrofracking deal with Chevron, the multinational scofflaw that refuses to pay $19 billion it owes indigenous Ecuadorans.
The Andes
US high court ruling threatens human rights suits
A legal tool US advocates have used against human rights abusers for three decades is now "close to a dead letter" thanks to a Supreme Court decision.
Africa
Supreme Court rules against Nigerians in Shell case
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum to reject a suit brought by Nigerian refugees against Shell Oil under the Alien Tort Statute of 1789.