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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results27 Connexions Library3 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 6 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 5 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryCanadian lawyers and Chevron's court battle over environmental damage in Ecuador: Iler, Kirsten Article 2014 A storm of controversy erupted amongst Canadian lawyers when the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) decided to intervene in Chevron's appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. The appeal is part of Chevron's... Chevron Whistleblower Videos Show Deliberate Falsification Of Evidence In Ecuador Oil Pollution Trial Gaworecki,Mike Article 2015 Chevron lost the lawsuit filed against the company by Indigenous villagers who say Texaco, which merged with Chevron, left hundreds of open, unlined pits full of toxic oil waste in the Amazon rainfore... Chevron Wins Ecuador Arbitration But Money May Go To Amazon Communities Chang, Mayu Article 2014 The Dutch Supreme Court recently upheld an arbitration tribunal judgment requiring the Ecuadorean government to pay Chevron $106 million for breach of contract. Ironically, activists say Ecuador is no... Chevron's Crude Attacks: Court Sides With Big Oil Winship, Michael Article 2011 Yet another instance of the increasingly pro-business stance of the US legal system. Connexions Library: South America Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on South America. Crisis and Coup in Ecuador: Against The Current vol. 87 Meisch, Lynn A. Article 2000 On January 21, 2000, for the first time since the Spanish conquest of Ecuador in A.D. 1533-34, indigenous people briefly -- very briefly -- ruled the country as part of a triumvirate. Frustrated by ov... Ecuador 1960-1963: A Textbook of Dirty Tricks Blum, William Article 1995 An account of the CIA-backed coups in Ecuador of 1960-1963. Ecuador Fights against Elitism Vltchek, Andre Article 2015 It is great news for majority of Ecuadorian citizens -- but a terrible nightmare for the 'elites'.
Lately, in Ecuador, right-wing 'elites' are continuously protesting against the administration, accu... Ecuador: Left Turn?: Against The Current vol. 142 Becker, Marc Article 2009 On April 26, 2009, Rafael Correa won re-election to the Ecuadorian presidency with an absolute majority of the vote. He gained broad popular appeal through a combination of nationalist rhetoric and in... Ecuador: Mass marches defend democracy amid coup plot Article 2015 President Rafael Correa called a rally on July 2, 2015 in defence of democracy and the pro-poor Citizens' Revolution his government leads after plans by the right-wing opposition for a violent coup we... Ecuadorean Villagers May Still Triumph Over Chevron Emersberger, Joe Article 2018 Michael Krauss, a lawyer who teaches "ethics" at a law school named after the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, recently posted a blog on the Forbes website entitled "The Ecuador Saga Co... Ecuadoreans Won't Back Down in Fighting Chevron-Texaco Over Amazon Oil Disaster Ofrias, Lindsay Article 2017 A class-action lawsuit first filed in 1993 against Chevron-Texaco has taken its toll on the lawyers and Ecuadorean people seeking justice for environmental damage. Hope for justice and healing drives ... Ecuador's Bitter Choice Becker, Marc Article 2014 Becker analyzes the politics behind the decision to extract petroleum from Ecuador's ecologically fragile Yasuní National Park. Ecuador's Indigenous Socialism: Against The Current vol. 141 Rappaport, Joanne Article 2009 For several decades now, national elites in Latin America have accused the left of acting as a ventriloquist for indigenous movements: allowing Native leaders to speak, but pulling the strings behind ... Ecuador's New Indigenous Uprising Becker, Mark Article 2015 Ecuador's Indigenous movements have launched an uprising to challenge the government's opposition to bilingual education and its support for an extractive-based economy. Intag's Recurrent Nightmare: Adding Up The Costs Of Ecuador's Mineral Wars Zorrilla, Carlos Article 2015 Intag is situated in Northwestern Ecuador. In the 1990s Bishimetal, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi, found evidence of a large copper deposit lying in the bowels of the biodiverse Toisan Range. In 1997 it ... Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II  Blum, William Book 2008 Is the United States a force for democracy? William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years. For those who want the details on the U.S.'s most famous actions (Ch... Latin America The Liberation of Latin America: New Internationalist May 2003 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2003 A look at the issues which have surrounded Latin America and what is changing. Legal Ruling Will Allow Rain Forest Indigenous Peoples to Pursue Chevron in Canada Escobar, Santiago Article 2014 Ontario Court of Appeal says communities of Ecuador affected by Chevron can enforce Ecuadorian rulings in Canada. Living with the Land: Communities Restoring the Earth Meyer, Christine; Moosang, Faith Book 1992 A collection of stories from grassroots communities about the benefits of ecological living. A Long and Terrible Shadow: White Values, Native Rights in the Americas 1492-1992 Berger, Thomas R. Book 1991 Against the odds, Native peoples have waged a tenacious struggle to survive and the re-emerge as distinct cultures. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 30, 2014: Refugees Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2014 Topic of the week is Refugees. Featured articles look at migration, counter-surveillance resources, farmers in Ghana fighting to retain the freedom to save their own seeds, and rebuilding communities ... Overthrowing other people's governments: The Master List Blum, William Article 2013 Instances of the United States overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War. Rafael Correa, the Press, and Whistleblowers: Corporate Control and Double Standards Chimienti, Adam Article 2013 There are claims of hypocrisy because of Correa providing asylum to whistleblowers however also passing a Communications Bill that detractors claim is a major blow to a free press. Rebuilding communities: a type of resistance: Communities in the Amazon resort to constitutional rights to recover territories granted to mining companies. Saavedra, Luis Ángel Article 2014 In Tundayme, a parish located in the Cordillera del Cóndor in Ecuador's southern Amazon, the indigenous and peasant communities have decided to recover the territories of abandoned or forcefully evict... With My Heart in Yambo Restrepo, Maria Fernanda Film/Video 2011 Twenty-four years ago director Fernanda Restrepo's two teenage brothers disappeared. A year later, the family finally learned the worst possible news: the brothers had been kidnapped, tortured and mur... Zombie neoliberalism threatens Ecuador's 'citizen's revolution' Rogatyuk, Denis Article 2015 Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and social movements behind Ecuador's "Citizens' Revolution" are engaged in yet another battle against the South American country's elites. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesCanadian Crossroads International CCI fosters global understanding by placing Canadian volunteers in the developing world, placing volunteers from developing nations in Canada, and sponsoring community education programs. Each year, m... Europe Solidaire Sans Frontieres ESSF est une association de solidarit‚ internationale. Traitant d'un large ‚ventail de questions, notre site pr‚sente une information militante sur de nombreuses luttes et campagnes ; ainsi que des ar... PLAN International Canada Plan International Canada strives to achieve lasting improvements in the quality of life of children, families and communities in more than 30 developing countries in Africa, Asia and Central and Sout... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryBombs explode outside offices of two newspapers in Ecuador Fundamedios 2015 This morning, Fundamedios condemned the explosion of two pamphlet bombs. One across the offices of the newspaper El Universo and the second at the entrance of the state-controlled newspaper, El Telégr... Chevron Wins Latest Round in Ecuador Pollution Case Lobe, Jim 2014 In the latest twist in a 21-year-old environmental pollution case, a U.S. federal judge Tuesday ruled that the victims of massive oil spillage and their U.S. attorney could not collect on a nine-billi... Dirty Water, Dirtier Practices Ecuador's Battle with Texaco's Legacy Pollution Ospina, Hernando Calvo 2014 Texaco (now owned by Chevron) left polluted soil and ground water after 20 years of oil extraction in the Amazon in Ecuador. The legal claims and counter-claims over responsibility and reparation cont... Global Press Freedom Declines in Every Region for First Time Israel, Italy and Hong Kong Lose Free Status Sources News Release 2009 Journalists faced an increasingly grim working environment in 2008, with global press freedom declining for a seventh straight year and deterioration occurring for the first time in every region, acco... World's conservation hopes rest on Ecuador's revolutionary Yasuni model Watts, Jonathan 2012 A plan to preserve the most biodiverse region on Earth from oil exploitation has put Yasuni national park at the frontline of a global battle between living systems and fossil fuels. But enthusiasm is... From the Connexions ArchivesEmbassy Row Online Website Contact names and numbers for all embassies to Canada and all Canadian embassies abroad. |
