UWA Update page

04/24/00 UWA arrive in LA, urge OXY divestment. Press Release

04/21/00 Uwa Earth day Press Release

04/20/00 UWA action week in Los Angeles

04/15/00 Oxy Shareholder meeting coming up fast!

04/15/00 Colombia aid package on hold

04/15/00 Friday, April 28, 2000 8:30 am to 12:30 pm Demonstration outside Occidental Petroleum annual shareholders meeting Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Pico and Main in Santa Monica

04/12/00 Hollywood joins the U'wa

04/11/00COLOMBIAN INDIGENOUS LAUNCH NATIONAL MOBILIZATION

04/06/00 U'wa Communique from the Traditional Authorities of the U'wa People Cubara April 3, 2000

04/06/00 Colombia: Indian Lawmakers Initiate Hunger Strike

04/05/00 Oxy to appeal court ruling

04/05/00 Uw'a Communique..please read!

04/03/00 AID package moves to Senate

04/03/00 Earth Day request to honor Uw'a

04/01/00 Reuters Press Release- Uw'a win injunction

04/01/00 Uw'a win Injunction- Press Release

04/01/00 U'wa Indians Win InjunctionAgainst Occidental in Colombian CourtsIn Washington U'wa Roberto Perez Offers Statement

04/01/00 House approves aid package

04/01/00 President of U'wa Tribe of Colombia Confronts Occidental Petroleum VP in Congresswoman McKinney's Office

04/01/00 1-President of U'wa Tribe of Colombia Confronts
Occidental Petroleum VP in Congresswoman McKinney's Office

2-Response to Occidental's Public Relations Campaign

03/23/00 Amerindians not consulted by State Department

03/22/00 US votes yes on Colombian Military Aid package

03/14/00 Colombia: Amnesty's Urgent Action for U'wa People

03/13/00 Final vote on Colombia military aid

03/13/00 U.S. EYES REMAIN WIDE SHUT - Committe Votes for Military Aid

03/13/00 Amnesty's Urgent Action on U'wa People of Colombia

03/10/00 Watch for CNN Uw'a/Gore story

03/05/00 New York Times UWA Article: Gore gets slammed

03/05/00 ACT NOW MARCH 3, 2000 - MARCH 16, 2000
EYES WIDE SHUT: U.S. AID PACKAGE TO ABUSIVE ARMY
FIRST VOTE ON PACKAGE: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 9

03/05/00 Enviros Question Gore's Commitment in a N.Y. Times Ad / Expose V.P.'s "Deep Ties" to Occidental Petroleum / Gore Urged to Act in Defense of the U'wa People of Colombia

02/29/00 From: Cabildo Mayor U'wa Feb. 21, 2000 Association of Traditional U'wa Authorities Communique to the General Public: Solidarity Grows.

02/24/00 Thousands joion UWA protest in Bogata

02/24/00 AP story on Colombian Coke traffic and USA policy

02/24/00 Climate Change: Native American call to action!

02/24/00 Colombia: Govt Blocks Access to Water and Food for EmberaKatio

02/23/00 Thousands of UWA and supporters resume blockades.

02/22/00 In Colombia, a Dispute Fueled by Oil U'wa Indians Appear to Be Losing Battle Against Government-Backed Drilling Projec By Steven Dudley Special to The Washington Post

02/22/00 Abby Reyes, the girlfriend of Terence Freitas, writes this letter to Al Gore, needs assistance on getting it to him.

02/18/00 WTO and the Destruction of the Brazilian Amazon By Beto Borges and Victor Menotti

02/17/00 General Strike in Effect in U'wa Region in Colombia / Dead Children Named, One Body Found / In Washington, OXY Admits Payments to Guerrillas

02/16/00 1) U'wa Briefing - World Resources Institute 2) Activists Say No to Oil Drilling on U'wa Lands - Rainforest Action Network

02/15/00 UWA VIGIL!

02/15/00 NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY ON COLOMBIA Eyes Wide Shut: U.S. Aid Package to Abusive Army

02/12/00 Logging threatens Indigenous Peoples- Peru

02/12/00 Colombian Police Attack Peaceful U'wa Blockade Three U'wa Children Killed - U'wa Reserve Militarized

02/12/00 Police Attack Peaceful U'wa Blockade Three U'wa Children Killed - U'wa Reserve Militarized

02/11/00 US MILITARY AID FOR COLOMBIA ALERT!!!

02/09/00 Military evicts UWA

02/08/00 The following is a sign-on letter to the Colombian government regarding the
Urra Damm and the rights of the Embera-Katio people.

02/07/00 Fidelity and Mutual Funds targeted as genocide investments

1/20/00 COLOMBIAN MILITARY INVADES UWA TERRITORY!

01/19/00 CALL TO ACTION CAMPAIGN

01/10/00 UWA day of Solidarity

1/04/00 Rebels charged with murder of 3 American Activists

12/20/99 Potential oil industry flashpoint centers on OXY's Colombian rainforest
wildcat

12/1/99 200 UWA occupy OXY drill site

12/1/99 On the 29th of October, in Quito Ecuador, leaders of OISE and top officers of Occidental Exploration and Production Company (OEPC, subsidiary of Occidental
Petroleum Corporation, AKA OXY) signed a code of conduct

11/8/99 The United States is called upon to help stop the madness.

11/6/99 Project Underground has jo op.

11/3/99 Amazon forest loss estimates double

11/1/99 Change in Los Angeles UWA vigil strategy

10/29/99 Los Angeles area: ARC and UCLA host UWA event celebrating the work of the late Terence Freitas, murdered while helping the UWA.

10/27/99 Columbia calendar of Human Rights events

10/27/99 Protest the Alianza Act of 1999 introduced by Republican Senators Michael DeWine of Ohio and Paul Coverdell of Georgia on October 20, 1999.

10/22/99 URGENT CALL FOR LETTERS - URGENT DEADLINE. WILL YOU PLEASE
SUPPORT THE SECOYA PEOPLE IN THE ECUADORIAN AMAZON?

PLEASE SUPPORT THE SECOYA PEOPLE IN THE ECUADORIAN AMAZON

10/21/99 UWA sign on letters and update from Vive.

10/20/99 Military aid to Columbia.

10/14/99 GUNS AND OIL FOR COLOMBIA SPARK PROTESTS
IN TWENTY-ONE CITIES AROUND THE WORLD

10/12/99 Activists arrested in Los Angeles during UWA protest.