10 Feb Indigenous group kicks out oil company: Government and company mutually agree to end contract (Latin American Press)
The Sarayaku Kichwa indigenous group in Ecuador´s Amazon jungle saw a happy ending to its 14-year struggle to end two oil giants´ presence on its land. In December, Argentina´s Compañía General de Combustibles, a subsidiary of US oil company Chevron, and Burlington Resources, of the United States, agreed to end their oil contracts with the government amid pressure from the local indigenous community… go to article