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June 10, 2021 at 8:44 PM

John: Together with the Kichwa, we can end Amazon oil!

*|FIRST|*: Together with the Kichwa, we can end Amazon oil! "Asset managers must stop supporting companies that violate human rights, commit genocide and ethnocide in our territories, disregard women's rights, and affect our environment. All…

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June 8, 2021 at 7:48 PM

Corporations profiting from Indigenous rights violations? Let them know that's not OK!

Corporations profiting from Indigenous rights violations? Let them know that's not OK! Tell the world's largest asset managers – BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street – to stop providing debt and equity investment in oil companies operating th…

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June 3, 2021 at 4:21 PM

Investing $46 Billion in Client Money on Amazon Destruction

Investing $46 Billion in Client Money on Amazon Destruction Amazon Watch's latest report exposes how the world's three largest asset managers profit by funding oil companies that drill in the Amazon rainforest, despite pledges to prioritize cl…

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June 2, 2021 at 9:12 PM

Mounting Violence by Brazil's Criminal Miners Endangers Indigenous Leaders

Mounting Violence by Brazil's Criminal Miners Endangers Indigenous Leaders Last weekend, tens of thousands of Brazilians took the streets in more than 200 cities and towns calling for the defense of democracy and human rights at a critical mom…

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May 27, 2021 at 8:58 PM

The Climate Kids Are Alright: How Nine Girls Beat the Oil Industry in the Ecuadorian Amazon

The Climate Kids Are Alright: How Nine Girls Beat the Oil Industry in the Ecuadorian Amazon In a major victory for the environment, human rights, and our climate, nine Amazonian girls just put an end to the oil industry's gas flaring in the Ec…

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May 25, 2021 at 9:33 PM

The Chevron-Ecuador Case Is Critical to the Climate Justice Movement

The Chevron-Ecuador Case Is Critical to the Climate Justice Movement Tomorrow will be Chevron's 11th shareholder meeting since it lost a historic $9.5 billion judgement for deliberately polluting the Ecuadorian Amazon. Since then, many more Ec…

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May 20, 2021 at 8:42 PM

TOMORROW: Stand against Chevron's environmental racism on #AntiChevronDay!

TOMORROW: Stand against Chevron's environmental racism on #AntiChevronDay! Given Chevron's corruption and pollution, we must all be #AntiChevron! Together on Global Anti-Chevron Day, we can guarantee that the board, CEO, and shareholders hear…

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May 18, 2021 at 9:30 PM

👏 VICTORY! The UNDP has severed its ties with oil company GeoPark!

👏 VICTORY! The UNDP has severed its ties with oil company GeoPark! You took action, and the United Nations Development Programme in Colombia responded! Chile-based oil company GeoPark is expanding destructive drilling deep into the Colombian …

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May 14, 2021 at 9:49 PM

What’s an AGM? BlackRock doesn't want you to know, but we do.

What’s an AGM? BlackRock doesn't want you to know, but we do. BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager, with massive investments that drive both environmental destruction and human rights violations in the Amazon and beyond. It has made…

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May 11, 2021 at 9:31 PM

🚫 Tell the UN: No blue-washing oil companies in Colombia!

🚫 Tell the UN: No blue-washing oil companies in Colombia! The images of protests and repression out of Colombia have been unsettling. People are rising up against economic and political injustices, including Indigenous peoples calling for the…

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May 6, 2021 at 10:04 PM

Blue-Washing? GeoPark Tries to Launder Its Image Through U.N. Collaboration

Blue-Washing? GeoPark Tries to Launder Its Image Through U.N. Collaboration "The oil companies are operating in the Amazon anyway, and we can help make sure they abide by human rights standards." Such was the rationale presented by the head of…

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May 4, 2021 at 8:04 PM

John: Help us celebrate our latest victory!

*|FIRST|*: Help us celebrate our latest victory! John, we did it! Together with allies across the U.S. and Brazil, we convinced Biden to choose the Amazon over Bolsonaro. With every win, we come one step closer to overcoming the crisis in the …

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April 29, 2021 at 9:55 PM

🎉 Biden Listened to Civil Society and Chose the Amazon!

🎉 Biden Listened to Civil Society and Chose the Amazon! During the weeks of intense mobilization and international organizing before President Biden's Leaders Summit on Climate last week, we joined the call for Biden to make a choice: the Amaz…

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April 27, 2021 at 5:00 PM

Rest in Power, María Taant

Rest in Power, María Taant In a moving tribute to their departed sister in struggle, Noemí Gualinga and Patricia Gualinga write: In our Indigenous worldviews, our grandmothers and grandfathers have taught us that when our people die, they retu…

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April 22, 2021 at 1:01 PM

🌎 How many more Earth Days does the Amazon have left?

🌎 How many more Earth Days does the Amazon have left? Today we celebrate our Mother Earth and all those who faithfully defend her! From a devastating pandemic to explosive burning seasons across the Amazon, these crises have shown us how much …

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April 20, 2021 at 9:53 PM

Defend Amazonian Earth Defenders This Earth Day!

Defend Amazonian Earth Defenders This Earth Day! This Earth Day, you can take action for our collective future by pledging your solidarity with Earth defenders. Indigenous peoples across the Amazon are confronting a human rights emergency. Fr…

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April 16, 2021 at 3:00 PM

Forced to Resist in the Peruvian Amazon

Forced to Resist in the Peruvian Amazon "Even if my blood is spilled, my community's land is going to be titled." A year has passed since the assassination of Indigenous Earth defender Arbildo Meléndez, a leader of the Cacataibo people in th…

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April 8, 2021 at 8:31 PM

Indigenous Peoples Fight for Justice a Year After Devastating Oil Spill

Indigenous Peoples Fight for Justice a Year After Devastating Oil Spill "Enough is enough! Oil extraction has only brought us misery. We need to put an end to this destruction and start protecting our rights, territories, and cultures." Hund…

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April 6, 2021 at 9:27 PM

Frontline Activists from Around the World Escalate Pressure on BlackRock

Frontline Activists from Around the World Escalate Pressure on BlackRock "While BlackRock makes pledges to ask portfolio companies to cut emissions in the future, our forests are being razed, our land is being stolen, and our people are being…

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March 31, 2021 at 8:05 PM

Donate and/or Vote: Recognize the power of Indigenous women!

Donate and/or Vote: Recognize the power of Indigenous women! Today is the FINAL day to have all donations matched in support of Indigenous women in the Amazon! Thanks to a generous donor, in support of women and their work on the front lines o…

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March 29, 2021 at 6:15 PM

Brazilian Indigenous Peoples Win Key Victory Against Mining Company

Brazilian Indigenous Peoples Win Key Victory Against Mining Company Canadian mining company Belo Sun suffered a setback in its plans to open a massive gold mine in the Xingu river: it lost authorization to meet with Indigenous communities duri…

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March 25, 2021 at 8:42 PM

Stand with Indigenous Women Defenders Today!

Stand with Indigenous Women Defenders Today! "Long before I was even aware of climate change, I was impacted by the oil industry as a child. When I was eight years old, an oil company entered our lands although we had made our opposition very…

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March 24, 2021 at 8:36 PM

Stop the Armed Invasion of Munduruku Territory in Brazil!

Stop the Armed Invasion of Munduruku Territory in Brazil! "I know you will continue to be part of this great battle. I look forward to fighting alongside.” – U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry, congratulating RFK Human Rights Awardee Alessandra Mu…

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March 22, 2021 at 4:46 PM

You Vote. They Donate. That Simple.

You Vote. They Donate. That Simple. "Amazon Watch stands with Indigenous peoples, like my people the Kayapó, and the peoples of the Amazon to protect the forest and nature." – Mayalu Txucarramãe We are rapidly approaching a tipping point fro…

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March 18, 2021 at 7:42 PM

Bolsonaro's Disingenuous Charm Offensive in Washington

Bolsonaro's Disingenuous Charm Offensive in Washington What does Brazilian President Bolsonaro – dubbed the "Trump of the Tropics" – do now that Donald Trump no longer occupies the White House? Steadfastly loyal to Trump, Bolsonaro was one of …

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March 16, 2021 at 9:01 PM

Two weeks left to double your donation on behalf of Indigenous women in the Amazon!

Two weeks left to double your donation on behalf of Indigenous women in the Amazon! "The forest is our mother. The forest is our life and our strength. Women protect the healthy soil and fresh air to protect our children and all life. Now is …

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February 25, 2021 at 8:46 PM

Electoral Upheaval Rocks Ecuador, as Indigenous and Environmental Defenders Score Huge Gains

Electoral Upheaval Rocks Ecuador, as Indigenous and Environmental Defenders Score Huge Gains "The electoral results confirm that the power of Indigenous peoples and the movement for change away from extraction that we've seen in the streets c…

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February 23, 2021 at 8:33 PM

FEB 26-27: Join Us for The Jungle Screams: Voices of the Amazon!

FEB 26-27: Join Us for The Jungle Screams: Voices of the Amazon! The Indigenous peoples of the Amazon continue to confront significant threats against their lives and the rainforest. Next weekend Indigenous people, communities, and organizati…

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February 19, 2021 at 9:28 PM

Justice for Isac Tembé!

Justice for Isac Tembé! "The military police murdered Isac Tembé twice: they killed him and then tried to kill his memory." Last Friday, Isac Tembé left his home on the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Territory to go hunting nearby with a group of…

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February 16, 2021 at 9:39 PM

Join Chief Raoni Metuktire and Jane Goodall for a special virtual event for the Amazon!

Join Chief Raoni Metuktire and Jane Goodall for a special virtual event for the Amazon! Brazil’s Chief Raoni Metuktire, Jane Goodall, and global Indigenous rights and environmental justice movement leaders invite you to join them on February …

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February 11, 2021 at 8:18 PM

Ten Years Ago, Ecuadorian Communities Won a Historic Victory Against Chevron

Ten Years Ago, Ecuadorian Communities Won a Historic Victory Against Chevron "This is a great victory. Our fight won't stop until Chevron is held accountable and pays for all the damage it left in the Amazon rainforest." February 14, 2011, w…

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February 9, 2021 at 6:04 PM

Tell Natixis and UBS to Stop Financing Amazon Crude!

Tell Natixis and UBS to Stop Financing Amazon Crude! "This has been a long road of resistance and defense of the Amazon. It is important that these European banks stop supporting businesses that violate human rights.” Months after our resea…

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February 4, 2021 at 7:09 PM

John, please help prevent ethnocide in the Amazon!

*|FIRST|*, please help prevent ethnocide in the Amazon! "This pandemic is killing our brothers and sisters – our leaders – throughout the Amazon and if people don't help us defend it, we are going to disappear." Earlier this week we shared t…

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February 2, 2021 at 10:17 PM

COVID-19 Threatens the Amazon and Our Future

COVID-19 Threatens the Amazon and Our Future "The second wave of COVID-19 is advancing quickly across the Amazon. It's affecting our youth and children. They are our future. We need to protect our future!" The COVID-19 emergency in the Amazo…

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February 1, 2021 at 11:12 PM

FEB 4: Join Sonia and Eloy for an online event to make BlackRock act on the Amazon!

FEB 4: Join Sonia and Eloy for an online event to make BlackRock act on the Amazon! Join frontline Indigenous leaders Sonia Guajajara and Eloy Terena of the Association of Brazil's Indigenous Peoples (APIB) this Thursday, February 4th to lear…

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January 28, 2021 at 7:55 PM

✋ We're bringing the bankrolling of Amazon destruction to a halt!

✋ We're bringing the bankrolling of Amazon destruction to a halt! On Monday, we succeeded in shifting $5.5 billion of trade financing OUT of Amazon oil! This is a key victory in the struggle to keep it in the ground! Yet, Big Oil is prepared t…

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January 26, 2021 at 2:00 PM

JOIN THE SOCIAL MEDIA STORM: Stop the Financing of Amazon Oil!

JOIN THE SOCIAL MEDIA STORM: Stop the Financing of Amazon Oil! The 2021 World Economic Summit is this week, gathering the world's leading economic and governmental actors. Protecting the Amazon and Indigenous rights must be on the #DavosAgenda…

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January 25, 2021 at 5:50 PM

BIG WIN! Global commercial banks to exclude finance for extractive activities in the Amazon!

BIG WIN! Global commercial banks to exclude finance for extractive activities in the Amazon! "For too long, the oil industry has wreaked havoc on our peoples, violated our rights, felled our forests, taken our territories, and created climate…

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January 13, 2021 at 6:21 PM

✋ Tell Anglo American to Stay Out of Munduruku Territory!

✋ Tell Anglo American to Stay Out of Munduruku Territory! Because you pledged to stand with Brazil’s resistance, we are sending this urgent request for action as the Munduruku face additional threats to their territories. Thank you! Last ye…

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January 11, 2021 at 8:55 PM

Munduruku to Anglo American: No Mining on Our Lands!

Munduruku to Anglo American: No Mining on Our Lands! Last week, we witnessed violent white supremacy on full display in the U.S. capital. It was impossible to ignore the difference in policing: when Indigenous people and Earth defenders organi…

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January 5, 2021 at 7:11 PM

You didn't just make the year-end match, you CRUSHED IT! Thank you!

You didn't just make the year-end match, you CRUSHED IT! Thank you! We did it! Thanks to your solidarity and a generous anonymous match, we raised over $200,000 for the Amazon! 100% of every gift will go directly to our program work to stop Am…

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January 1, 2021 at 2:00 AM

A few hours left to make a 2020 tax-deductible donation for the Amazon! 🎉

A few hours left to make a 2020 tax-deductible donation for the Amazon! 🎉 It's almost time! The moment we all have been awaiting for so long: the end of 2020! Before you pop the champagne (safely at home, of course), please take a moment to su…

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December 31, 2020 at 6:15 PM

John, time is running out to match your gift to protect the Amazon and our climate!

*|FIRST|*, time is running out to match your gift to protect the Amazon and our climate! Let's face it, no one is sad to see 2020 go. Devastating fires burned an estimated 1.8 million acres in the Brazilian Amazon alone. And a global pandemic …

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December 30, 2020 at 7:10 PM

John: Did you get my video message?

*|FIRST|*: Did you get my video message? As I said in my latest video message, Amazon Watch has protected and defended the rainforest and our climate through deep solidarity with Indigenous communities for nearly 25 years. We effectively ampli…

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December 28, 2020 at 5:40 PM

Together We Stepped Up for the Amazon in 2020!

Together We Stepped Up for the Amazon in 2020! 2020 was defined by fundamental challenges and transformations. We've all had to adapt and create a new way of living and connecting. Most of us could have never imagined that caring for one anoth…

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December 24, 2020 at 5:59 PM

'Tis the Season to Hold BlackRock Accountable

'Tis the Season to Hold BlackRock Accountable The greed that starts on Wall Street doesn’t end there. The world’s largest financial firms, including BlackRock, bankroll companies that destroy our climate and the Amazon. We’ve already succeeded…

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December 22, 2020 at 9:50 PM

What Do You Get When You Beat Chevron in Court? 500 Days of Home Detention

What Do You Get When You Beat Chevron in Court? 500 Days of Home Detention "Once I get through this, I have no doubt that Chevron will be paying this judgment and that thousands of Indigenous people and rural communities will have a clean env…

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December 17, 2020 at 9:01 PM

VIDEO: An urgent message for John from Indigenous Earth defenders

VIDEO: An urgent message for *|FIRST|* from Indigenous Earth defenders “We are very concerned about this model of development that is, for us, a model of death.” Every day, commodities from deforested lands in the Brazilian Amazon are export…

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December 16, 2020 at 3:01 PM

If Biden's looking for another win, he can start by protecting the Amazon

If Biden's looking for another win, he can start by protecting the Amazon Now that the electoral college has certified its victory, the incoming Biden-Harris administration has the opportunity to advance ambitious climate policies that protec…

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December 10, 2020 at 5:37 PM

Resisting Another Record-Breaking Year of Deforestation and Destruction in the Brazilian Amazon

Resisting Another Record-Breaking Year of Deforestation and Destruction in the Brazilian Amazon This International Human Rights Day, we call on the world to fight for Indigenous rights and self-determination. Our ability to protect the Amazon…

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