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20 Jun 2013

Author:
Survival International

‘Jaguar people’s’ urgent appeal to oil company’s shareholders [Peru]

An Amazonian tribe has sent an urgent appeal to shareholders of Canadian-Colombian oil giant Pacific Rubiales to protect the lives of uncontacted Indians in Peru, whose survival is threatened by the company’s work on their land…The Matsés and Survival International have sent the message to hundreds of shareholders – including Citigroup, JP Morgan, General Electric, Blackrock, HSBC, Allianz, Santander and Legal and General – urging them to divest from Pacific Rubiales…[that] has already started exploring for oil in ‘block 135’, despite it lying directly over an area proposed as an uncontacted tribes’ reserve, and is planning further explorations on Matsés territory…[Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Pacific Rubiales to respond; the response is included below].

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