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Repsol se enriquece Matando

¡ Encontraron el Dorado!

Repsol se enriquece con los lotes y mercados cautivos de América Latina

Domingo 4 de diciembre de 2011, por repsolmemata

Las pasadas semanas Repsol sorprendió a los accionistas con la noticia del descubrimiento histórico de 927 millones de barriles equivalentes de petróleo en el yacimiento de Vaca Muerta, Neuquén, Argentina. La noticia coló y los inversores premiaron a la compañía con un aumento del 6% de la cotización bursátil a las pocas horas de su difusión. Aunque exagerada por su contenido (pues según los analistas, ni son reservas probadas, ni el shale oil es todavía petróleo ya que necesita de costosos procesos de refinación)[1] pareciera que la crisis mundial no afecta a la compañía petrolera, que sigue amasando altísimos beneficios. Pero si ellos ganan, quién pierde?

En el último lustro la estampa de Antoni Brufau, presidente de Repsol-YPF, abrazado a presidentes de diferentes países de América Latina se ha hecho familiar . No en vano, la compañía petrolera ha apostado millonarias inversiones en la exploración de nuevas áreas y el desarrollo de campos productivos que han engrosado unas reservas muy cotizadas en los mercados bursátiles. Otra estrategia ha sido formar sociedades mixtas con las empresas nacionales, para conseguir áreas prioritarias y superar las resistencias gubernamentales. De este modo, los países productores, que a la vez son consumidores, abren sus puertas a la compañía, entregando unos combustibles para que la compañía los exporte, o los venda al propio país con un gran margen de ganancias.

Mientras la compañía anuncia en las bolsas sus fabulosos hallazgos en zonas no tradicionales, los habitantes de estas regiones sufren los pasivos ambientales del avance de la frontera extractiva. Y los conflictos afloran con el petróleo.

Petróleo bajo el mar

En Brasil, Repsol materializó a finales del pasado año un acuerdo con la empresa china Sinopec para desarrollar conjuntamente los proyectos de exploración y producción que posee en las Cuencas de Santos, Campos y Espírito Santo, donde participa en 14 bloques, de los cuales opera siete.

En las últimas semanas, el consorcio Repsol Sinopec Brasil anunció descubrimientos de importantes reservas en varios pozos en la costa de Vitoria y Sao Paolo a profundidades entre 2 y 5 kilómetros. Estos hallazgos se añaden a otros mega-yacimientos que Repsol ya contabilizó en los pasados años y que le posicionaron en una de las empresas líderes en descubrimientos en aguas profundas.

Pero entre la detección de reservas ubicadas a kilómetros bajo la superficie y su posterior extracción, existen riesgos e impedimentos tecnológicos que – sirva el desastre del golfo de México de 2010 como precedente- conviene no subestimar.

En aguas colombianas, Repsol se propone realizar exploración y explotación petrolera en las Cayos del Norte, parte del archipiólago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina. El proyecto ha levantado la oposición del pueblo indígena raizal y de organizaciones ambientalistas por poner en peligro los sistemas coralinos del conocido Mar de los Siete Colores.

Gas guaraní para la exportación

En Bolivia, Repsol se asoció a YPFB para formar la empresa PetroAndina SAM y conseguir nuevas áreas de exploración en la Amazonía.

Más al sur, en el Chaco, la compañía sigue perforando pozos exitosos en el interior de territorios indígenas. El Bloque Caipipendi, de 123.000 hectáreas que se superponen a los Territorios Comunitarios de Orígen Itika Guasu, Tentayapi, y al Parque Nacional Aguaragüe, ya se han puesto en marcha 5 pozos a profundidades de hasta 6.000 metros. En 2010 Cristina Fernandez y Evo Morales inauguraron un nuevo gasoducto de 40 kilómetros para unir este bloque con la red de gasoductos argentinos y asegurar mayores flujos de exportación hacia el mercado argentino, deficitario de este combustible – a pesar de que este país permite a las empresas exportar el gas a chile y otros países.

El pasado octubre, Repsol anunció la inversión, junto a su socia Pan American Energy de 1.400 millones de dólares para seguir perforando nuevos pozos con el horizonte de aumentar la producción de 3 a 14 millones de metros cúbicos diarios de gas en los próximos tres años. Con este repunte productivo “se garantizará los contratos de exportación a Argentina y por supuesto satisfacer el mercado interno”, el cual, valga decirlo, todavía es mínimo por no contar con una red de suministro domiciliario.

Amenazada por el bloque Caipipendi, la comunidad guaraní de Tentayape, declarada como Patrimonio Historico Cultural de los Guaranís en 2006, ha defendido a ultranza una posición de determinante rechazo a cualquier entrada de la compañía en su territorio. La empresa, a sabiendas de las reservas gasíferas que aguardan bajo el suelo de la comunidad, acorrala su territorio implantando cada vez más infraestructuras en la zona.

Amenazas a los pueblos amazónicos

Repsol opera en varios lotes en la Amazonía del Perú. Al norte, en el controvertido Lote 39, se discute la existencia o invención de pueblos en aislamiento voluntario. Mientras las organizaciones indígenas piden la creación de una reserva territorial que los proteja, Repsol niega su existencia en base a la colocación de trampas fotográficas. Mientrastanto, la francesa Perenco, ha obtenido la licencia para la construcción de un oleoducto en el vecino Lote 67, también en territorios de posible presencia de pueblos aislados.

Al sur del país, Repsol es socia del consorcio Camisea, que opera al interior de la Reserva Territorial Nahua Kugakapori Nantis. Pluspetrol, la operadora del Lote 88, ha iniciado hace unos meses cuestionados movimientos no previstos al interior de la reserva, contratando a comunarios del pueblo Nahua, en situación de contacto inicial, para actividades de vigía ante posibles encuentros con grupos aislados.

A parte, el descubrimiento de enormes bolsas de gas en el vecino Lote 57 ha empujado a Repsol a iniciar un ambicioso proyecto de industrialización de la selva. Para este año, peinará sus bosques con un proyecto de sísmica 3D que afectará 2.360 Km de la Reserva Comunitaria Machiguenga, así como su área de amortiguamiento y la del Parque Nacional Otuqui. También proyecta la contrucción de 22 pozos más que se añadirán al pozo ya perforado Kinteroni I y una conexión de gasoductos entre los pozos de los lotes 57, 56 y 88.[2]

En la región del Madre de Dios, el lote 76 operado por Repsol y Hunt, genera conflictos por la invasión con la Reserva Comunal Amarakaeri, pues se superpone a casi todo el territorio de la reserva y sin que se les haya efectuado la consulta previa a sus habitantes.

Repsol obtuvo un beneficio neto de 1.901 millones de euros en los nueve primeros meses de 2011, un 6,4% superior al año anterior. Buenas noticias para la bolsa, malas para los pueblos que cobijan el filón hidrocarburífero.

[1] Aleardo F. Laría , El misterio de Loma de la Lata, Diario Río Negro, Neuquen, 24/11/2011

[2] Agunos artículos sobre el tema: “ El desembarco de la modernidad, la sobmra de Repsol en Nuevo Mundo” http://servindi.org/actualidad/50232, “Repsol barrerá 5.000 km2 en reservas comunales” http://servindi.org/actualidad/48268, “La historia se repite para los pueblos aislados de la Reserva del Estado Nahua Kugakapori” http://www.kaosenlared.net/noticia/…

por  repsolmemata

Fuerzas Policiales..Esquiroles Traidores Enemigos..

Ver muchos más AKÍ http://tintanegraanartchistblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/fuerzas-policiales-psicovicio.html

Revista de prensa de la corrupción policial en España en un solo día
Un guardia civil en la Coruña, un ertzaina en Bizkaia y once policías locales en Sevilla. – Viernes.2 de diciembre de 2011 – 411 visitas

Solo mirando por casualidad en noticias publicadas en diarios de España en el día de hoy hemos encontrado estos casos (quizá haya alguna noticia más de este tipo). En nuestra opinión no es muy común que la policía investigue y detenga a sus propios colegas, así que cabe ver estos casos como una pequeña punta de un gran iceberg. En realidad todo lo que tiene que ver con la administración del estado, siempre según nuestra opinión, supura corrupción por todos sus poros. Nota de Tortuga.

Tres años de cárcel para un guardia destinado en Lavacolla por blanquear dinero de la droga

Try safer Marijuana, not toxic Corporate drugs

 

The utter failure that is the war on drugs seems to have ulterior motives besides protecting society, as evidence by the countless harmful chemicals that are legal to consume.  Marijuana is the most obvious example of a substance that remains illegal not because of health threats or because it’s a danger to society, but rather because its benefits threaten entire industries, especially Big Pharma.

If you need a fix to ease pain, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders and a host of other ailments, then a legal drug dealer is happy to sell you a chemical concoction with endless side effects.  Recent studies show huge spikes in psychiatric drug use as well as addiction to prescription pain pills, yet they remain legal and doctors get incentives to push them.

In nearly every case, marijuana is a safer alternative and just as effective.  When eaten or vaporized, cannabis has proven entirely beneficial as a natural alternative. Here are 5 popular but dangerous drugs that could, in most cases, be replaced by all natural

1. Painkillers: Vicodin, Demerol, Oxycontin, or Percodan are used to treat moderate or severe pain.  They’re all highly addictive and come with side effects that vary widely from stomach problems, dizziness, depression, pain and spasms, to even death. Marijuana is a proven pain reliever that takes the edge off even the most severe pain.  It is not physically addictive, has very few side effects by comparison, and has never caused a single death in 5000 years of recorded use.

2. Tranquilizers: Valium, Xanax, and Ambien are examples of popular anti-anxiety drugs.  All Americans will likely know someone close to them who are dependent on these drugs to cope with daily life.  The side effects are similar to anti-depressants and painkillers; stomach and liver problems, depression or suicidal thoughts, dizziness and confusion, etc.  Marijuana is an excellent substitute for these temporary anxiety relievers, again with far fewer negative effects.

3. Alcohol: Alcohol is the most commonly used and accepted substance for self-regulated stress relief.  It’s used by countless Americans to take the edge off a long work day, and also by many soldiers seeking to relieve Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).  Alcohol is highly addictive and causes many long-term problems like high blood pressure and liver failure.  Marijuana has proven to be far safer and more effective in reducing stress, especially among PTSD sufferers.

4. Anti-depressants: Prozac, Zoloft, Elavil, or Paxil are popular anti-depressants that a huge portion of the population are now dependent on. Side effects like nausea and sexual dysfunction are common, while suicidal tendencies are also increased tremendously, which seems to negate their very prupose.  These selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) reduce the body’s ability to produce natural serotonin and can be difficult for people to find a healthy balance once they rid the drug from their system.  Marijuana, although a temporary anti-depressant, is far less dangerous and may result in instant happiness bordering on silliness.

5. Aspirin and Tylenol: These commonly-used over-the-counter drugs for minor aches and pains cause stomach problems like ulcers, liver damage, and even death. That’s right, Tylenol causes about 450 deaths a year and Aspirin causes a whopping 13,000 deaths per year from sudden bleeding.  Many natural alternatives can be used for the symptoms that these drugs ease, and marijuana is just one of the safer options — with none of the damaging side effects.

As you can see, marijuana, which can be easily grown in nearly every climate, is a huge threat to these billion-dollar-a-year drugs.  And this list represents a tiny fraction of the harmful pharmaceuticals that can be replaced by cannabis.  To claim that cannabis is more dangerous than any of these popular legal substances is blatantly false, thus there’s no reason for its prohibition other than the threat of competition to Big Pharma.

Thankfully, you’re not a criminal in over a dozen US states if you use marijuana in place of them.

READ MORE..with thanks  http://www.activistpost.com

España: Empieza la fiesta de políticos corruptos

 ‘Con casi  1000 politicos ya imputados por corrupción, y muchos de ellos reeligidos, ya tienen la luz verde para la carrera de robar todo que se puede.

Antes ni siquiera de tomar posesión el nuevo Gobierno de derechas gasta miliones en armamentos ya declarados obsoletos , mientras desmatela el sistema de salud, etc

‘ Porque tiene guasa gastarse seis millones de eurazos, en pleno plan de recortes, en compras de este tipo. Además tras todo tipo de informes que dicen que se compra armamento que no se puede pagar y que para colmo ni siquiera sirve para nada mucho de lo que se adquiere a precio de oro. Ello unido al proceso de compra que ha sido una adjudicación sin publicidad. Y por último, sacándole las castañas del fuego a una empresa de armas cuyo producto había sido declarado obsoleto por el Instituto de Análisis Estratégico Internacional, criterio compartido, según se cuenta en la noticia de abajo, por expertos de la Armada española. ¿Se les ocurre alguna explicación para este curioso proceder de los políticos que nos gobiernan? Vaya, la misma que se nos ha ocurrido a nosotros/as. Nota de Tortuga.”

Pueden ver las dos noticias, la publicada hoy mismo, y la de hace tan solo una quincena.

Tierra compra más VAMTAC carrozados a UROVESA por más de 6 millones de euros  2/12/2011

El AEI se reafirma en la obsolescencia de los VAMTAC al margen de cualquier otro criterio subjetivo10/11/2011

LEER MAS  AKI

http://www.grupotortuga.com/El-gobierno-espanol-en-funciones

 

Help Maikel, pacifist blogger on hunger strike, day 97

In the case of imprisoned pacifist blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad, the military court on 27 November again adjourned the trial, this time until 4 December, to hear a new prosecution witness. At the hearing on 27 November, Maikel Nabil Sanad’s internet provider TE Data told the prosecution that they would not be able to provide the court with the information requested, and that the military should have requested that the internet company monitor the blogger’s activity prior to arrest. At the hearing on 13 November, the case was adjourned to 27 November, to wait for the report of the internet service provider. Meanwhile, Maikel Nabil Sanad passed the 97th day of his hunger strike, surviving on fruit and dairy juices. Maikel Nabil Sanad was arrested at the end of march on charges of violating article 184 of the Egyptian penal code, which criminalizes “insulting the People’s Assembly, the Shura Council or any State Authority, or the Army or the Courts”, and article 102, “spreading false information”. In a trial in front of a military court violating all established legal standards, he was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on 10 April 2011, in absence of his family, friends, or lawyers. Since then he has been kept in El Marg prison.

On 23 August, Maikel Nabil Sanad began a hunger strike in protest against his imprisonment. In a statement at the beginning of his hunger strike, he declared that his hunger strike is in protest against the severe injustice he is subjected to, namely his unfair trial in front of a military court, the slow processing of his appeal, and the difference of treatment in the cases of Asmaa Mahfouz and Louie Nagati (who had their charges dropped on 18 August 2011) and in his case.

As a result of growing pressure, the appeal hearing was finally brought forward to 4 October, but then again adjourned, because a file was missing. On 11 October, the military appeal court declared the original sentence of 10 April 2011 “null and void”, but failed to release Maikel Nabil Sanad.

Maikel Nabil Sanad refuses to co-operate with the re-trial, and also asked his lawyers to stop any co-operation with the military court. On 18 October, a military court again heard the case of Maikel Nabil Sanad, and appointed a lawyer to represent him, who – according to one of Maikel Nabil Sanad’s lawyers – was unacquainted with the case. The court ordered to transfer Maikel Nabil Sanad to a psychiatric hospital “for examination” (see co-alert, 20 October 2011), but the hospital refused this attempt at pathologisation of political dissent, and sent him back after a few days, declaring him “sane”.

The case has now been adjourned to 4 December, and Maikel Nabil Sanad remains imprisoned and on hunger strike.

War Resisters’ International calls for urgent letters of support to Maikel Nabil Sanad:
Maikel Nabil Sanad
El-Marg prison , El-Kalag El-Khanka,  Qalyubeya,  Egypt
Letters to Maikel can also be sent via http://links.causes.com/s/bkfSOb

War Resisters’ International calls for urgent letters of protest to the Egyptian authorities.

Director of Military Judiciary
Major-General Ahmed Abd Allah ,Military Judicial Department ,Cairo, Egypt Fax: +202 2 402 4468 / +202 2 411 3452 (ask for fax)

Military General Attorney ,Major-General Medhat Radwan ,Military Judicial Department ,Cairo, Egypt +202 2 412 0980 (ask for fax)

Minister of Defence ,His Excellency Muhammad Tantawi ,Ministry of Defence Cairo, Egypt mmc@afmic.gov.eg ; mod@afmic.gov.eg Fax: +20 2 2 5748 822

A protest email can be sent at http://links.causes.com/s/bkfSOR. War Resisters’ International calls on the Egyptian authorities to respond to Maikel Nabil Sanad’s hunger strike and to immediately release him.
Andreas Speck ,War Resisters’ International http://links.causes.com/s/bkfSOS

Catholic Church: Yoga and Harry Potter are Satanic

Harry Potter and yoga are evil’, says Catholic Church exorcist

Father Gabriele Amorth, who for years was the Vatican’s chief exorcist and claims to have cleansed hundreds of people of evil spirits, said yoga is Satanic because it leads to a worship of Hinduism and “all eastern religions are based on a false belief in reincarnation”.

Reading JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books is no less dangerous, said the 86-year-old priest, who is the honorary president for life of the International Association of Exorcists, which he founded in 1990, and whose favourite film is the 1973 horror classic, The Exorcist.

The Harry Potter books, which have sold millions of copies worldwide, “seem innocuous” but in fact encourage children to believe in black magic and wizardry, Father Amorth said.

“Practising yoga is Satanic, it leads to evil just like reading Harry Potter,” he told a film festival in Umbria this week, where he was invited to introduce The Rite, a film about exorcism starring Sir Anthony Hopkins as a Jesuit priest.For most people it is a way of toning the limbs and soothing the stresses of everyday life, but the Catholic Church’s best-known exorcist says yoga is evil.

“In Harry Potter the Devil acts in a crafty and covert manner, under the guise of extraordinary powers, magic spells and curses,” said the priest, who in 1986 was appointed the chief exorcist for the Diocese of Rome.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/harry-potter/8915691/Harry-Potter-and-yoga-are-evil-says-Catholic-Church-exorcist.html

Corrupt Brazil Senate votes for Amazon slaughter.

In what may go down as one of the worst environmental crimes of the 21st Century, the Brazilian Senate voted on Wednesday to retain most of the bad changes to the national Forest Code that had passed the House of Deputies earlier this year.

Brazil’s international commitments to mitigating climate change, maintaining biodiversity and it’s status before the upcoming RIO+20 global environmental meetings are now on collision course with the insatiable demand of its agri-business sector. In the coming months the issue will be laid squarely before President Dilma Rousseff who has thus far avoided comment.

re-posted from JustMeans    A revised version of Brazil’s Forest Code, a piece of legislation that regulates the use of forest coverage on private properties in Brazil, and whose draft was approved in Congress on Wednesday (23), has sent shockwaves through the sustainability community in the country and abroad.

An incensed debate has gripped the country over the last year, which culminated in yesterday’s vote. The new draft, which is designed to meet the requirements of the rural business, has been rushed through the House and the Senate and did not take into account expert opinion from scientists, who object to the new version of the law vehemently.

“The report continues to pardon those who deforested illegally and will promote more deforestation. What used to be an environmental crime now has become fantastic business”, said Mrcio Astrini, Greenpeace’s head of Amazon campaign.

Scientists have warned the new law will open way for the clearance of more than 175 million acres, or roughly the size of Germany, Italy and Austria combined, which would be come mostly pasture for livestock and soy monocultures to feed cattle, mostly.

This volume of deforestation would release more than 25 billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, or four times the goal for global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol during 2008-12.
WWF, which has been campaigning against the revised legislation from the beginning of the debate, said the proposed changes severely contradict Brazil’s efforts to become an environmental and sustainability leader on the global stage.

“Brazil will be cutting itself off from a growing global market for responsibly sourced goods, in addition to forgoing the countless benefits provided by a healthy Amazon, such as clean air and water, stable weather patterns and various other environmental services”, it said.

“We are watching, just before Brazil hosts Rio + 20, a clear attempt to dismantle Brazil’s environmental legislation,” stated WWF-Brazil’s CEO Maria Cecilia Wey de Brito. “This is something unprecedented in our history.”

The bill will go back to the House before being sent to President Dilma Rousseff, who can still veto it. “In the next phase, she will have to keep her word to veto or break her campaign promises”, said Mr. Gasparini in reference to Ms. Rousseff’s promise to not pardon those who have deforested.

The current Forest Code was written in 1965 and requires landowners to keep a certain percentage of their land as untouched forest, from 20 percent in certain areas to 80 per cent in the Amazon. The new laws would give amnesty from heavy fines to landowners who cleared forest illegally between 1965 and July 2008.

Rules related to the clearing of hills would be relaxed and forest areas near rivers would have to be between 100 and 330 feet from the river bank, which conservationists say will are not enough.

A recent report compiled by Imazon and Proforest found that Brazil lags behind other BRIC countries in terms of legislation that protects forest coverage. Compared with China, Russia and India, Brazil loses the race towards sustainability by deforesting more than it reforests.

MORE INFO SEE HERE 

Belo Monte site OCCUPIED. Work still stopped..

Altamira, Brazil – Hundreds of indigenous leaders, fishermen and riverine people from the Xingu River basin have gathered to occupy the Belo Monte Dam construction site in a peaceful protest to stop its construction in Altamira, located in the state of Pará in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. They Poor barrio of Altimira to […]

On sat 20th Aug a massive demo took place against the ongoing Amazon destruction for the Belo Monte dam. Also against the new Forest Law, now in the Senate, which ‘relaxes’ the already unenforced deforestation  code. Brazil had been a constructive leader in Climate talks, which came to nothing due to the greedy demands of […]

The greedy corrupt Brazilian politicians are voting to give free rein to their fascist landlord colleagues  and the McDonalds backed Ranching industry to  destroy the Amazon Rainforest. The politicians appeal to nationalist sentiment.. saying we have already destroyed our forests and they have every right. But 79% of Brazilians are AGAINST the new laws going […]

BRAZIL Politicians Out of Sync with Public Sentiment on the Environment By Mario Osava* Trans-Amazonian Highway outside Altamira in the northern Brazilian state of Pará. Credit:Mario Osava/IPS with thanks BRASILIA, Jun 29, 2011 (Tierramérica) – The environmental movement continues to gain credibility and support as scientific findings confirm its warnings and natural disasters become increasingly […]

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon from August 2009-May 2011.The analysis by Imazon suggests that the Forest Code debate may be a factor in rising deforestation. It found a 363 percent increase in forest degradation — logging and burning of forest that typically precedes deforestation — over the past 10 months, reaching 6,081 sq km. Most […]

”The surprise passing of the new Forest Law in the lower house of the Brazilian congress is due to a campaign by multinational  agribusiness and the big landlords who still own most of the country. The proposed amnesty for forest crimes has caused a 6 fold increase in deforestation already. The huge majority in favour […]

Dark Day for Brazil’s Amazon Jungle By Fabiana Frayssinet

foto. José and Maria. ‘They gunned them down and cut off their ears” An Amazon environmental activist and his wife were killed late on Monday and the crime is being investigated as a possible assassination to silence the outspoken forest defender, according to police. José Claudio Ribeiro da Silva, also known by his nickname of […]

URGENT AMAZON FOREST ALERT [UPDATE 20 May 2011: The Guardian UK reports, “Brazil forms ‘crisis cabinet’ following unexpected deforestation surge”.] Events are moving quickly in Brazil’s epic battle over a new national Forest Code. The struggle has has reached a critical stage full of both danger and opportunity. Please take action. EMERGENCY — BRAZIL’S NATIONAL […]

By Clarinha Glock* A solitary cow in a slash-and-burn clearing where there was once Amazon rainforest. C PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, May 16, 2011 (Tierramérica) – The adoption of a new Forest Code in Brazil could threaten efforts to curb Amazon deforestation, which was reduced 70 percent between 2004 and 2010. The proposal to amend the […]