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SETEM is a Development NGO whose work is focused on raising awareness of the inequalities that exist between Northern and Southern countries. In particular, it aims to contribute to the sustainable development of the financial system by fostering initiatives that are engaged in social justice and the protection of natural resources like fair trade, labor insertion, or organic farming projects among others.

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BBVA

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), is a multinational Spanish banking group. It was formed in 1999 from a merger of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya and Argentaria.BBVA is the second…

Santander

Grupo Santander is a banking group centered on BancoSantander, the largest bank in the euro area, which originated in Santander,Cantabria, Spain. Santander focuses activities…

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Belo Monte dam project

The Belo Monte Dam on the Xingu River is currently the largest dam project under consideration anywhere on the planet, and would be the world’s third largest in installed…

Patagonia Dams: HidroAysén

HidroAysén - owned by European company Endesa and Chilean company Colbun - plans to dam two of Chile's most powerful and pristine rivers, the Baker and Pascua Rivers.…

Rio Madeira dam project

Located in the state of Rondônia - Brazil, the Madeira River is the principal tributary of the Amazon River, with its basin covering about one-quarter of the Brazilian…

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Dirty Business: Spanish banks financing producers of controversial weapons

May 05, 2011 | Profundo

prepared by Profundo, for new campaign Setem

Close the Gap

Oct 01, 2010 | BankTrack

Spanish version

Una banca para el Futuro: Declaración de El Escorial sobre los Bancos y la crisis financiera

Nov 06, 2008 | Setem

Escorial statement in Spanish

Santander: Vínculos financieros con empresas y projectos controvertidos en el mundo

Dec 15, 2007 | SETEM

Study (in Spanish) on the financial involvement of Banco Santander, Spain's largest bank, in controversial companies and projects.

BBVA: Vínculos financieros con empresas y proyectos controvertidos en el mundo

Dec 15, 2007 | SETEM

Study on the financial involvement of BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria), Spain's second largest bank, in controversial companies and projects.

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Carta a Borja Baselga del Banco Santander

May 05, 2009 | Juan Pablo Orrego del Consejo de Defensa de la Patagonia, Chile

Letter to Borja Baselga of Banco Santander from the Patagonia Defence Council, concerning the mega hydroelectric project threatening the Chilean Patagonia

Carta a Antoni Ballabriga de BBVA sobre la Patagonia Chilena

May 05, 2009 | Juan Pablo Orrego del Consejo de Defensa de la Patagonia, Chile

Letter to Antoni Ballabriga of BBVA from the Patagonia Defence Council, about the mega hydroelectric project threatening the Chilean Patagonia

Correspondencia: Ministerio de relaciones y cultos de la República de Bolivia al ministro de relaciones exteriores de la República Federerativa del Brasil

Jul 10, 2007 | David Choquehuanca, ministro de relaciones exteriores y cultos

The Bolivian minister of foreign relations expresses his concern about the lincensing of the Rio Madeira projects given that the two hydroelectic dams are bound to have great environmental impacts in the Bolivian territory that have so far been ignored.

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Setem pide al Santander en su Junta de Accionistas que se retire de Río Madeira

Jun 19, 2009 | Setem

As part of an initiative of shareholder activism, Setem intervenes to stop Santander financing the controversial Rio Madeira project.

Intervention of Annie Yumi Joh - SETEM at Santander´s AGM 2009

Jun 19, 2009 | Annie Yumi Joh

Addresses why the Rio Madeira Complex does not comply with their newly created Social and Environmental Policy (in Spanish)

Intervention of Annie Yumi Joh - SETEM at Santander AGM 2008

Jun 21, 2008

Intervention of SETEM during the AGM of Santander on June 21, 2008 - in Spanish!

Intervention SETEM - Victor Maeso at Santander AGM

Jun 21, 2008

Intervention of SETEM during the AGM of Santander on June 21, 2008 - in Spanish!

Intervention Luis Novoa - Red de Brasil sobre Instituciones Financieras Multilaterales at Santander AGM

Jun 21, 2008

Intervention of SETEM during the AGM of Santander on June 21, 2008 - in Spanish!

Manifiesto por una Patagonia Chilena sin Represas

Feb 24, 2008 | Organizaciones Chilenas y Españolas

Manifest for a Chilean Patagonia without Dams. Written and signed by Chilean and Spanish organizations

Brazil offers Bolivia "a gift" - but at what cost?

Nov 20, 2007 | Glenn Switkes

Article: Brazil offers to finance a 3,000 MW binational dam upstream at Guajará Mirim, a border city in Rodônia, to form the hydroelectric dam system with other rivers in Bolivia, like the Madre de Dios river.

Brazil offers Bolivia “a gift” – but at what cost?

Nov 20, 2007 | Glenn Switkes

Brazil offers to finance a 3,000 MW binational dam upstream at Guajará Mirim, a border city in Rodônia as an attempt to convince the Bolivian government to accept the Rio Madeira Project in spite of the controversial environmental impacts that Bolivian soil would undergo as a result of the dam construction.

Pronunciamiento de los Pueblos Amazónicos de Bolivia y Brasil frente a la próxima reunión de los presidentes de los gobiernos de Bolivia y Brazil, Evo Morales e Ingácio Lula da Silva, sobre las represas del río Madera

Feb 03, 2007 | Representatives of towns and communities of the Amazon region of Bolivia and Brazil

Representatives of the towns and communities of the Amazon region in Bolivia and Brazil declare their alliance with the Social Movement in Defence of the Rio Madeira and Amazon basins to fight for their rights and territory. (In Spanish)

Pronunciamiento de la Región Amazónica de Bolivia en torno a las represas proyectadas sobre el río Madera

Oct 12, 2006 | Representatives of the northern Amazon region of Riberalta, Bolivia

Representatives in Riberalta, Bolivia express their concern about the Río Madeira dam project in Brazil

Spain

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Bank secrets

Banksecrets

International website developed by BankTrack, CRBM, Les Amis de la Terre, Netwerk Vlaanderen, Platform, Setem and Urgewald. Information in English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish.

BBVA in armas

Finanzas Eticas

SETEM's web site 'Finanzas Eticas' about Ethical and Non-Ethical finance in Spain & Europe, currently in Spanish but soon to be available in English also.