Agrofuels | Projet Accompagnement Solidarité Colombie

PROTECT THE TERRITORY : STORIES OF LAND DEFENSE AGAINST PIPELINE AND INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION

Join us for an evening where we celebrate struggles of indigenous land
defense with:

•Toghestiy, Hereditary Chief of the Wet'suwet'en Likhts'amisyu Clan

•Shannon Chief, Shannon Chief, from the Anishnabe Nation of the Ottawa
River Water

•Felipe Uncacia of the U’wa people from Colombia

•Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, poet and Innu activist

•André Pikutelekan, traditionnalist Innu from Pessamit

•Video documentaries by subMedia.tv.

Colombia: The Nasa community of Bellavista under attack

U.S. Congress Sends Letter to Colombian President on the Protection of Land Rights Activists

U.S. Representatives Henry “Hank” Johnson, James McGovern, George Miller, Sam Farr, Rosa DeLauro, Janice Schakowsky, and Barbara Lee sent a letter to Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos expressing concern over threats faced by Colombian land rights leaders.

Chiquita Republic United Fruit’s heir has again been linked to paramilitary abuses in Colombia.

A stand of plantain trees in northern Colombia, where returning refugees say they are being displaced by a paramilitary-backed banana ‘invasion.’

Nouvelles victimes de la palme africaine : Écocert parle de certification bio; la communauté, de déplacement forcée

`The despoliation of the land is spreading itself, (while) foreign investments, such as the mining industy and the African palm culture, are strenghtening. The growth of these industries is directly related to the forced displacements of local populations. Approximately 32% of the 280 000 displaced people who registered in Columbia in 2010, were likely coming from zones where these two economic activities have progressed significantly.' Jorge Rojas, director of the Human Rights and Displacements Counsel.

Profiting from Repression: Canadian Investment in and Trade with Colombia

The report, commissioned by CUPW and authored by Asad Ismi, details the impact of Canada’s trade policies with and investment in Colombia. The author reports shocking human rights abuses linked to prominent Canadian companies. The report alleges that at least six Canadian owned companies are linked with military and paramilitary repression in Colombia and two companies in particular are linked to at least eight murders of trade unionists and human rights activists.

Disillussioned Members Resign from WWF Due to Its Support for Environmental Degradation in Colombia

Mr. Carter Roberts
President and CEO
World Wildlife Fund
1250 24th Street, N.W.
P.O. Box 97180
Washington, D.C. 20090-7180

Dear Mr. Roberts:

168 scientists warn on the so-called “biofuels”

On October 7th, 2011, 168 scientists have warned on the so-called “biofuels” in a joint letter addressed to the EU. Energy derived from field crops is by no means environmentally friendly, despite the European Union’s claims.

Declaration of the Colombian National Congress of lands, territories and sovereignties

“Mother Earth belongs to those who take care of it, territories belong to the people, sovereignty is popular.”

Request for intervention on the law of victims and the right to peace

Our message is in memory of those who were victims of extrajudicial executions, torture and forced disappearances and those who have lived or are in condition of forced displacement, dispossession and violent prosecution, crimes that reflect a way of persecution and extermination which are being committed by state structures from the 70’s.

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