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1. Mandé Norte again putting Atrato communities at risk

   11/23/2019 - 18:21

   and the economic interests in play are becoming new actors in the armed conflict. This dark panorama is reflected ... that with the changes brought in by the new government and the transfer of titles by Muriel and AngloGold, the project (...)

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

   01/31/2013 - 10:30

   the Rainforest Alliance says it does not certify Banacol farms in the Curvaradó region, where the new accusations ... for the region’s Afro-Colombian population. The statement did not mention a prohibition on new development projects ... and Banacol, but also of the paramilitaries, who continue to operate in the zone under a new name—Águilas (...)

3. VIDEO: Embera indigenous people say 'no' to the mining industry

   09/08/2012 - 15:22

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4. Death and Impunity Increase in Chocó

   04/05/2012 - 13:52

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5. Oil-palm plantations, violation of human rights and Afro-descendent communities’ quest for true dignity

   12/01/2011 - 12:27

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6. Oil palm grows by the force of violence

   12/01/2011 - 12:56

   that some of the new plantations being developed have been financed as farming projects for the same ... to the new plantations developed since the beginning of the decade. In previous processes ... for Economic and Social Policy (CONPES) announced new policies increasing Government support to the expansion (...)

7. Violence continues against afro-colombian communities

   08/08/2011 - 11:53

   But the assault and threats to Janio’s life was nothing new for the communities of Afro-descendants, indigenous ... that would later be harvested for mass production of palm oil for the world market. When new waves ... by a common history, mestizo, indigenous and Afro-Colombians organized their new Humanitarian Zones (...)

8. The Colombian Plan Pacifico: Sustaining the Unsustainable

   10/26/2011 - 15:33

   with Turbo on the eastern side. Free trade and industrial zones would be established near the new ports ... The aim was to "offer a modern, dynamic and new dimension of the Pacific to the whole of Colombia, ... to handle more and larger vessels. New docks with modern container and storage facilities would (...)