In the early hours of May 12, 2014, community members from various towns from the municipality of Puerto Gaitan, Meta arrived to Bogota to install the “Encampment for Territory, Life, and Resistance” in front of the Pacific Rubiales Energy (PRE) Headquarters. The 100 participants of this encampment are calling for a suspension of all contracts with the multinational Pacific Rubiales in the region, an end to petroleum exploitation at CPE-6...
The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) has gathered together to judge Canadian mining companies that are accused of threatening the fundamental human rights of peoples in Latin America; and to consider allegations against the Canadian state for having contributed, through act and omission, to human rights violations of peoples in Latin America through its support for the mining industry and by favouring these companies in a context of impunity.
On April 26, 2014, hundreds of residents from the department Casanare gathered in Trinidad for a public hearing on the on the environmental and human rights impacts of oil exploitation. Senator Cepeda and a number of government officials attended. They listened to the testimonies of community members, who presented instances of human rights violations and environmental damage due to petroleum extraction by multinational companies like Talisman Energy.
In the early hours of May 12, 2014, community members from various towns from the municipality of Puerto Gaitan, Meta arrived to Bogota to install the “Encampment for Territory, Life, and Resistance” in front of the Pacific Rubiales Energy (PRE) Headquarters. The 100 participants of this encampment are calling for a suspension of all contracts with the multinational Pacific Rubiales in the region, an end to petroleum exploitation at CPE-6...
The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) has gathered together to judge Canadian mining companies that are accused of threatening the fundamental human rights of peoples in Latin America; and to consider allegations against the Canadian state for having contributed, through act and omission, to human rights violations of peoples in Latin America through its support for the mining industry and by favouring these companies in a context of impunity.
On April 26, 2014, hundreds of residents from the department Casanare gathered in Trinidad for a public hearing on the on the environmental and human rights impacts of oil exploitation. Senator Cepeda and a number of government officials attended. They listened to the testimonies of community members, who presented instances of human rights violations and environmental damage due to petroleum extraction by multinational companies like Talisman Energy. 
