PACIFIC RUBIALES ENERGY OUT! Report Back from the People’s Tribunal in Colombia Canadian Oil Company Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. has been accused of violating Indigenous, labour and environmental rights in the Meta Department, Colombia. Members of a Canadian delegation to Colombia will report back on the testimonies given from Indigenous, labour and community members and meetings with the Canadian Embassy in Colombia.WHEN: Tuesday, August 20th 6:30 pmWHERE: OISE Room 5-150 (Toronto)
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Interfax has a clear, complete report on what reporter Anatoly Kurmanaev and I saw in the Colombian llanos two weeks ago. I have written to Pacific Rubiales requesting comment on the story and will update this post if they get in touch. From Interfax:
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The Colombian mining locomotive seems to encounter dust, if not stones in the engine when civil actions try to block the advancement of large-scale multinational mining projects. After the massive manifestation in Ibagué-Tolima against AngloGold Ashanti on June the 5th, the national paro minero which started July the 17th still hasn’t lost its momentum.
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A Toronto-based company is trampling on the rights of workers, indigenous people and the environment in Colombia, but Canadian officials are more concerned with strengthening business ties in the country.
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Pacific Rubiales Energy has over the last decade grown to be the largest independent oil company in South America. A result of a myriad of mergers between different companies, it can trace its presence in Colombia back to 1982 and made big inroads in the country with the 2008 acquisition of Kappa Energy. The Toronto-based oil giant today extracts around 20% of Colombia’s oil and has surpassed BP and Occidental to become the country’s largest extractor of oil behind the state-owned Ecopetrol.
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Death threats against community leader, his family and the union, hacking web sites, stealing computers and records of the hearings of Puerto Gaitan. Bogotá, 20 July 2013
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Canadian NGOs met with residents of Puerto Gaitán, Meta (Colombia) to gather evidence that Campo Rubiales is polluting and endangering the population Campo Rubiales / Gabriel Aponte Nine members of Canadian civil society organizations went to Puerto Gaitán in the Colombian department of Meta last weekend to assess the social and environmental conditions prevailing at Campo Rubiales, the country's largest oilfield, which belongs to the Canadian company Pacific Rubiales.
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MEDELLIN, Colombia – Colombian authorities are investigating accusations a Canadian resources company has used threats and intimidation to bust up union activity. USO, a Colombian labour union, has filed a complaint with the country’s Attorney General alleging Toronto-based Pacific Rubiales Energy is trying to quash union activity and even blacklisting some workers affiliated with unions. No formal charges have been laid.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, July 9, 2013 /CNW/ - Local and national leaders from Canada's largest energy union will take part in a public hearing this week on charges laid against the Canadian oil and gold company, Pacific Rubiales Energy, in Bogota, Colombia.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, July 12, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Representatives of Canadian and Quebec's civil society organizations are in Colombia this week as part of a delegation to support and observe a popular hearing on the actions of Canadian oil company Pacific Rubiales Energy in Colombia. The hearing is part of the more expansive Popular Tribunal on Extractive Policies in Colombia, organized by Colombian social organizations, including the Unión Sindical Obrera (USO), the national oil workers union.
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