As the world remains embroiled in a triple environmental, social, and economic crisis, the Colombian government has embarked on an ambitious plan to boost natural resource extraction. While the government is presenting its plan as a solution to these crises, unbridled exploitation of natural resources is actually one of the principal causes, particularly in the Colombian context. Meanwhile, Colombia’s social movements are struggling to establish a just and lasting peace that can put an end to the social, political, and armed conflict that has engulfed the country for more than 50 years.
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An Amazonian tribe has sent an urgent appeal to shareholders of Canadian-Colombian oil giant Pacific Rubiales to protect the lives of uncontacted Indians in Peru, whose survival is threatened by the company’s work on their land. In an urgent video message Salomon Dunu, a member of the Matsés tribe, said, ‘Our uncontacted brothers live in the forest, we have heard them many times so we know they exist… Tell the world that the Matsés are firm in our position against the oil company. We do not want it on our land.’
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The Committee for Fair Wages PASO had the opportunity to accompany public university workers who staged a wildcat strike beginning on February 20, shutting down the National University accross the country including the main campus in Bogota. The Committee for Fair Wages that is leading this campaign democratically represents members of several unions (including Sintraunal and Sintraunicol) as well as a significant number of non-union workers. The second largest campus in Medellin joined the strike two weeks later.
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Ground Report This afternoon, in the community of El Guamo, inside the collective territory of Curvarado, on land that is being ocupied ilegally by the palm company Palmadó, an hooded armed group was seen. Two days ago, they were also seen in the same place. The hooded mans left to go in direction of "No hay como Dios" community. 16 weeks before, an hooded armed group, carrying short and long guns and identifying themselves as paramilitaries, occupy for a couple days land of El Guamo village. Bogotá, March 30, 2013
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Colombia, FARC rebels say peace talks making progress on land reformColombia and the Marxist FARC rebels have made strides toward striking an accord on land reform, but still have disagreements to overcome, the government’s lead negotiator said on Thursday at the end of their latest round of peace talks. Former Vice President Humberto de la Calle said he hoped they could settle the issue quickly when they meet again starting on April 2 and move on to other topics in the latest bid to end the war, which has dragged on for nearly 50 years.
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P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } 5th annual LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN SOLIDARITY MONTH EVENT SERIES COLOMBIA Labour and Indigenous Rights Solidarity Struggles Impacts of Canadian Extractive Industry Corporations Wednesday, April 10th @ 6:30 pm Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) 250 Bloor St. West (Room# 5150) PRESENTERS:
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SOLIDARITY AGAINST POLICE REPRESSION IN MONTREAL LET'S TAKE BACK THE STREETS TOGETHERDemonstration & Civil Disobedience Against Montreal's Anti-Protest "P-6" By-Law FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 6:00pm (arrive on-time & come with a friend) at Ste-Catherine and Berri, Parc Emilie-Gamelin (métro Berri-UQÀM) -> This is a family-friendly demonstration and a civil disobedience action.
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In the Colombian reality different companies are using the term Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) so as to appear committed to society, the environment and economic growth.
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