The Nonam community calls on Buenaventura District Government to comply with its engagements taken for their return to their territory, the security and dignity of the indigenous people. PUBLIC STATEMENT We, members of the NONAM Indigenous Community, of the Humanitarian and Biodiverse Reserve of Santa Rosa del Guayacán, forcefully displaced 13 months ago to the city of Buenaventura by a 2010 paramilitary incursion suffered in our territory of the Rio San Juan and Bajo Calima, make an emergency call in view of the critical situation into which the failure of District Government of Buenaventur
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Amnesty International today urged governments in the Americas to stop prioritizing development projects at the expense of Indigenous Peoples' rights. The call came ahead of the International Day of the World's Indigenous People on 9 August.
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Project Accompaniment and Solidarity Colombia : Who We Are and What We Do Table of Contents PASC ... 3 Our action methods ... 3 Colombia's Dirty War ... 4 Direct Solidarity ... 5 RedHer ... 6 Forced Displacement and Stolen Land ... 7 Jiguamiando and Curvarado ... 8 Catatumbo - the Land of Thunder ... 9 Political Prisoners ... 11 Invite PASC ... 13 For More Information ... 14
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SINTRAPETROPUTUMAYO the Putumayo oil workers’ union has reported that on July 22nd Yesid Calvache, the union’s President, was the target of an assassination attempt. At 5.00am, unknown assailants tried to hurl a firebomb into his house in Villagarzon, Putumayo department. Fortunately the device did not manage to set fire to the building and Mr Calvache and his family escaped injury.
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Colombia can be viewed at the bastion of United States sponsored neoliberalism. Rich in natural resources like coal, gas, and gold- the history and success of extractive industries in Colombia are a testament to globalization's remarkable ability to seek out and penetrate new markets. For most of the 20th century, the developed world's inexhaustible consumption habits have fueled the multinational business of extractives, all the while wreaking havoc on largely rural, Afro-Colombian communities.
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A protest by workers in the petroleum company Cepcolsa Petróleo and canadian Pacific Rubiales was violently repressed yesterday. The protest occurred in Campo Rubiales, in the department of Meta, Colombia. It is an important area of petroleum production. The workers were demanding better working conditions and salaries. More than a thousand workers started to demand these changes 29 days ago. Currently the workers are being kept in permanent assembly.
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During the period between May to July 2011,the THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR TRADE UNION RIGHTS received the following reports from Colombia, including serious violations of trade union rights: On 11 May, unionists members of the national transports’ union, branch Madrid Cundinamarca Department, were sacked by the bus transport company – SOTRAM S.A., in connection with their activism as members of the trade union.
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Some days ago, journalists of Fault Lines, a programme of the international news channel, Al Jazeera, showed up in Marmato to make a documentary related to the town and about what it called the “gold fever in Colombia”. The programme has an interview with Juan Carlos Santos, corporate manager of Medoro Resources and cousin of President Juan Manuel Santos.
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