By: Marcela Zuluaga C.
The exploitation of thermal coal in Colombia not only generates severe environmental impacts but also brings a series of social consequences for the communities living in the mining influence zones.
(más…)Research: Joanna Zapata and Marcela Zuluaga
Audiovisuals: Iván Castaño
Drone footage: Plinio Barraza
Coal mining waste poses a serious problem; companies like the Prodeco Group – Glencore are responsible for changes in water quality, loss of aquatic diversity, and the accumulation of contaminants in the food chain of aquatic species in the communities of Calenturitas and La Jagua in Cesar, and near El Cerrejón in La Guajira.
(más…)Before the social outbreak in April 2021, the public was aware of the murders of Nicolás Neira, Johnny Silva and Belisario Camayo Guetoto in 2005, Óscar Leonardo Salas en 2006, and Dilan Cruz on November 23, 2019. The Council of State issued even 10 judgments against the Nation between 1993 and 2017, holding the police responsible for murder and serious personal injuries during protests. These state crimes underscore the urgency of a police reform that prevents this state institution from addressing social demands and issues and ensures transparency and accountability of its agents.
(más…)Por: Marcela Zuluaga Contreras – noviembre 8 de 2023
Un mes completa el sitio del Estado de Israel contra la Franja de Gaza. Cada día, conforme se desarrollan los bombardeos ordenados por el primer ministro israelí, Benjamín Netanyahu, contra este territorio ocupado de Palestina, las cifras de víctimas civiles van en aumento sin que hasta la fecha se hayan atendido los llamados de diversos gobiernos y la ONU para que se busque un cese al fuego humanitario.
(más…)Research: Joanna Zapata, Marcela Zuluaga, and Omar Vera
Audiovisuals: Iván Castaño
Drone footage: Plinio Barraza
The environmental footprint that Glencore has left in northern Colombia is evident. Vast expanses of tropical forests in the departments of Cesar and La Guajira, where the Swiss company operates open-pit coal mines, have accumulated four decades of deforestation and soil damage that may never be repaired.
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