By: Marcela Zuluaga C.
The coal mining activity in the Colombian Caribbean not only affects the health of its neighbors but has also displaced entire communities, leaving a path of dispossession and resistance.
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Glencore poisons rivers in Cesar and La Guajira.
Research: Joanna Zapata and Marcela Zuluaga
Audiovisuals: Iván Castaño
Drone footage: Plinio BarrazaCoal 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.
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Glencore: Swallowing the Tropical Forest in Colombia
Research: Joanna Zapata, Marcela Zuluaga, and Omar Vera
Audiovisuals: Iván Castaño
Drone footage: Plinio BarrazaThe 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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Glencore: devorando bosque tropical en Colombia
Investigación: Joanna Zapata, Marcela Zuluaga y Omar Vera
Audiovisuales: Iván Castaño
Imágenes de dron: Plinio Barraza
Octubre 2 de 2023La huella ambiental que Glencore ha dejado en el norte de Colombia es notoria. Enormes extensiones de bosques tropicales de los departamentos de Cesar y La Guajira, donde se ubican las minas de carbón a cielo abierto operadas por la compañía suiza, acumulan ya cuatro décadas de deforestación y daños al suelo que posiblemente nunca sean reparados.
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