One of our friends in La Guajira, Colombia – Jakeline Romero – who has long-opposed the British-owned Cerrejón coal mine, has just received death threats over her opposition to the mine. We must draw attention …
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Cerrejon Coal: the Marcha de Mantas Rojas
Last week, LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign organised a vigil outside the Colombian Embassy in London in support of our friends in La Guajira, Colombia, who are struggling to stop Cerrejon Coal (owned by …
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Cerrejon Coal: a struggle between a tethered donkey and a tiger
For the last sixteen years, I have been working in support of communities in the province of La Guajira, Colombia, being displaced by the massive Cerrejon opencast coal mine. The mine is owned by …
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No to diversion of Arroyo Bruno in Colombia!
Colombia: a choice between mining and food?
The Cerrejón coal mine
By Richard Solly, London Mining Network Co-ordinator
Last month, I represented LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign on a delegation organised by US organisation Witness for Peace to La Guajira in …
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Why does the Colombian coal industry need help from a London lobby group?
Destruction of a house to make way for Cerrejon mine expansion. Photo: Diana Salazar
Bob Burton and Richard Solly
A few months ago the Colombian Mining Association (CMA) joined the London-based World Coal Association (WCA), …
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‘Responsible Extractives Summit’: Sick Joke or Serious Indictment of Industry?
By Liam Barrington-Bush
Is the Responsible Extractives Summit, headlined by Rio Tinto, Anglo American, Barrick Gold and others, a cynical PR move or an indication of ‘the ethical best’ an inherently-destructive industry has to offer?…
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Support the ‘red mantas’ march to save La Guajira’s children
Guest blog by Emma Banks, Vanderbilt University
The children of La Guajira, Colombia are dying of malnutrition. On August 9, civil society groups will come together in the “Marcha de Mantas Rojas” – …
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Open letter: We demand justice for communities affected by Cerrejón Coal!
Open letter to the President of Cerrejón Coal and the Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers of Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Glencore
7 June 2016
Roberto Junguito, President, Cerrejón Coal
Sir John Parker, Chairman, Anglo …
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Workers with silicosis win legal victory in South Africa
In South Africa, the struggle for justice for former gold miners suffering from silicosis has taken a step forward with a landmark judgement on 13 May, which has paved the way for a class-action …
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The real world is thus: the 2016 Anglo American AGM
The eviction at Roche, La Guajira, Colombia, by the Colombian riot police squadron, ESMAD, 24 February 2016
AGM report by Richard Solly, Co-ordinator of London Mining Network and member of Colombia Solidarity Campaign
This year’s …
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HSBC under attack for coal financing, human rights abuse, dodgy deals and more
By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network, and member of Colombia Solidarity Campaign
My colleague from LMN, Richard Harkinson, and I joined friends from Move Your Money at the AGM of international bank HSBC on …
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