Bilingual Comic Book Launch: The Magic of Responsibility

Bilingual Comic Book Launch: The Magic of Responsibility

The Comic book The Magic of Responsibility is the result of joint work between communities affected by the Cerrejón coal mine and various international solidarity groups, who participated in July 2019 in the regional public hearing “Diversion of the Bruno stream and...
Landslide Victory for Environmental Defenders in Colombia

Landslide Victory for Environmental Defenders in Colombia

PRESS RELEASE: Colombia Solidarity Campaign 28 March 2017 Citizens of Cajamarca vote 98% against La Colosa AngloGold Ashanti open cast gold mining project The ​Consulta Popular (a popular consultation or referendum) held in Cajamarca, Colombia, on 26 March 2017...
This was the place that Isidro called home

This was the place that Isidro called home

by Diana Salazar, Emma Banks and Doris Salazar Diana Salazar of LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign has just visited La Guajira, Colombia, as part of a delegation organised by US organisation Witness for Peace, to investigate the impacts of the Cerrejon coal...
AngloGold Ashanti in Colombia: threats and protests

AngloGold Ashanti in Colombia: threats and protests

Just over a year ago, LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign published a report on AngloGold Ashanti’s efforts to open a huge new open pit gold mine at La Colosa in the Colombian province of Tolima. Local people are still worried about the project’s...
AngloGold Ashanti in Colombia: threats and protests

Colombia: What happens when Auntie AngloGold comes to stay?

By Jacob Stringer Have you ever wondered what happens when a big multinational mining company turns up in your small Colombian town with the intention of building a gold mine? A new report produced by a UK-based campaigning group records the experience of local people...