Cerrejón refuses work to young workers in Albania, La Guajira, Colombia
The Cerrejon coal mine in the province of La Guajira, Colombia, is owned by London-listed multinationals Anglo American, BHP and Glencore. It has a history of conflict with local farming and indigenous...
UN asked to suspend Cerrejon coal mining in Colombia
The United Nations is being asked to call for the suspension of coal mining in the Provincial Reserve in la Guajira, Colombia, due to the COVID-19 emergency.
Yet another mining-related death threat in Colombia
On 17 June, José Silva, president of Nación Wayuu, an NGO defending the human rights of...
Dangerous levels of mercury found in river in Colombian region of La Guajira
Cerrejon, an opencast coal mine in the north east of Colombia, is the largest coal mine in Latin America and one of the largest in the world. Cerrejon is owned by Carbones del Cerrejón – made...
Tabaco, Colombia: still no justice after 18 years
On 9 August 2001 the Afro-Descendant community of Tabaco was forcibly displaced from their ancestral land to give way to the biggest open cast coal mine in Latin America: Cerrejon. The mine is currently owned...
Saving the river: the struggle for Colombia’s Arroyo Bruno
Senator Jorge Robledo at the hearing in Riohacha
On Monday 9 July, representatives of LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign, Swiss NGO Aktionsgruppe Schweiz...
