Energy company reps won't listen to community concerns at Cerrejon, Colombia
House at the resettled community of Tamaquito
By Emma Banks, University of Tennessee, currently resident in La Guajira
On November...
Cerrejon Coal: the Marcha de Mantas Rojas
On Thursday, 18 August, in La Guajira, our friends in La Guajira are holding a peaceful protest, the 'Marcha de Mantas Rojas', to protest against the diversion and demand a better deal from the...
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...
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...
7 June 2016
Roberto Junguito, President, Cerrejón Coal
Sir John...
Cerrejon Coal: brutal evictions of villagers resisting relocation
La Guajira, Colombia: On Wednesday 24 February, the last family of villagers who had returned to the old village site at Roche out of frustration at conditions in the new settlement constructed by...
It's all kicking off at Cerrejon Coal
Houses in the community of New Roche, June 2014 (photo: Richard Solly)
By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network,...