by Richard | Jul 8, 2019 | News
The following open letter was sent on Monday 8 July 2019 to Cerrejon Coal and its multinational corporate owners Coal mining in Colombia: Diversion of the Arroyo Bruno and fulfilment of Constitutional Court Sentence SU-698 of 2017 We are writing to express our deep...
by Richard | May 2, 2019 | News
Some of our friends in La Guajira, including members of Wayuu indigenous organisation Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuu, other community leaders and members of mine workers’ union Sintracarbon, have received fresh death threats. Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuu has been constant...
by Richard | Jun 27, 2014 | News
by Richard | Aug 17, 2016 | News
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 London-listed companies Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Glencore....
by Richard | Oct 19, 2013 | News
After weeks of renewed negotiation between Cerrejon Coal and eight farming families of African descent at the village of Old Roche in the province of La Guajira, Colombia, an agreement has been reached allowing the families to relocate to a new site next year....
