by Richard | Feb 27, 2019 | News
Press release from CAJAR lawyers’ collective (Colectivo de Abogados Jose Alvear Restrepo), Bogota, Friday 22 February 2019. (Unofficial translation; original in Spanish.) Cerrejón Coal is owned by London-listed companies Anglo American, BHP and Glencore. Legal...
by Richard | Oct 31, 2018 | News
On 17 October, while we in London were at the AGM of the world’s largest mining multinational, BHP, our friends from the small farming community of Tabaco in La Guajira, Colombia, undertook an occupation of the land that they were promised in 2008 as the site...
by Richard | Oct 11, 2018 | News
We have received news of renewed death threats against our friends in The Wayuu Women’s Force – Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuu-Sütsüin Jiyeyuu Wayuu (FMW-SJW). FMW-SJW are among the more prominent critics of Cerrejon Coal (owned by London-listed multinationals...
by Richard | Oct 4, 2018 | News
The Cerrejon coal mine By Richard Solly, member of Colombia Solidarity Campaign and Co-ordinator of London Mining Network In August I participated in a delegation to the province of La Guajira in Colombia, organised by US-based Witness for Peace. We visited...
by Richard | Sep 17, 2018 | Documents
Armed eviction of the residents of Tabaco, La Guajira, Colombia, 9 August 2001 Ten years ago, the report of an Independent Panel of Inquiry into the impacts of Cerrejon Coal was published. Cerrejon is Latin America’s largest open cast coal mine, and is owned by...
