Occidental Oil and U'wa People

Take a look at the full page ad in Tuesday's (April 14) New York Times, page A15. It is from the "Amazon Coalition" and it is titled:
"Why Occidental's oil project is a death sentence for the U'wa"

There is also a web page indicated at http://uwa.moles.org Go there

Here is the intro:
"The U'wa people have lived peacefully in the cloudforests of the Colombian Andes for as long as anyone can remember. The last great tragedy to befall these 5,000 people happened 400 years ago, when according to oral histories, a portion of the tribe committed mass ritual suicide rather than submit themselves to Spanish rule. Today, the U'wa are once again talking about death as new invaders -Occidental Petroleum ("Oxy")- move onto their land. As the project moves forward one thing becomes very clear: Whether it is through the pollution of the land they consider sacred, the increased violence that the project will inevitably bring, or by their own hand, oil exploration means the death of the U'wa."

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