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OUR ANNIVERSARY IN THE MIDST OF THE DEADLY VIRUS-Peace Community of San José de Apartadó

March 30, 2020 www.cdpsanjose.org/ (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) On Monday, March 23, our Peace Community of San … Read More »

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The Slow Death of Río Ranchería

(Translated by Buddy Bell- CSN Volunteer Translator, Edited by Shanise Faust) Source: http://palabrasalmargen.com/index.php/articulos/nacional/item/la-muerte-lenta-del-rio-rancheria?category_id=138 At the same time that the mining company … Read More »

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The Awry Steps of Gas Natural Union Fenosa in Colombia: Chronicle of an intervention foretold

(Translated by Colin Kluender, CSN Volunteer Translator- Edited by Shanise Faust) In a timely fashion the Colombian government decided to take … Read More »

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COMMENTARY BY CERREJON ON THE SYD FORUM REPORT, “AS BLACK AS COAL”

  Swedish Report  on Cerrejon : https://business-humanrights.org/sites/default/files/documents/Kol_rapport_FS_04.pdf   Source for this translation : Spanish Answer from Cerrejon to Swedish Report :https://business-humanrights.org/sites/default/files/documents/Comentarios%20Cerrejón%20a%20informe%20Forum%20Syd.pdf (Translated by … Read More »

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Uncovered: Mining Companies Sue Colombia Under the FTA with the US for $16.5 Billion for Having Created the Yaigoji Apaporis National Park.

( Translated by Emma Strenski, Edited by John Laun) Source : http://www.foei.org/es/prensa/archivo-por-tema/justicia-economica-resistencia-al-neoliberalismo-prensa/al-descubierto-demandan-colombia-por-16-500-millones-de-dolares-al-amparo-del-tlc-con-eeuu-por-crear-el-parque-nacional-yaigoji-apaporis Press release from Friends of the Earth reveals … Read More »

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Land Policies in Colombia should be considered to be more devastating by far than Mining Operations

( Translated by Rolf Schoeneborn, a CSN Volunteer Translator, Edited by John I. Laun) Source: http://www.polodemocratico.net/noticias/en-profundidad/10372-la-politica-de-tierras-en-colombia-es-un-monstruo-mas-grande-o-mas-terrorifico-que-el-del-extractivismo-minero-energetico   Interview with investigators … Read More »

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Plan Colombia: a review 15 years after its implementation

Source : http://www.alainet.org/es/articulo/175208 (Translated by Noel Gonzalez, edited by John Laun) By Oto Higuita Plan Colombia, a strategy of antinarcotics … Read More »

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The Greed for Gold Leaves New Craters

Source: http://censat.org/es/noticias/la-avidez-por-el-oro-deja-nuevos-crateres (Translated by Haley Olig, a CSN Intern) Colombia. The extraction of precious metal is put on standby as … Read More »

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Contamination and Thirst in the Magdalena because of the Multinationals and the Thaw in the Sierra Nevada

COLOMBIA REPORTING Friday, July 24, 2015 CONTAMINATION AND THIRST IN THE MAGDALENA BECAUSE OF THE MULTINATIONALS AND THE THAW IN … Read More »

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Declaration by Victims of Multinationals With Respect to Decision by a Federal Court in the U.S.

DECLARATION OF THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT OF VICTIMS OF MULTINATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS, M.N V.C., WITH RESPECT TO THE DECISION OF … Read More »

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