The People behind the colombian coal ( Chapter 1 )
History
Background
Subtopic
Inhabit
Indigenous People
Black People
Campesinos People
Where are they located at ?
The Guajira Peninsula
In the North Of the Republic Of Colombia
As of
More than 3,000 years
Colombia
Venezuela
Mining ( Cerrejon ) Projet
Development and Progress
Benefits to Wayuu People
The Open-Pit Coal
Organizations
Intercor
Exxon
BMP Billiton
Anglo American
Glencore/Xstrata
Implications
Environmental Contamination
Imposition Of new lifestyles
Cultural and psysical mix due to arrival of foreigners
New economic strucure
Events
Media Luna
Coastal area inhabited by the wayuu
Located at southern end of the Bahia de Portete
Territory usurped to build the coal loading port known as Puerto Bolivar.
The Destruction and relocation of Caracoli and Espinal
Formerly home to 350 Wayuu people
Land usurped by mining company Intercor
Pollution
The noise
Resource extraction
Accion de Tutela on February 12,1992
Guarantee the protection of the fundamental constitutional rights ( Resolution No. 02122, on February 22, 1991)
The companies continue to violate people's rights.
Continue to deny the existence of the indigenous communitties,
Roche
Chancleta
Patilla
Community of Tabaco
Transportation
Schooling
Health Services
Government
Fails to the lives and dignity of the people.