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Oil Daily: Indigenous Groups Oppose Colombia Drilling...
Apr 14, 2010, The Oil Daily
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| New York – As the Colombian government seeks to expand oil and gas drilling to raise production, it is licensing blocks in increasingly remote areas, infringing on the territory of indigenous tribes, according to environmentalists and groups rep- resenting indigenous people.
Today, most of the country's oil output comes from the Llanos and Magdalena Basins in central Colombia. However, as...
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Obama's War for Oil in Colombia...
Jan 27, 2010, Counterpunch
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| This past summer, President Obama announced that he had signed an agreement with Colombia to grant the U.S. military access to 7 military bases in Colombia. As the UK's Guardian newspaper announced at the time, "[t]he proposed 10-year lease will give the US access to at least seven Colombian bases – three air force, two naval and two army – stretching from the Pacific to the Caribbean." And, these...
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Miles de indígenas debatirán en Cali sobre la presencia militar y empresarial extranjera...
Oct 13, 2009, EFE
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| Unos 25.000 indígenas llegaron hoy a la ciudad de Cali (suroeste) para debatir sobre la presencia de soldados estadounidenses en bases militares colombianas y la posibilidad de que aumente el número de multinacionales mineras interesadas en sus territorios.
El consejero mayor del Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca (suroeste, CRIC), Elides Pechené, informó a Efe vía telefónica que esta tarde se...
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IDB’s Losing Bets in U.S. Mortgages May Weaken Case for Funding...
Mar 21, 2009, Bloomberg
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| The Inter-American Development Bank failed to rein in managers who made losing bets in the U.S. mortgage market, including investments in securities issued by Countrywide Financial Corp., according to an outside consultant’s findings reviewed by the IDB board yesterday.
The Washington-based bank, the biggest lender for infrastructure projects in Latin America, took a nearly $1 billion loss last...
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Indígenas representantes de comunidad U'wa pidieron en Nueva York veto a Ecopetrol...
Dec 02, 2008, Portafolio
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| Con apoyo de ONG norteamericana Amazon Watch, dos líderes se reunieron con representantes del JP Morgan y con una docena de entidades financieras para solicitarles que no compren acciones.
"La empresa está violando los derechos indígenas con su explotación petrolera en el territorio ancestral U'wa", según Andrew Miller, coordinador del Proyecto Defensa U'wa de Amazon Watch.
"La compra de acc...
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Colombia: Indígenas mantienen movilización...
Nov 04, 2008, Prensa Latina
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| Las comunidades indígenas colombianas se mantienen movilizadas y anunciaron que el 10 de noviembre marcharán hacia Bogotá para continuar reclamando sus derechos.
Ese día unos 10 mil indígenas del departamento del Cauca emprenderán desde la ciudad de Cali una caminata hacia Bogotá, como parte de la movilización de protesta que mantienen desde el 11 de octubre.
La protesta continuará, aseguró ...
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Colombia's indigenous protest against Uribe...
Oct 31, 2008, The Real News Network
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| Thousands gather for 62-mile march to demand justice and land...
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COLOMBIA: Where Dialogue Seems Impossible...
Oct 28, 2008, IPS
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| BOGOTA, Oct 28 (IPS) - Dialogue -- or, more accurately, the lack thereof -- was the common denominator in two high-profile events Sunday in the western Colombian city of Cali, demonstrating to what extent this vehicle of mutual understanding is missing in this civil war-torn South American country.
Former congressman Óscar Tulio Lizcano escaped from his captors, the leftist Revolutionary Armed ...
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McCain Heads Today for Colombia, Where Adviser Has Long Had Ties...
Jul 01, 2008, The New York Times
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| Since 1998, the lobbying firm headed until recently by Charlie Black, one of Mr. McCain’s closest confidants, has earned more than $1.8 million representing the Occidental Petroleum Corporation, the leading foreign producer of gas and oil in Colombia. The lobbying firm, BKSH & Associates, has also represented Colombian textile and apparel manufacturers and a former foreign minister and presidentia...
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ECOPETROL becomes privatized and as a result braces itself against native inhabitants...
Sep 27, 2007, Actualidad Etnica
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| By Luis Carlos Osorio R.
Director of Actualidad Etnica
Bogotá, 27 September 2007
The hypothesis is simple and shared by many specialists in the field: with the sale of stock shares, the Colombian government, on one hand, continues the process of privatization by auctioning the most profitable company in the country at a lower price, quietly turning it over to private investors and pension f...
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