The New York Times | Simonorwa, Colombia - Spaniards in clanging armor trudged up the mountain first, subjugating Indians in the search for gold. Farmers, clear-cutting forests, came next.
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Open Letter to Occidental Petroleum's President, Members of the Board of Directors and Shareholder
We, the U'wa, write to you once more to express our worry over the operations your company continues to move forward on our sacred territory "KERA CHIKARA" through the GIBRALTAR AREA Petroleum Exploration Project, in the town of Cedeño, hamlet of Gibraltar, municipality of Toledo, department of Norte de Santander.
Dying for Oil U'wa Leader Roberto Pérez Speaks about Indigenous Resistance to the Colombian Oil Rush
The Bay Guardian | Deep beneath the cloud forests of Colombia's northeastern highlands lie 1.4 billion barrels of crude oil, and Occidental Oil is poised to make a killing off of it. But the path to profits goes through the home of the indigenous U'wa, who, led by Roberto Pérez, are mounting fierce resistance.
Decree No. 1088 of 1993 - Resolution of Register No. 003 of January 1997 Indigenous Affairs - Minister of the Interior PRONOUNCEMENT TO THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Once again, the U'wa people reject the enslaving attitude of Occidental Petroleum, which continues to disregard the sovereignty and legitimacy of the U'wa, a millennial people, by allowing agents of the multinational Occidental Colombia Inc.
Decreto No. 1088 de 1993 Resolución de registro No. 003 de febrero de 1997. Dirección genera de asuntos Indígenas Ministerio del Interior PRONUNCIAMENTO A LA OPINION PUBLICA NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL
Una vez más el Pueblo U'wa rechazamos la actitud avasalladora de la Oxy, porque esta pretende seguir desconociendo la Soberania de nuestro Pueblo Milernario y por tanto de la legitimidad de nosotros los U'wa con respecto a los Territorios Ancestrales que hoy pisotean los agentes de la Multinacional Occidental de Colombia Inc
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Occidental Drills on Tribal-Claimed Colombian Land
Reuters | Bogota - Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE:OXY - news) began drilling a long-delayed test well Friday in a potentially oil-rich corner of Colombia, where U'wa Indians have threatened mass suicide to defend what they claim as ancestral lands.
Decree Number 1088, 1993 Registry Resolution Number 003, February 1997. Minister of the Interior Communique to the National and International Public Kera Chikara - Ancestral and Sacred Territory of the U'wa People
The U'wa People want to make known the National and International Public the repressive nature of the public forces, military, and anti-riot police who are, on a daily basis, physically and morally assaulting members of the U'wa community who are living on the Santa Rita and Bellavista Farms in Cedeno, Toledo, North Santander
Decreto No. 1088 de 1993 Resolución de registro No. 003 de febrero de 1997. Dirección genera de asuntos Indígenas Ministerio del Interior COMUNICADO A LA OPINION PUBLICA NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL Kera Chikara - Territorio Ancestral y Sagrado U'wa
El Pueblo U´wa damos a conocer a la Opinión Pública Nacional e Internacional las actitudes represivas por parte de la Fuerza Pública ejército y policía antimotines quienes a diario están agrediendo física y moralmente a los miembros de la comunidad U'wa que se encuentran usufructuando los predios Santa Rita y Bellavi
Ladies and Gentlemen, International Community, U'wa support group
Association of U'wa Traditional AuthoritiesDecreto 1088 de 1993Resolucion de Registro No.
COMMUNIQUE TO THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC
As president of the Cabildo Mayor of the ASSOCIATION OF TRADITIONALU'WA AUTHORITIES and in the name of this sovereign community, Iofficially present to the national and international communities therejection of the second ruling made by the Superior Tribunal of theJudicial District of Santafe de Bogota
COMUNICADO A LA OPINION PUBLICA NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL
En mi condicion de Presidente del Cabildo Mayor de la ASOCIACION DEAUTORIDADES TRADICIONALES U'WA y en nombre de este soberano pueblo pormedio del presente escrito presento oficialmente a la comunidad nacional einternacional el rechazo al fallo de tutela de segunda instancia proferidapor el Tribunal Su
Thousands of Colombians Resume Blockades Near Planned Oil Well Standoff With Oxy Escalating Solidarity March Today In Bogota
Rallying behind the struggle of the U'wa people of Colombia, at least 2,500 people have arrived during the past week in the small community of Gibraltar, in the department of North Santander. The town is approximately 6 kilometers from the site of the first well planned by Los-Angeles based Occidental Petroleum (Oxy).
Thousands of U'was and Supporters Resume Blockades English translation of U'wa Communique
As a result of the recent events that have occurred in U'wa territory, due to the violent military and police intervention, that in past days took the lives or three of our children and resulted in the disappearance of five indigenous brothers, demonstrations of solidarity for our community have continued to grow.
URGENT: Three U'WA Children Killed During Combined Police and Military Raid Denouncement Before the National and International Public
Friday, 2/11/2000, 11:33 AMThe Association of Traditional Uwa Authorities, ASOUWA, and the Regional Indigenous Council of Arauca, denounce the following to departmental, national and international Human Rights and Non-governmental Organizations:1.
Tres Ninos Indigenas U`WAS Asesinados por Accion Militar y Political Denuncia Publica Nacional e Internacional
Friday, February 11, 2000 11:33 AMLa Asociación de Cabildos y autoridades tradicionales ASOU`WA y el ConsejoRegional CRIA, denunciamos antes las ONGS de Derechos Humanos departamental,nacional e internacional, los siguientes hechos:Hoy viernes 11 de Febrero del 2000, siendo las 8:15 a.m., arribaron
Communique to the National and International Public:
1. We denounce the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for the various actions that they have carried out against the U'wa people; such as armed intimidation against indigenous inhabitants of our communities in past months; the machine-gun fire attack on Mr.
Communique to Public Opinion Invasion and Eviction of the UWA People Violation of national interest and cultural identity
Today, the 25th of January, 2000, in a shameful action by the military and police forces, headed by Major Victor Hugo Rojas Aragón, we the indigenous U’wa people were evicted from our land at Santa Rita and Bellavista, where the oil drilling site Gibraltar 1 is located.
Comunicado a la Opinion Publica Invasion y Desalojo al Pueblo U`WA Atropello a los Intereses Nacionales y a la Identidad Cultural
El día de hoy, 25 de Enero del año 2000, en vergonzosa acción de las fuerzas militares y de policía, en cabeza del Mayor Víctor Hugo Rojas Aragón, indígenas del pueblo U`wa fuimos desalojados de nuestras propiedades Santa Rita y Bellavista, donde se encuentra ubicado el punto de perforación Gibraltar I.
U'WA of Colombia Uphold Opposition to All Oil Drilling as Tribe Granted Expansion of Legal Territory
A Colombian Indian tribe has upheld its opposition to oil drilling on its traditional territory after winning legal title to a significant portion of that land.
An International Communique from the Association of Traditional U’WA Authorities
Kerachikara, Sacred U’WA Territory, Colombia -For thousands of years the U’wa people have lived in territories known today as the Departments of Casanare, Arauca, Boyaca, Santander and North of Santander, Colombia.
Communique from the Pueblo U’wa
Cubara, ColombiaWe, the U’wa, declare to the government and its various entities, to Congress , to the different social organizations, human rights NGO’s, national and international environmentalists, to the oil companies and to the Colombian people in general, that we have united formally behind the stoppages and p
