As some 30,000 paramilitaries are demobilized in Colombia, little discussion has taken place about what will happen to the land they stole through violence.
Ecopetrol
Petróleo del Territorio Indígena U'wa Evitaría que el País Tenga que Importar Crudo en Cuatro Años
El Tiempo | Sin embargo, los nativos se oponen de manera férrea a la propuesta.
78 Members of the U.S. Congress Sign Letter in Support of the UNHCHR's Office in Colombia
On August 1, 2006 78 Members of the United States Congress sent a strong letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging the full renewal of the UNHCHR's Office in Colombia. The bipartisan letter was circulated by Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Jim Leach (R-IA).
Se Reabre Litigio Estado-Comunidad U’wa Vía Libre a la Búsqueda de Petróleo en Territorio U’wa
El Espectador | Siempre y cuando se cumpla con los estudios, planes, licencias y permisos ambientales previstos en la ley, la Sala de Consulta y Servicio Civil del Consejo de Estado le dio vía libre al Gobierno para poner en marcha el proyecto petrolero que, con pública oposición de varias organizaciones indígenas, se ha pretendido impul
57 NGO's from 12 Different Countries Express Their Concern with ECOPETROL's plans to Initiate Seismic Testing and Oil Exploration on U'wa Traditional Land
Honorable Alvaro UribePresident of the Republic of ColombiaANDMr.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 28 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
IACHR Expresses Its Concern For The Situation Of Human Rights In Colombia
Nº 16/06 IACHR expresses Concern about the Human Rights Situation in Colombia. Washington D.C.
The Current Status of the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The OAS Permanent Council Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will be holding another round of meetings of negotiation in the quest for points of consensus. The last meeting, the Seventh in the series, took place in Brasilia, Brazil between March 21 - 25, 2006.
Amazon Watch and the U'wa Defense Project Call on the Colombian Government and ECOPETROL to Abandon their Plans to Drill for Oil on U'wa Land
March 19, 2006Honorable Alvaro UribePresident of the Republic of ColombiaANDMr.
U’WA: A CALL FOR JUSTICE, A CALL FOR SUPPORT
“The U'wa people, by the power we have held for thousands of years, feel ourselves compelled to call out to the world. Understand that the strength of our power is with our words. We, the U'wa, are nonviolent people. Our power is our instinctive respect and spiritual consciousness.
Advancing the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A Critical Challenge for the International Community
Advancing the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples:A Critical Challenge for the International CommunityVoices from a forum at the 61st Session of the United Nations Commission on Human RightsApril 13, 2005Presented by Amnesty International, la Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de
Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous People, Mr. Rodolfo Stavenhagen visit to Colombia in March 2004
This report covers the official visit to Colombia by the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People, Mr.
Oil Discovery Hardly Has Policy's Critics Gushing
The Miami Herald | Bogota - With the nation's proven oil reserves continuing to fall, investment and exploration sagging and sabotage from a 40-year old civil war enduring, the Colombian government and its oil company, Ecopetrol, have beendesperate to ballyhoo any find, small though it may be."Ecopetrol bet and won," the Ministry o
U'wa Communique to the National and International Public Opinion
In the year 2001, the U.S. based multinational oil company Occidental of Colombia, OXY, acknowledged publicly the discouraging results to its much anticipated oil bonanza of Gilbraltar 1, in sacred U'WA territory.Today, the Colombian state oil company ECOPETROL continues the work that OXY started.
BOLETIN INFORMATIVO - Resguardo Indígena Unido U’wa, Cubará (Boyacá)
ECOPETROL en el año 1.985 inicia actividades petroleras en territorio ancestral U’wa con el proyecto de explotación en Caño Limón (Arauca), la construcción del oleoducto Caño Limón Coveñas, y la construcción de la Estación de bombeo en territorio de la comunidad indígena de Tamarana”Sutota” en el corr
U'wa Communique
Cubara, Colombia - The U’wa People, Children of God, Children of our Mother Earth, Lovers of the Natural World and of the SpiritsThe U’wa people are tired of the proliferation of false promises that the Colombian government has made to us.
WOLA Report - Protecting the Pipeline: The U.S. Military Mission Expands
The U.S. government has recently provided $99 million to help protect an oil pipeline in Colombia. The Bush administration’s request for fiscal year 2004 includes an undetermined amount, up to $147 million, to provide munitions, equipment, and training in order to continue the program.
Colombian Government Might Retract Oil 'Discovery' Claim
Dow Jones Business News | Bogota - Less than a month after the Colombian government cockily announced it found high-quality crude oil - possibly 200 million barrels - at its Gibraltar well, negative follow-up tests have officials ready to choke down a crow dinner.
U’wa: Collective Suicide
The Highest Council of the U’wa Traditional Authorities would like to clarify the issue of collective suicide to the national and international community.
Communique to the National and International Community in Response to the Discovery of Petroleum in Our Ancestral Territory, Kera Chikara
Cubará, Colombia - On March 3, 2003 the highest U’wa Council of the Traditional Authorities of 17 indigenous U’wa communities, leaders, and general public received official word from the President of Ecopetrol, Isaac Yanovich, regarding the discovery of petroleum in Gibralter I of the Samoré block.
Comunicado a la Opinion Publica Nacional e Internacional Frente al Hallazgo de Petroleo en Nuestro Territorio Ancestral Kera Chikara
Cubará, Colombia - El día 03 de Marzo de 2003 el Cabildo Mayor U´wa, Autoridades Tradicionales de las 17 Comunidades Indígenas, Lideres y Pueblo en General recibe de manera Oficial de parte de los medios de Comunicación Nacional y del Presidente de ECOPETROL ISAAC YANOVICH en hallazgo de petróleo en Gibraltar 1 del Bloq
U’wa Vow To Resist Oil Discovery on Sacred Land Groups Denounce Use of US Tax Dollars for Oil Drilling in Colombia
After a successful decade long struggle to keep oil exploitation off of their sacred homeland, the 7,000 member U’wa indigenous community from the remote cloud forests of northeastern Colombia are vowing to continue their peaceful opposition to oil drilling on their land in light of this week’s announcement by Colombia’
The U'wa Demand the Immediate Withdrawal of EcoPetrol from Their Sacred Land
Comunique to the Colombian and International CommunitiesResguardo Unido U’wa, CubaráIf ECOPETROL continues with the Sirirí project in U’wa territory, our culture will disappear.
Amazon Watch’s “Creation Stories” Event Featuring the U’wa People of Colombia Draws Hundreds from the Creative Community
On September 24, in collaboration with the Creative Artists Agency Foundation, Amazon Watch hosted an evening with the traditional leaders of the U'wa nation of Colombia who shared their dramatically unfolding "creation story" with select members of the Hollywood community.Mary Stuart Masterson and Julia Butterfly Hill
FEATURE-Colombian U'wa Indians Brace for New Battle
Reuters Company News | Cubara, Colombia - Roberto Perez chews a cluster of drycoca leaves as he stands near a precipice overlooking a valley of rainforest and swift rivers.Legend has it that Perez's U'wa Indian ancestors jumped to their deaths froma similar ridge 500 years ago to avoid enslavement by Spanish conquistadors.
Witness for Peace report: The Real Costs of Pipeline Protection in Colombia: Corporate Welfare with Deadly Consequences
A Witness for Peace Report from AraucaJuly 2002SUMMARYThe politically independent human rights group Witness for Peace conducted a thorough on-the-ground study of the potential outcomes of the Bush administration’s proposal to spend $98 million to protect an oil pipeline in Arauca, Colombia.
Colombia Holds Out for a Big Oil Find
Financial Times | Under rebel threat and with its largest fields in decline, Colombia's oil industry was dealt a new blow this month when one of its loyal foreign investors said it had not found significant reserves.However, despite Occidental's decision to abandon the Sirirý exploration block near the Venezuelan border, where it had h
How a Disappearing Oil Field was the Answer to One Tribe's Prayers Bizarre Campaign Pays Off as US Oil Giant Quits Amazon Project
Guardian | When geologists from US oil giant Oxy found what they believed was one of the largest oil fields in Latin America in 1994, there was jubilation in the company's Los Angeles HQ.
Occidental Returns Siriri Oil Block to Colombia
www.socialfunds.com | Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum withdrew from an oil field belongingto the indigenous U'wa people, but the company will continue oil extractionin Colombia.
Re: Statement to the National and International Public on the Withdrawal of Oxy from U'wa Sacred Territory Kera Chikara
Cubará - Boyacá, Colombia - The millennial and historic U'wa Indigenous People of Colombia situated in the departments of Casanare, Arauca, Boyacá, Santander and Norte de Santander, through this statement would like to express thanks from our hearts for the total and unconditional support that we have received from the fol
