viernes, 20 de julio de 2007

Mining Community in Assembly, Cauca

SUAREZ, CAUCA, SOUTH WEST COLOMBIA


ESMAD Public order squadron brought into the town. Believed by many to be a form of provocation and intimidartion. Why was this vehicle without any markings of identification?


WE DEMAND
- Respect of our rights as indigenous communities, peasants and afrodescendants
- Respect of the rights recognised in Convention 169 of the International Work Organisation. As such the State may not make resources existent in our territory disposable without consulting th communities.





Gold mining activities, damm to the rear. Army base on adjacent mountain (out of shot)


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