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Colombia: Biggest Coal Mine in Latin America, Carbones de Cerrejón, accused of countless human rights violations against indigenous groups, according to local leaders
âBiggest Coal Mine in Latin America Accused of Human Rights Violations in Colombiaâ, 10th February 2021
.Javier Rojas is a leader of the Shipia Wayuu organization and member of the Wayuu Nation, one of Colombiaâs largest indigenous groups who mostly live in the northeastern department of La Guajira. Many Wayuu live in rural areas and have relied on subsistence farming, which is in crisis as only 4% have access to clean water in an arid climate. âOur communities have been suffering due to all of the contamination for having the biggest coal mine in Latin America as our neighbor,â Rojas told Latino Rebels. Between 2010-2018, 4,770 Wayuu chi
13 February 2021 (IWGIA) La Guajira is a unique place. Located in the northern-most part of Colombia, it borders on the Caribbean Sea and features a desert landscape adorned with the rare vegetation of the dry, subtropical forest. As one delves deeper into the region, to the so-called Alta Guajira, the flora diminishes until there is nothing but thorny bushes called
trumpillos. Likewise, the comforts of Western civilization also fade out as one gets farther from the coast.
The struggle against climate change can be neutralized by the circumstances and conditions under which the clean energy transition is carried out. The behaviour of wind-energy companies in La Guajira, the territory of the Wayuu indigenous people, serves as an illustrative example.