A report this year found 44% of attacks from 2015 to 2019 was connected to mining businesses. FMTNews Colombia
Environmental defenders living in the desert province of La Guajira suffer threats, attacks.
The report found 64 land rights activists were killed in Colombia last year – up from 25 in 2018 — the highest level Global Witness has ever recorded in the country. Though violence in Colombian overall has fallen since a 2016 peace deal between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebels and the government, so-called “social leaders” continue to be threatened, attacked and killed — many in cases which remain unsolved.
Environmental defenders in Colombia fear threats and attacks, said Angelica Ortiz, who lives in desert province La Guajira and is the secretary-general of indigenous group the Association of Wayuu Women.Wayuu communities in La Guajira are locked in long-running disputes with coal miner Cerrejon over water use and pollution, dust, noise and health issues.
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