Our next webinar will take place on Thursday April 29 at 3:30 pm EDT and as with our previous webinars it will have simultaneous translation in English and Spanish. You can register for it here. This webinar will feature four frontline environmental defenders in Colombia, all of whom have recently Read more…
Click here to join Oscar Sampayo of the Alliance for a Colombia Free of Fracking on a webinar on Thursday April 29 that will discuss the implications of the Escazu Agreement for environmental defenders opposing fracking in Colombia. The Escazu Agreement comes into force today, April 22. It has been Read more…
Blockade of the ConocoPhillips/Canacol Energy VMM-2 block in September 2016. Click here to register for a webinar on Thursday April 29 at 2:30 pm COT/3:30 pm EDT with Colombian environmental defenders opposed to fracking. On April 21, Valora Analitik reported: “Canacol Energy announced today the first results of an independent Read more…
On April 19, PBI-Colombia posted on Instagram: “This weekend PBI we accompanied the Social Corporation for Community Counseling and Training (COSPACC) and the Committee for Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP) in the workshop ‘The right to defend rights’ given to defenders and leaders in Plan Brisas, Casanare.” COSPACC and the Read more…
On April 20, these Colombian environmental defenders were at the decentralized session of the Departmental Assembly of Santander in Puerto Wilches in opposition to the fracking pilot projects that have been authorized in the Magdalena Medio region. They are Ivan Madero (CREDHOS), Oscar Sampayo (CRY-GEAM), Yuvelis Natalia Morales (AguaWil) and Read more…
The banner says: “Not here, not there, not today, not ever. No to fracking in Colombia” On April 20, CREDHOS tweeted: “Happening now. The start the decentralized session of the @asambleastder [the Departmental Assembly of Santander] in the municipality of Puerto Wilches. The objective is to discuss the implementation of Read more…
On April 20, the Humanitarian Action Corporation for Coexistence and Peace in Northeast Antioquia (CAHUCOPANA) tweeted: “Between April 19 and 20, relatives of victims and #SanPablo institutions participated in the socialization of the project: an opportunity for the effective participation of the victims.” It adds: “Activity carried out by @AHERAMIGUA Read more…
Map from Corporacion Observatorio Desarrollo Territorial. On April 19, the Barrancabermeja, Colombia-based Territorial Development Observatory Corporation published this map based on a map available from the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) and noted: “The Platero Pilot Research Project is located in the municipality of Puerto Wilches, inside the VMM-37 block.” The Read more…
Click here to register for a webinar that will feature Colombian environmental defenders Ivan Madero, Yuli Velasquez, Oscar Sampayo, and Yuvelis Natalia Morales. On April 19, Reuters reported: “The Escazu agreement is raising hopes among some [human rights defenders in Latin America] that they will be better protected and see Read more…
Click here to register to hear Ivan Madero, Oscar Sampayo and Karen Hamilton speak on April 29 about Parex Resources in Colombia. This past December, Ivan Madero of CREDHOS and Oscar Sampayo of CRY-GEAM spoke at this media conference to express their concerns about Calgary-based Parex Resources and their Aguas Read more…