Roberto Cobaria - President of the Traditional U'wa Authority

 

U'wa Defense Project

 

1. THE U'WA DEFENSE PROJECT

2. LATEST UPDATE (Death threat to Roberto Cobaria)

3. WHAT YOU CAN DO [COMO PUEDE HACER](+Addresses)

3. PHOTOS FROM THE U'WA TERRITORY

4. VIDEO

5. DONATIONS

6. BACKGROUND ARTICLES, LINKS TO RELATED SITES

7. LEGAL SUMMARY OF THE U'WA CASE

9. EN ESPANOL (Debajo de Construccion)

 

Occidental Petroleum has yet to make a reasonable argument demonstrating that the U'wa will not suffer far more than benefit from their presence in Bloque Samore. The U'wa Defense Project is opposed to further oil exploration or exploitation of Bloque Samore until Occidental, Shell, and Ecopetrol (owned by the Colombian government) prove that they can show respect for the U'wa and take responsibility for the socio-cultural impacts of their operations.

 

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The U'wa Defense Project operates out of Project underGround, coordinating the collaborative efforts of: Amazon Coalition, Amazon Watch, Cabildo Mayor U'wa, Center for Justice and International Law, Colombian Human Rights Commission, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund (Formerly Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund), FIAN Germany, National Indigenous Organization of Colombia, Rainforest Action Network, and SOL Communications. The U'wa Project is a registered 501c3 public non-profit through Earth Trust Foundation's S.E.E. (Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs)

 

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