Lutas e resistências de "Los negros de Cañaverales" contra empresas mineradoras
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Resumo Este trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar o caso da comunidade étnica afrodescendente de Cañaverales, localizada no municipio de San Juan del Cesar, departamento de La Guajira, Colombia, e o processo de luta e resistencia contra a explorafáo de carváo pela empresa de capital turco, registrada na Colombia como "Best Coal Company" (BCC). Tal empresa mineradora, após adquirir do grupo de investimentos brasileiro EBX (leia-se grupo Eike Batista), reativou em 2018 um grande projeto de minerafáo, que tinha como perspectiva em uma primeira fase explorar uma mina de carváo, o que poderia colocar a comunidade em constante risco.
This paper aims to present the case of the Afro-descendant ethnic community of Cañaverales, located in the municipality of San Juan del Cesar, department of La Guajira, Colombia, and the process of struggle and resistance against coal exploitation by the Turkish-capital company, registered in Colombia as Best Coal Company (BCC). This mining company, after acquiring from the Brazilian investment group EBX (read as Grupo Eike Batista), reactivated in 2018 a large mining project, which in its first phase aimed to exploit a coal mine, potentially placing the community at constant risk.
This paper aims to present the case of the Afro-descendant ethnic community of Cañaverales, located in the municipality of San Juan del Cesar, department of La Guajira, Colombia, and the process of struggle and resistance against coal exploitation by the Turkish-capital company, registered in Colombia as Best Coal Company (BCC). This mining company, after acquiring from the Brazilian investment group EBX (read as Grupo Eike Batista), reactivated in 2018 a large mining project, which in its first phase aimed to exploit a coal mine, potentially placing the community at constant risk.
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Vol. 28, No. 52