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U'wa People of Colombia Resources and Action Summaries
Local contact: In a campaign that stretches back 7 years, the U'wa people of Colombia have been fighting the US-based Occidental Petroleum company that wishes to drill in their part of Colombia's rich cloudforest. The nation that numbers 5,000, has been staging peaceful protests and blockades, while pressing their case in the Colombian and International courts. As part of a global solidarity campaign, the Rainforest Action Network has targeted Fidelity Investment, one of Occidental's largest shareholders, and Vice-President Al Gore, whose personal ties and stake in the company have cast a dark shadow on his environmental credentials. As a member organization of BGAN, RAN has drawn on BGAN's larger membership and its ties to labor and social justice groups to stage successful Boston actions against the company's high profile investors.
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