Other PressAsesinados miembros de Marcha Patriótica en Quindío 20:17 Nov 05 0 comments [Colombia, Cauca] El Inpec Aisla Veintiocho Internos Indígenas En Huelga De Hambre 17:33 Oct 23 0 comments Haiti: Now they're all dead 22:19 Aug 28 0 comments Detenido el líder campesino Húber Ballesteros en Bogotá 16:11 Aug 27 14 comments Egipto: Todos en contra de la democracia 20:53 Aug 20 0 comments more >> |
Recent articles by José Antonio Gutiérrez D.
Nueva audiencia por el caso de José Norbey Lugo Caballero, afiliado a ... 1 comments Asesinado dirigente campesino que se opuso a mina La Colosa (Cajamarca... 4 comments La Alzada: “The revolution must include the feminist struggle, with an... 0 comments Recent Articles about Venezuela / Colombia Repression / prisonersAsesinados miembros de Marcha Patriótica en Quindío Nov 05 13 Picket the Colombian Embassy (London) to protest assassination of peas... Nov 05 13 Nueva audiencia por el caso de José Norbey Lugo Caballero, afiliado a ... Nov 05 13 The murder of a peasant leader who had opposed the mining project of La Colosa (Cajamarca, Tolima)
venezuela / colombia |
repression / prisoners |
opinion / analysis
Thursday November 07, 2013 20:00 by José Antonio Gutiérrez D.
In the afternoon of the 2 November, the peasant leader César García, president of the community association (Junta de Acción Comunal) of Cajon La Leona, was killed in cold blood by a shot to the head as he returned to his homestead with his wife and son. García had become visible through his participation in the Environmental and Rural Committee of Cajamarca for the defence of life, water and food (Comité Ambiental y Campesino de Cajamarca por la Defensa de la Vida, el Agua y el Alimento), an organisation which has been leading the community´s struggle against the large-scale extractive project La Colosa. It is key to ask ourselves, who benefits from this crime? Unfortunately we are all too familiar with this situation, where the interests of powerful people are threatened, then “dark forces” arise which plant the seeds of destabilisation, terror, death…after which, in the midst of the onslaught of repression to guarantee “investor security”, the “peacemakers” make their triumphant entry with portfolios brimming with business contracts.
In the afternoon of the 2 November, the peasant leader César García, president of the community association (Junta de Acción Comunal) of Cajon La Leona, was killed in cold blood by a shot to the head as he returned to his homestead with his wife and son [1]. García had become visible through his participation in the Environmental and Rural Committee of Cajamarca for the defence of life, water and food (Comité Ambiental y Campesino de Cajamarca por la Defensa de la Vida, el Agua y el Alimento), an organisation which has been leading the community´s struggle against the large-scale extractive project La Colosa. This open-cast mine has been denounced in Tolima because of the disastrous impact it would have on the community and the environment. The community of Tolima has expressed its rejection of the project through a series of massive demonstrations in defence of water and life, as well as through a popular consultation which took place in the municipality of Piedras on 28 July. On that occasion, 99.2% of the population rejected the mega-mine, with participation of approximately 60% of the electorate [2]. |
Front pageAre Republican “Libertarians” Anarchists? Tareas del Anarquismo social chileno. Lo “libertario” como espacio de disputa. Brasil: Nova invasão policial do local da FAG El confederalismo democrático, propuesta libertaria del pueblo kurdo Biel-Bienne: Anarchist Bookfair 2013 A 40 años del golpe: recuperando la iniciativa, construyendo la alternativa popular Ante el Paro Nacional y la ola de desobediencia popular en Colombia La “primavera árabe”: reconfiguración del mapa del Norte de África y Oriente Medio [Colombia] 19 de Agosto, paro agrario y popular, ¿un nuevo punto de inflexión en la lucha de clases? Questões Organizativas do Anarquismo Combative Unionism: Waging Class War within Labour La democracia de masas: una apuesta libertaria para el actual período A Brief History of the Rapprochement Process of US Class Struggle Anarchist Organizations La rue égyptienne plus forte que les urnes Solidaridad contra la persecución hacia la Federación Anarquista Gaucha Tear Gas & Twitter in Taksim - an anarchist eyewitness analysis from Gezi Park, Istanbul Lutar Contra o Aumento da Tarifa Pela Força e Vontade das Ruas! Les assassins de Clément Méric devront répondre de leur crime Lo que faltaba: macartismo indigenista Chile: El Frente de Estudiantes Libertarios (FEL) cumple 10 años Latest NewsVenezuela / Colombia | Repression / prisoners | en Fri 08 Nov, 02:12 Colombian Political Prisoners sent greetings of solidarity to anarchist prisoners in Belarus 17:50 Thu 28 Jun 0 comments Jenny, Jimmy and Jefferson Torres: another judicial battle against impunity 20:12 Thu 26 May 0 comments International Statement Against Police Brutality and the Repression of the Youth in Colombia 23:57 Thu 12 Aug 0 comments Public Statement on the Extra-Judicial Execution of at least 46 Young Men in Colombia (Grupo Raíces) 02:51 Fri 10 Oct 0 comments In repudiation of the cowardly murders of the Organisers of the 6th March demonstration for justice 00:12 Sat 29 Mar 0 comments Anarchist killed by the police in Bogotá, Colombia 17:54 Thu 05 May 10 comments Opinion and AnalysisThe Colombian Government sows terror: the cases of Cajamarca and Castilla (Tolima) Sep 06 0 comments [Colombia] Repression and Criminalisation in Tolima: The social cost of mega-projects Jul 03 0 comments Uribe's other war: students and public universities under siege in the Colombian conflict Oct 08 0 comments Press ReleasesInternational Statement Against Police Brutality and the Repression of the Youth in Colombia Aug 12 RLPMK 0 comments Public Statement on the Extra-Judicial Execution of at least 46 Young Men in Colombia (Grupo Raíces) Oct 10 Grúpa Fréamhacha 0 comments In repudiation of the cowardly murders of the Organisers of the 6th March demonstration for justice Mar 29 0 comments |