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December 05, 2011 | GlobalPost
In Colombia, Digging for Gold Comes at a Price
Colombia's gold rush pits local subsistence miners against large corporate interests, criminal gangs and the police.
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November 01, 2011 | PBS
The Dark Side of Colombia’s Goldrush
Small-scale miners in Colombia are fighting to protect their lands from large corporations looking to cash in on the country's gold rush.
October 18, 2011 | Pulitzer Center
Regulating Colombia's Mining Industry
What role will Colombia's new mining and energy minister, Mauricio Cardenas, play in defining Colombia's future as a competitor in the global energy market?
October 13, 2011 | Americas Quarterly
Colombia: The Mysterious Death of Father José Reinel Restrepo
The killing of a Colombian priest who spoke out against a gold mining project by a Canadian company is spreading fear and suspicion in the community.
September 23, 2011 | Latitudes
Gold Rush
Despite death threats and nine suspicious murders last year, the Afro-Colombians of La Toma refuse to hand over ancestral mining rights to multinational corporations.
September 22, 2011 | Earth Island Institute
Colombia: Down in the Dark
A Colombian miner makes his first trip underground six weeks after a mining accident killed his brother and four others. Despite outcry from politicians, conditions in the mines have not improved.
September 15, 2011 | Pulitzer Center
Colombia's Mining Boom
Colombia's recent surge in mining activity is threatening some of the country's most fragile eco-systems.
August 23, 2011 | Pulitzer Center
The Green Gold of Chocó: An Alternative for the Mining Industry?
A small community of gold miners in the Colombian jungle is fighting to turn a toxic industry into a green one.
July 21, 2011 | Pulitzer Center
Industrial Mining Threatens to Displace Local Miners in La Toma
Carlino Ararat and other locals fear losing their mining rights and source of livelihood as the Colombian government gives mining exploration titles to large foreign and national mining companies.
July 13, 2011 | Pulitzer Center
Guardia Indigena Vs. Illegal Miners
Guardia Indigena, a pacifist force, protects land populated by the Nasa from armed groups and illegal miners. In March 2011, they successfully headed off bulldozers in Las Canoas reserve.
June 20, 2011 | Jyllands-Posten
Floresmiro was the Only Survivor
Colombian coal miners are digging harder and deeper than ever before to bring supply energy to the world, but it is not without personal costs.
June 14, 2011 | TIME
Fighting to Protect Colombia's Water Supply
In Cogua, Colombia, some are asking the federal government to take action against the mining and agriculture that threaten the nation’s water supply.