On 5 May 2020, Anglo American, a London listed multinational mining company (MNC) will hold their Annual Shareholders Meeting behind closed doors. Anglo-American is one of three MNC that jointly own the Cerrejón Open-Pit Coal mine in La Guajira, northern Colombia. Cerrejón is one of the largest open-pit coal mines in the world covering over 69,000 hectares of land in the middle of indigenous Wayuu and Afro-Colombian farming communities’ territory. These communities have for y

On July 3, members of the Alberto Lleras Camargo neighborhood, in Buenaventura, witnessed several confrontation between armed groups that caused the mass displacement of hundreds of residents. Around 100 families from nearby neighborhoods were displaced. 25 people are currently seeking refuge in the city’s coliseum, while another 200 people remain in the offices of the Human Rights Ombudsman. In light of the crisis, residents of the Alberto Lleras Camargo neighborhood issued

In April, Delta Apparel – a US-based company – fired 40 workers with crippling musculoskeletal injuries from their factory in Honduras. There was outrage, and Delta agreed to reinstate them, but with conditions that violate Honduran labor laws. Please insist that the U.S. government live up to its promise that CAFTA-DR would “strengthen workers’ rights and conditions in the region.” Delta Apparel agreed to settle the conflict with the workers’ union, but only in the presence