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25.09.2000 01:21
As the U'wa people of Colombia are facing the final showdown in their eight year campaign to prevent Occidental petroleum from drilling in their ancestral lands, on Friday the 22 activists were picketing the Columbian Embassy in London.
The Colombian ambassador was forced to pick his way past banners reading 'No Blood For Oil' and 'No a la violencia (para)militar' to take our leaflets, to take a Financial Crimes with articles on both Plan Colombia and the U'wa, and to remain tight-lipped in the face of questioning as to his government's role in the appalling ongoing situation. With any luck the tale of his inconvenience and possible embarrassment has already been registered by the Colombian government. Read the report at
http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=332