September 2011
Marmato, Caldas.
With the homicide of the parish priest, José Reinel Restrepo Idárraga, a leader of some 1,500 miners opposing the open pit exploitation proposed by a Canadian mining company Medoro Resources, the conflict between the traditional artisanal miners and the multinational is brought back to light again.
The article by Jorge Iván Posada Duque of “El Colombiano” daily newspaper describes the difficult situation in Marmato municipality.