April 2012
The small-scale mining situation in Choco, Colombia is out of control. Prior consultation is much more than an uncomfortable routine requirement, as it is perceived from the heights of Bogota. Informal agreements delegitimize local communities and traditional authorities, the community councils.
Read the article by, among others, Ingrid Lozada, Executive Director of AMICHOCÓ and Coordinator of the Oro Verde (Green Gold) program. The article is only available in Spanish.