Trade union activist Gilberto Torres talks about his country’s oil wars
and why he is bringing a case against BPWhile peace edges closer in Colombia – ending a 40-year war between the government and leftwing Farc guerillas – so another war rages unabated: the appalling violence that surrounds mining and drilling for oil.
A remarkable survivor of these atrocities visited Britain this month for a tour of public meetings about his kidnap and torture,warning of the ravages of “extraction industries” in Latin America, and to refer to his lawyers over a suit he has filed against BP for its alleged connections to the kidnappers.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com