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Companies pursuing renewable energy development in Colombia must work with Indigenous communities

Colombia is vying for a place in the global race to produce renewable energy. One desert region on its Caribbean coast is ...
Business Insider

At the northernmost tip of Colombia is a vast, untamed desert that juts into the Atlantic Ocean. I spent a week traveling through the area — here's what it's like.

Flamingos in the wild, sand dunes in the desert that run into the sea, the crafts and culture of the Wayuu indigenous people — all at the northern most tip of South America. This is La Guajira, a ...
TravelPulse

5 Reasons to Visit La Guajira, Colombia Right Now

La Guajira, Colombia is the sort of place that's so under-the-radar that it's a natural draw for travelers who crave new experiences. Positioned along Colombia's Caribbean coast adjacent to Venezuela, ...
Travel Weekly

La Guajira Desert, Colombia

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Mongabay

In Colombia’s La Guajira, the native Wayuu are forgotten in the dust

Synonymous in Colombia with extreme poverty and abandonment, the peninsula of La Guajira faces drought and coal dust pollution from one the world’s biggest coal mines. One of the main gateways for ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Colombia’s Green Energy Ambitions Hinge on Windswept, Wary Province

Granadillo is a member of the Wayuu people, the largest Indigenous group in Colombia, and an outreach worker for the energy company Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB). The company wants to build a major power ...
Corp Watch

Enel Suspends Proposed Windpeshi Wind Farm on Wayúu Indigenous Land in Colombia

Enel began construction of Windpeshi, a proposed 205-megawatt wind farm in the La Guajira desert on the ancestral land of the Wayúu Indigenous people in Colombia, in 2021. After two years of blockades ...