Berito Kuwaru’wa of Colombia was awarded the Goldman Prize in 1998 for leading a nonviolent, international campaign calling on multinational oil companies not to drill in the isolated, traditional homelands of his U’wa people, who consider oil to be the “blood of Mother Earth.”
After decades of contention, the U’Wa territory continues to be targeted for oil exploration. Although no drilling is taking place inside of the U’Wa resguardo (reservation), the lands legally recognized by the Colombian government, the larger ancestral territory of the U’Wa is rife with oil exploration and production activities.
In February 2014, oil exploration activities intensified on the Magallanes oil block, which is located outside of the U’Wa resguardo, but well within their ancestral territory. It is also located directly next to the Cubogón River, a spiritual site and critical... See More
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