Les déplacés de Media Luna. Enjeux et conséquences de l’implantation d’infrastructures minières chez les Wayùu de Colombie
(2011) Recherches amérindiennes au Québec — Vol. XLI, n° 2-3, p. 151-161 (2011)
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- (en) The inhabitants of Media Luna – a village located in the North of Guajira peninsula – were displaced in the beginning of the eighties. At that time, the construction work of the company El Cerrejón started with a preliminary phase which consisted in displacing the communities of Media Luna (in particular). These displacements remain in the memory of the inhabitants as a time of violence and profound injustice. The houses and the cemeteries were displaced and the pastures were seized. This major event in the historical trajectory of these populations, in other words, this uprooting has had heavy consequences. This article intends to explore the factors at the origin of the denial of Wayùu’s social and cultural reality during the negotiations of their territory and, to analyze the current situation of Media Luna inhabitants with regard to the consequences of their displacement.
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Simon, L. (2011). Les déplacés de Media Luna. Enjeux et conséquences de l’implantation d’infrastructures minières chez les Wayùu de Colombie. Recherches amérindiennes au Québec, XLI(2-3), 151-161. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/80894 (Original work published 2011)