North Colombia children killed by malnutrition this year raised to 25
North Colombia children killed by malnutrition this year raised to 25
written by Adriaan Alsema April 27, 2016
With the death of yet another toddler, a total of 25 children have died of malnutrition in northern Colombia’s La Guajira province alone so far this year, local media reported Monday.
The two-year-old died in the arms of his grandmother Monday afternoon while waiting at the Manaure clinic for an ambulance that never came, local indigenous leader Armando Pabon told newspaper El Tiempo.
All 25 children belonged to the Wayuu indigenous community, whose native lands lie in the coastal deserts of north Colombia and parts of the northeast of Venezuela.
The region has been one of the hardest hit by the El Niño weather phenomenon. However, locals also blame the local Cerrejon coal mine, the biggest open pit coal mine in the country, and state neglect for the life-threatening conditions of poverty and drought.
To force government action, the indigenous went to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which ordered the local, regional and national governments to take immediate action and alleviate the precarious situation of the Wayuu, apparently without result.
More:
http://colombiareports.com/163748-2/
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Wayuu indigenous people in La Guajira, placed to live there
in any space left over from El Cerrejon coal mine's interests.
This was their reservoir.
Wayuu people make these beautiful bags to sell to tourists to raise money for their community. [/center]
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