Colombia: Wayuu Gold, Fighting For Access To Fresh Water - Video Documentary

Colombia: Wayuu Gold, Fighting For Access To Fresh Water - Video Documentary   In some parts of the world it's as rare as gold — and getting a hold of some, nearly impossible. To one of Colombia's largest indigenous groups indigenous groups, Wayuu, that gold is fresh water. Soon their water will be siphoned from Wayuu lands through new pipes to a nearby town, where the population is not indigenous. As struggles for ethnic rights, such as access to water, are recreated across the country, the...

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