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BP’s Latin American Problem
8:16 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Colombia|Energy|Environment|Labor · 2 Comments
8 Jun 2010The eyes of the world are rightfully on the U.S. Gulf Coast and the massive damage being done by the BP oil spill and according to some, the U.S. government’s handling of it. BP, like so many multi-national organizations, has spread it’s oily tentacles across the globe and as people and wildlife struggle in the Gulf Coast region, in Colombia, workers have been fighting BP as well for at least five months. According to reports, workers at the Tauramena Central Processing Facility in Casanare have been fighting to have a recognized union with collective bargaining power, something BP is resisting.
On June 2, last week, a branch of the Colombian Army attacked the striking workers, who have escalated their strike to include blocking roads and other acts of civil disobedience.
Oil is gold these days, as a hot topic on the presidential campaign trail, and as a commodity that fuels more than homes, but also wars and diplomatic relations. Take the U.S. relationship with Venezuela for example. One of the biggest threats that President Chavez has made is that he will cut off U.S. access to Venezuela’s oil. Now there is a new potential threat. Well not new, pero a new spin on an old threat. Cuba announced that there may be more than 20bn barrels of recoverable oil in offshore fields in Cuba’s share of the Gulf of Mexico, more than twice the previous estimate.
What does this mean if it is indeed true?
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