Droughts, floods and economic uncertainty: Portraits of the Wayuu people in northern Colombia
Luciane Mengual, 22, a mother of two from the Wayuu community, lives with her 47-year-old mother, Nelly, in an informal ...
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Facing Climate Catastrophe: The Struggle of the Wayuu in La Guajira
The Wayuu people in La Guajira, spanning Colombia and Venezuela, face severe climate change impacts. Prolonged droughts and erratic rainfall lead to water scarcity and food insecurity. Their ...
Renewable energy ambitions in northern Colombia collide with Indigenous worries
The La Guajira region in northern Colombia, home to the Indigenous Wayuu community, holds vast potential for renewable energy ...
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Indigenous resistance stalls Colombia's potential renewable energy boom in La Guajira
It sustains us." Mercado says the government needs to do more to ensure Wayuu people are involved. “We are concerned that these projects continue and that the government is letting them go ahead ...
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Droughts, floods and economic uncertainty: Portraits of the Wayuu people in northern Colombia
Wayuu people consider it more comfortable for sleeping than a hammock. This family, also made up of Wayuu migrants from Venezuela, lives in an informal settlement, right beside Riohacha’s airport.
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Droughts, floods and economic uncertainty: Portraits of the Wayuu people in northern Colombia
RIOHACHA, Colombia (AP) — Climate change is rapidly altering the way of life of the Indigenous Wayuu people, a semi-nomadic Indigenous group living in the arid La Guajira region, which spans ...
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Droughts, floods and economic uncertainty: Portraits of the Wayuu people in northern Colombia
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