00:00What is the issue of Petrolia in our territory?
00:12The issue of Petrolia is that we want to live in peace, in peace, with the Mother Nature,
00:18who gives us life and the survival of a millennial culture in the Department of Putumayo.
00:25Therefore, the decision of the indigenous people is to leave us quiet in our territory.
00:31We don't want to know anything about the extraction of hydrocarbures
00:36and other companies that come to our territory.
00:41We want to live in peace.
00:42That's the message that gives us in the Department of Putumayo.
00:46And so we, the leaders that are in front of us,
00:49what do we want to do and what we are going to do
00:51is to mobilize the national scenarios as we are at the moment
00:56to say to those companies that let us quiet.
01:01Some communities will have in the autonomy
01:05always respecting the issue of the Convenience 169
01:09where we work the issue of the previous consultation.
01:12It's a right in the subject of the consultation, but in the end they say that no.
01:16That the community doesn't want to advance on that.
01:23And please respect us.
01:24It has been difficult.
01:25It has been difficult because some communities have accompanied
01:30in the media cautelares and we have been in Washington
01:34putting the CDH in knowledge about the vulnerability of the rights
01:38with this type of hydrocarbures to the territories.
01:42And it has been difficult, but thanks to God,
01:46the spirituality and we welcome to the legal tools
01:49that we can give our hands to be able to detain
01:52this machinery that comes to our territory.
01:57A 60 USD per barrel and with a tendency to rise,
02:01the oil market is very attractive in the middle of a economic recovery
02:06after one of the worst crises that the world has experienced
02:08due to the pandemic.
02:10But that growth of the oil market also puts in evidence
02:14the balance that the indigenous peoples of Colombia
02:17exige when the exploration and explotation petrol arrive
02:21to their territories.
02:24In the water, it is contaminated and outside of that,
02:29it is also taken out of the river material,
02:32and that also makes it that it is going to be derrumbed,
02:39because the river has been taken out of the river,
02:46so it is going to change its course.
02:49So, that has been quite complex, because they are not found
02:55the foods, the fruits that are consumed,
03:01they are also lost in the forest,
03:05they are degrading the territory,
03:07and then there is no way to remain,
03:11how to survive in that small space,
03:17because the territories are quite small,
03:22in which day to day they are advancing,
03:25when they come to the oil market,
03:29they are not aware of the community,
03:33they are not aware of how to remain,
03:39so that the community remains,
03:40so that they continue to strengthen and not disappear.
03:44The reality does not change in the Inga,
03:47in the Putumayo.
03:48The inconformity that we have,
03:50as a resguard here,
03:54as a people of Inga,
03:55has been about the companies,
03:57that they have always been talking about,
04:01they have been atropellating,
04:02vulnerating our rights,
04:04as a people ancestral,
04:05here in the Department of the Putumayo,
04:08as you can see,
04:09we are not only a people of Inga,
04:11we are 15 people asentados here in the Department.
04:16The translape,
04:17which is when a petrol bloke goes above the resguard,
04:20is generating conflictivity in the country
04:23because they end up facing two very distant visions.
04:27On the one hand,
04:28the company or the government itself
04:29which impulses the oil activities
04:31with a economic vision.
04:33On the other hand,
04:35the of the resguard,
04:36there is the vision of the need
04:38to protect these spaces
04:39that, as I say,
04:41are the ecosystems
04:42where the human beings live,
04:44the human beings,
04:45the human beings,
04:46the nature and,
04:47in many cases,
04:48are catalogated
04:49spaces sagrados.
04:51That's where the conflictivity is.
04:54In the Department of the Putumayo,
04:57the petroleras
04:58are acting in bad shape
04:59have come to some communities
05:01in a direct way.
05:03We, as an organization
05:04of the indigenous indigenous
05:05of the Putumayo,
05:06we are doing the accompaniment
05:08and we are encouraging
05:11that it should not be like that.
05:13It is to say,
05:13always acting in the consultations
05:14of good faith.
05:15But,
05:16the companies always want to
05:18get directly to that.
05:19And, as you know,
05:20when there is no
05:21a structure of leadership,
05:23the resources
05:24and the needs
05:26that the communities have
05:29make it
05:29that, well,
05:30they start to advance.
05:31But, when there is
05:32the accompaniment
05:32of the organizations
05:34of the National
05:34and the OPIA
05:35and the Department
05:36of the OSID,
05:39we have detained.
05:40And we have detained
05:41several,
05:42making them understand
05:43the communities
05:45that the companies
05:47are acting
05:47in bad faith.
05:48And so,
05:49they have taken
05:50and the grandparents
05:51have said it.
05:52So,
05:53there have been cases,
05:55there have been
05:56several cases
05:58that the companies
05:59have been called directly
06:01in bad faith.
06:02some governments
06:03have been told
06:04some governments
06:06who are leading
06:07in their communities
06:08and things
06:09should not be like that,
06:10but we,
06:11the leaders
06:12that are in front,
06:13we have taken
06:14that action
06:16of bad faith
06:16with the companies.
06:21The voice
06:22of the Inga
06:23also has noticed
06:24with concern
06:25because,
06:26first,
06:27they are talking
06:28about the
06:28security
06:29of the community.
06:34The presence
06:35of the multinational
06:36for us,
06:37for the people
06:38of Inga,
06:38has been a sadness.
06:40First of all,
06:43we have no
06:43peace
06:44to ingress
06:45to them,
06:46right?
06:46No,
06:48there is no
06:48peace
06:48to the people,
06:51they are
06:51in the
06:53It's a risk
06:54of life
06:55to the adult.
06:57So,
06:58as communities,
06:59as a guard,
07:01we
07:01don't allow us
07:03to come
07:04to the
07:05people
07:05of our
07:06territories.
07:08And if we
07:09talk about
07:09impact,
07:10what are we
07:10to say?
07:12What are we going to have?
07:13The big impact
07:14will be
07:14spiritual,
07:16corporally
07:16and physically.
07:18For us,
07:19people,
07:20human beings,
07:24animals,
07:24plants
07:24and all
07:25the living
07:25that we need,
07:26the life of the water.
07:28If there is
07:29contaminated,
07:30we will also
07:31disappear
07:32because we will not
07:32be able to
07:33take that water
07:33with confidence.
07:34And the plant
07:35also,
07:36the little animal
07:37will die,
07:38the pees
07:39will die,
07:40they will die.
07:41So,
07:42it's a great impact.
07:44The government
07:45ensures that
07:45the processes
07:46be followed
07:47according to the law
07:48through tools
07:50such as
07:50the previous consultations
07:52against communities.
08:05the
08:06communities
08:06indígenas
08:07aseguran
08:08that the
08:08sector
08:09is affecting
08:11the
08:12spirituality
08:12of the communities,
08:14that there is
08:15a lack of
08:16knowledge
08:16by the government
08:18of its cultural processes.
08:20But,
08:21beyond the opinion
08:22of the two parties,
08:23what is
08:24the vision
08:24of those who have
08:25investigated this
08:27reality?
08:30The government
08:31and companies
08:33are not
08:33doing
08:35the mistakes
08:36or the judicial
08:37processes
08:38against the
08:39protection of
08:40many of these
08:41spaces
08:41for the
08:42mineral activity.
08:45What has
08:46been doing
08:47the community,
08:49the indigenous peoples
08:50in general,
08:51is,
08:51one of the
08:52more measures
08:53to protect
08:55their rights
08:56other than
08:57public
08:58like
08:58the
08:59impacts
09:00that are
09:01happening
09:02on these
09:03territories.
09:04They have also
09:05had to take
09:05ways,
09:06such as
09:08movements
09:08to be able
09:10to prevent
09:11these
09:12factors
09:12that are
09:13amenazating
09:14their lives
09:16in these territories.
09:20Just
09:20the
09:20National
09:21of
09:22Committee
09:22of
09:22Anla
09:23announced
09:24that
09:242022
09:26to
09:27the
09:30petroleras
09:32presentation
09:32of
09:33measures
09:33of
09:33the
09:33climate
09:34to
09:34change
09:35climate
09:35to
09:36the
09:36climate
09:39infrastructure
09:40energy
09:45and
09:46infrastructure
09:47include
09:48these
09:48measures
09:49in their
09:49control
09:49so
09:51the
09:52balance
09:52seems to
09:53to
09:53protect
09:54the
09:54ecosystem
09:55to
09:56protect
09:58ecosystems.
10:01that
10:02that
10:02we
10:04as
10:04indigenous
10:05want to
10:06remain
10:07in the
10:08territory
10:08and
10:09salvaguard
10:10our
10:10lives,
10:11our
10:11products,
10:13our
10:13culture,
10:14that
10:14is
10:15obvious
10:17because
10:20we
10:21need
10:23resources
10:24disponibles.
10:26If
10:26the
10:26Indian
10:30will
10:31die
10:31only
10:32the
10:32black
10:33and
10:35black
10:35and
10:35the
10:36water
10:36is
10:40part
10:41of
10:41life.
10:42It
10:43is
10:43sacred
10:43where
10:44the
10:44children
10:45bath
10:45bath
10:46and
10:46the
10:46people
10:47are
10:47bath
10:47and
10:47the
10:48money
10:48are
10:56living.
10:58It's
10:58about
10:59inclusion,
11:00but
11:01there are
11:02more
11:02radicals,
11:04like Fernando
11:05Piagüe,
11:06who speaks
11:07with
11:07confidence
11:08to
11:10the
11:1115
11:11people
11:12of
11:12Putumayo.
11:13No,
11:14definitivamente
11:15nosotros
11:15el mensaje
11:16es claro,
11:17el mensaje
11:19es que
11:20en el departamento
11:21del Putumayo
11:22las comunidades
11:24que están
11:25en la ribera
11:27es claro
11:28el mensaje,
11:28es decir,
11:29no,
11:29no aceptamos
11:30de ninguna manera
11:32el tema
11:33que lleguen
11:34a sacar nuestra riqueza
11:36en nuestro territorio
11:37y pues
11:38si se hace
11:39el derecho
11:40ha hecho la consulta
11:40previa,
11:41pero eso no quiere decir
11:42que nosotros vamos a decir
11:43que sí,
11:45al final
11:46el mensaje
11:46es claro
11:47que no se puede
11:48independientemente
11:49de las cosas
11:49que sean.
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