“We will not be removed from the lands where our ancestors are buried. We are defending the animals, the forests and the water. This planet can’t withstand any more contamination. What good is all this wealth from oil and coal if we are dying of diseases and misery? Several years ago they pushed out some of our people to make a coal mine. In that region the animals, the fish, the birds and the people are all sick. Now they want us to move again so they can make more mines, but there is nowhere to go. We will defend our lands and our heritage with our lives.”
– Jorge Montiel, Wayuu leader

“If the coal mining project continues, the ecological impact will be disastrous… Is it worth destroying our natural heritage and our water source for coal?”
--Herencia Gonzalez, Regional Manager of the Venezuelan Water Authority (Hidroven)

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