Plan Colombia, Oil, and the War on "NarcoTerror": Local Perspectives from Putumayo

The UCSC Colombia Region Research Cluster invites you to

Plan Colombia, Oil, and the War on "NarcoTerror":
Local Perspectives and Alternative Visions from Putumayo, Colombia

with special guest
Yu'cta Musse
Leader and Interlocutor for the Nasa Indigenous Community of Colombia

Friday, November 9, 2pm
Baobab Lounge, Merrill College

A small reception will be held the same day at 7pm
RSVP for directions: escobar [at] ucsc.edu

Yu´gta Musse joins us with the intention of sharing the realities of the indigenuos and peasant communties living in southwestern Putumayo. Putumayo is one of the regions most affected by Plan Colombia antinarcotics and antiterrorist policies and has been the target of intense aerial fumigation campaigns, militarization and paramilitary and guerrilla violence, as well as the invasive practices of multinational companies and megaprojects that threaten the sovereignty, health, and sustainabilty of its human and non-human populations. He will share with us the alternative visions and projects that local communities are developing in defense of life amidst the humanitarian crisis that Plan Colombia has and continues to generate.