Colombian Indians protest oil drilling

October 14, 2006 Filed Under: Mining Services  

Hundreds of Bari Indians, most clad in loincloths and carrying bows and arrows, came down from the hills in their first march ever Thursday to demand that the state-owned oil company stop drilling on sacred land abutting their reservation. The 700 protesters rallied in one of Colombia’s most war-ravaged regions on Columbus Day ”” commemorated as “Dia de la Raza” or “Indigenous...