[Mitai-announce] Forum on displacement in Colombia

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The MIT Western Hemisphere project and MIT Amnesty International Present:


Forum on displacement, land reclamation, and corporate power in Colombia
With Colombian land reclamation activist Eustaquio Polo

Thursday April 3rd
7-8:30pm
Building 4 Room 163
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Colombia has the second largest internally displaced population in the 
world, second only to Sudan. Communities continue to be forcibly 
displaced, usually to make way for corporate interests including mineral 
mining and palm plantations for biofuels export to Europe. Eustaquio 
Polo, a Colombian land reclamation activist will discuss issues related 
to displacement, corporate power, and the struggle for human rights and 
justice in Colombia. Eustoquio has recently received death threats from 
government-backed paramilitaries. In this speaking tour he will share 
his first hand experiences and gain public exposure in the US to offer 
some protection when he returns to Colombia.

The event is free and open to the public

Sponsored by: MIT Western Hemisphere Project, Colombia Vive, MIT Amnesty 
International

Contact: hemisphere-feedback at mit.edu