(20 Feb 2025)
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Cabo de la Vela, La Guajira, Colombia – 7 February 2025
1. Various of members of the Indigenous Wayuu community Zoyla Velasquez and her family visiting the graves of their ancestors near a wind farm
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Zoyla Velasquez, Indigenous Wayuu community member: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
"Those (wind turbines) are too close to our Wayuu cemetery. We fear that, over time, they can damage this cemetery becuase they’re too close. Plus they (companies) don’t want to give us a share (of benefits.)"
3. Velasquez and her family visiting graves with wind farm on the background
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Zoyla Velasquez, Indigenous Wayuu community member:
"Companies take advantage of the Wayuu’s nobility."
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Cabo de la Vela, La Guajira, Colombia – 7 February 2025
5. Various drone shots of wind turbines operating on the outskirts of Cabo de la Vela
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Bogota – 18 February 2025
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Margarita Nieves, founder of Colombian Offshore Wind Research Network: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
"Colombia has a need for renewable sources of energy. And in wind energy, the country’s continental area has a potential of 25 gigawatts. And in La Guajira alone there is a potential of 18 gigawatts. That means most of that potential is in La Guajira."
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Maicao, La Guajira, Colombia – 5 February 2025
7. Various aerials of settlement of Indigenous Wayuu and Venezuelan migrants in the outskirts of Maicao ++MUTE++
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Bogota – 18 February 2025
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Margarita Nieves, founder of Colombian Offshore Wind Research Network: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
"The problem in La Guajira is that it’s a very poor region and the most potential for these projects is located in Indigenous reservations that are sacred or protected areas. So any activity to be developed in their territories must have the prior informed consent of these communities."
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Cabo de la Vela, La Guajira, Colombia – 7 February 2025
9. Various more aerials of wind turbines operating on the outskirts of Cabo de la Vela ++MUTE++
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Bogota – 18 February 2025
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Margarita Nieves, founder of Colombian Offshore Wind Research Network: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
"What has happened in the last 20 years in Colombia in terms of wind energy and in La Guajira? Well, only three wind farms have been built, while in other countries, such as Brazil, a thousand wind farms have been built."
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Mayapo, La Guajira, Colombia – 6 February 2025
11. Various aerials of boats along the coast of Mayapo
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Cabo de la Vela, La Guajira, Colombia – 7 February 2025
12. Various of fishermen catching fish in Cabo de la Vela
13. Close fish on cage
14. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Aaron Laguna Ipuana, fisherman: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
"The government says: nobody owns the sun or the air. That’s true. But they’re harming us. How does this benefit us? We are Colombians but we’re in a state of abandonment."
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Mayapo, La Guajira, Colombia – 6 February 2025
15. Various of woman cleaning fish on the beach
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Bogota – 18 February 2025
16. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Margarita Nieves, founder of Colombian Offshore Wind Research Network: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
"What must be promoted are responsible solutions, with respect for human rights and where the communities feel that they are participants in the projects and that there is a benefit for them and also for the region."
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