References PRIF Spotlight 04/2024
Spotlight 04/24: Resisting Energy Transition? Understanding Roadblocks in Northern Colombia
by Martin Gubsch and Elena García Conejero | To the Publication
1 The term Alijuna means “outsider” and is still frequently used by the Wayuu to describe “the others”, including non-Wayuu Colombians.
2 Federación Colombiana de Transportadores de Carga por Carretera; available at: https://www.colfecar.org.co/wp-content/uploads/235_ELCONTAINER-nov-17.pdf.
3 12 percent of road blocks by 2 percent of the population; available at: https://laguajirahoy.com/opinion/columnista/el-bloqueo-de-la-guajira.html.
4 The bonanza marimbera describes a period between 1970 and 1985 of high economic growth as a result of drug trafficking gangs dedicated to marijuana cultivation and smuggling on the Colombian Caribbean coast.
6 Based on interviews conducted by Martin Gubsch as part of his research project; available at: https://www.prif.org/forschung/projekte/projekt/klimawandel-umweltbewegungen-und-transformationen-des-ruralen-raumes-in-kolumbien.