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Sierra de Perija

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Sierra de Perijá 

an Andean range on the Colombia-Venezuela border; the northern spur of the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia. The Sierra de Perijá includes the Serranía de Motilones, the Serranía de Valledupar, and the Montes de Oca. The range is about 300 km long and has elevations to 3,540 m. It is composed of metamorphic and sedimentary rock. The slopes are covered with tropical and temperate rain forests.
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Jorge's community is part of the 500,000-strong Wayuu indigenous group, and it is not only their home in the northern foothills of the Sierra de Perija which is under threat.
'Territory, autonomy, dignity ... and no coal' by New Internationalist
But it crashed in the remote Sierra de Perija region.
153 killed in plane tragedy by The Mirror (London, England)
Meanwhile, a demonstration by the indigenous peoples of the Sierra de Perija against proposals for a new open-pit coal mine on their territories should have alerted everyone to the fact that there remain plenty of issues--environmental ones in particular--in this extraordinary country that are still to be resolved.
The Venezuelan Revolution by Ransom, David / New Internationalist
 
 
 
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