Colombia’s Gold Rush: The Silver Lining for Paramilitaries and Guerrillas. With gold prices soaring to around USD 1,600 per ounce, Colombia has made a concerted effort to stimulate foreign investment in its mining sector.[1] As a result, the Colombian government has favored multinational mining companies over small to medium scale local miners. While this new gold rush represents a significant source of investment and finance for the federal government, it also helps fund Colombia’s four-decade long civil war. After years of government-sponsored eradication, paramilitary and guerrilla armies have begun to abandon coca production and are turning to gold mining, as well as the extortion of mining communities, to generate significant sources of revenue. Moreover, as a result of governmental favoritism, multinational mining corporations utilize national military forces and paramilitaries to harass native populations, local miners, and unionized workers in an effort to force them from their gold-laden lands.
Illegal Taxes on Informal Mining Fool’s Gold References: Bolívar Department. Bolívar is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending roughly north-south from the Caribbean coast at Cartagena near the mouth of the Magdalena River, then south along the river to a border with Antioquia Department. The departments of Sucre and Córdoba are located to the west, and Atlántico Department is to the north and east (most of the border formed by the Canal del Dique). Across the Magdalena River to the east is Magdalena Department. Its capital is Cartagena, other important cities include Magangué and Turbaco. Geography[edit] Administrative divisions[edit] Municipalities[edit] History[edit] Miscellaneous[edit] Postage stamps of Bolívar References[edit] External links[edit] View a boundary-overlaid version of Bolívar on Google Maps: Magdalena Medio Antioquia.
Magdalena Medio Antioquia is a subregion in the Colombian Department of Antioquia. The region is made up by 6 municipalities. The region is determined by its location within the Middle Magdalena Region which covers the central area of the Magdalena River basin. AngloGold Ashanti: Gold Mining and Marketing - Welcome to AngloGold Ashanti. B2Gold Corp - Precious Metals Exploration Company -