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	Casanare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		Los Llanos del Casanare a province of the viceroyalty of New Granada
		This page was last modified 22:26, 7 November 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Casanare (76 words)

	Human Rights Concerns Raised By The Security Arrangements Of Transnational Oil Companies (April 1998)- Letter To The ...
		Serious allegations of human rights violations by Colombia’s military in Casanare in 1994-95 have yet to be resolved, while abuses by paramilitary forces, or armed citizens often acting in concert with the military, are on the rise.
		This is especially important because of the perception among many in Casanare that the company tolerates paramilitary activity, apparently because of the company’s past employment of a former military officer who allegedly engaged in paramilitary activities.
		In principle, the military is committed to combatting paramilitaries in Casanare.
	www.hrw.org /advocacy/corporations/colombia/Oilpat-01.htm (3196 words)

	Press Articles -
		The long periods of unemployement between month-long contracts has led to increased alcoholism, prostitution and crime, but when the workers strike, the army attacks villages, women are raped and 'ringleaders' are killed, or disappear.
		Casanare, in the Andean foothills, is now one of the largest on-shore oilfields in the world.
		Dozens have died in Casanare as a direct result of protests against oil exploration, including Hostilio Salamanca, a peasant elder killed in 1991 by paramilitaries; Luis Jimenez also killed that year; Pablo Barrera who died in '92 and Pantaleon Gomez, killed by military in 1994.
	www.mcspotlight.org /media/press/ignite1_10dec96.html (1513 words)

	colombia
		But maintaining security around their Casanare installations and keeping at arm's length from Colombia's endless civil war, is proving a tougher challenge for BP officials.
		BP says that around 500-600 troops of the 3,000 stationed in Casanare are assigned to protect their drilling rigs, wells and central processing facility.
		The Colombian Jesuit human rights group, Justica y Paz, says that in Casanare the military, government-backed right-wing paramilitaries and rebels all commit abuses - although not on a scale of other departments like Uraba, Choco and Guaviare, where the highest number of incidents are reported.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Harvey_Morris/colombia.htm (816 words)

	Richard D North (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		According to Olavio Lopez, the Roman Catholic bishop of Casanare, Pepe had been talking to people from BP, which operates the field for a consortium, the biggest member of which is the Colombian state oil company, Ecopetrol.
		In Casanare, as anywhere in the country, there are two sorts of guerrilla.
		But there is also a widespread belief that Casanare's local brigade, devoted to defending infrastructure from guerrillas and paramilitaries, is amongst the least corrupt.
	www.richarddnorth.com /journalism/globalization/colombia.htm (1643 words)

	Finance & Development, December 2000 - How Oil, Gas, and Mining Projects Can Contribute to Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		For example, because of Colombian law, revenues from the BPXC project in Colombia flow only to the 3 oil-producing municipalities in Casanare Department, although the other 16 municipalities say they are experiencing increased immigration and violence as a result of the project.
		Casanare, a remote area, was not designated a department by the Colombian government until 1991, four years after BPXC had begun to explore for oil there.
		The capacity of the Casanare government for planning, managing finances, and maintaining law and order was weak, and the education levels of the people in the area were lower than the national average.
	www.imf.org /external/pubs/ft/fandd/2000/12/mcphail.htm (2623 words)

	BPD Natural Resources Cluster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		With oil production levels at their peak, and with a backcloth of a nationwide armed conflict, the appointed operator BPXC is investigating new ways for these operations to contribute to long-term sustainable development in the Casanare region.
		In the short term, a new approach is being sought to align BPXC's on-going social impact mitigation and community development activities with the community development programmes of other oil companies, civil society organisations and government agencies.
		In the long-term, the aim is to ensure that oil revenues contribute to sustainable, non-oil dependent, economic development across the region of Casanare, beyond the operational life of the project.
	www.bpd-naturalresources.org /html/focus_casanare.html (387 words)

	International Christian Response - ICR
		Bishop of Yopal in the department (state) of Casanare, Vacca was unharmed and in good health.
		ELN militants kidnapped the bishop as he was traveling near the village of Morcote, Boyacá department, in the company of a government official, the official’s wife and two other priests.
		Casanare department was an isolated and undeveloped savannah of farms and ranches until the 1980s, when huge oil reserves were discovered there.
	www.christianresponse.org /content/NewsItem.phtml?art=269&c=0 (611 words)

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		This month, June 1997, the freelance killers declared Casanare a war zone, to be taken by terror.
		BP is not behind the escalating paramilitary violence in Casanare, but its relationship with the army which pulls the paramilitary strings is very problematic.
		The man with overall responsibility for BP operations in Casanare is Phil Mead.
	www.blythe.org /nytransfer-subs/97sa/Colombia:__BP's_Secret_Soldiers_ (2506 words)

	United Press International - International(p) - Peasant militias at war in Colombia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The war between the ACC and "the urabenos," as ACCU is referred to in Casanare, is getting worse leaving death, displacement and poverty in its wake.
		Justo Eliseo Pena Sanchez is the commander of the army's Brigade XVI headquartered in Yopal, Casanare's capital.
		His men are in charge of the security throughout the department and Boyaca's three towns west of Casanare, where the situation is growing critical.
	www.upi.com /view.cfm?StoryID=20040513-043014-1561r (1008 words)

	Human Rights Concerns Raised By The Security Arrangements Of Transnational Oil Companies (April 1998)
		In Casanare, where British Petroleum operates, the army was alleged to have killed at least two and threatened and harassed others in the aftermath of protests against the company in 1995.
		The principle assignment of the brigades stationed in Arauca and Casanare is to rout guerrillas so that oil operations may continue unimpeded.
		Our studies in Casanare and Arauca found several unresolved cases of possible extrajudicial executions by soldiers, as well as allegations of army tolerance of violent paramilitary activity in Casanare.
	www.hrw.org /advocacy/corporations/colombia/Oilpat.htm (2643 words)

	Global Exchange : Clashes Between Rival Militias Kill 20
		At least 20 gunmen were killed in eastern Colombia in clashes between rival right-wing paramilitaries despite a cease-fire and peace talks with the government, paramilitary sources said on Friday.
		The clashes in the oil-rich savannas of Casanare were the latest infighting among the outlaw paramilitaries, a brutal vigilante army targeting Marxist rebels but which has become increasingly split due to cocaine trafficking.
		The clashes in Casanare began on Thursday but were still raging on Friday, paramilitary sources told Reuters.
	www.globalexchange.org /countries/americas/colombia/2193.html (179 words)

	Casanare Colombia
		Casanare - La región está cubierta en su mayor parte de sabanas naturales; estas tierras cambian de fisionomía cuando la cordillera oriental se interna en una angosta...
		Colegio José María Córdoba - Institución educativa oficial ubicada en Tauramena Casanare Colombia.
		Trinidad - Este municipio, corazón del Casanare, se encuentra a 96 kms.
	www.lalupa.com /Regional/Casanare/index.shtml (185 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In hindsight, BP admit that they began exploration for oil in Casanare, Colombia in the early 1980s with little local knowledge and no experience of drilling in populated, impoverished and conflict-affected regions of the ÔSouth'.
		The case of Casanare illustrates the tension that exists between an oil company's commercial interests and the development of an ethical policy in the context of conflict.
		In the case of Casanare, the guerrillas are evidently a threat to everyone and to BP in particular, but the paramilitary right and the army are equally if not more feared by community organisers and social activists and in much of Casanare are the stronger force.
	www.amnesty.org.uk /business/newslet/autumn99/conflict.shtml (917 words)

	americas.org - Colombian Army Selectively Targets Paramilitaries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In recent weeks, the Colombian military has waged an offensive against a dissident paramilitary group in the eastern department of Casanare.
		The success of the campaign against the Casanare Peasant Self-Defense Forces (ACC) illustrates how easily the Colombian Army can combat the country's right-wing paramilitaries when it chooses to do so.
		Instead, the army continues to collaborate with the AUC and, by targeting the ACC, is helping the country's largest paramilitary group consolidate its control over the cocaine-producing regions of Casanare.
	www.americas.org /item_16585 (639 words)

	News Archives
		UNHCR representatives in Bogota asked authorities to take steps to help the refugees and urged rebel groups to respect the civilian population.
		On Sunday, nine people were killed in an attack by Marxist FARC guerrillas in Antioquia, where some 500 residents fled their homes in fear.
		In Casanare, approximately 300 residents fled clashes between rival factions of rightist paramilitaries for control of coca crops that have left at least 15 people dead.
	www.usaforunhcr.org /archives.cfm?ID=1886&cat=Archives (235 words)

	Colombian rebels kidnap a bishop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Misael Vacca Ramirez, the Bishop of Yopal, was traveling with two other priests and a local mayor in the eastern Casanare region Saturday when they were stopped by members of the National Liberation Army, or ELN, said Monsignor Fabian Marulanda, secretary-general of the Bishop's Conference.
		The rebels held them overnight near the town of Morcote, 220 miles northeast of Bogota, before freeing the two priests and the mayor.
		Vacca Ramirez had been involved in peace efforts between the government, rebels and right-wing paramilitary groups battling for control of the oil-rich Casanare and Boyaca regions when he was abducted, officials said.
	www.messenger-inquirer.com /news/usworld/7404062.htm (427 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Diagnóstico departamental de situación de DDHH y DIH - Casanare
		Con esta expansión hacia Casanare y el establecimiento de amplias zonas rurales como territorios en disputa con los grupos de autodefensas, el conflicto en el departamento empezó a agravarse, caracterizándose hasta hoy, por las altas tasas de homicidios, los secuestros, las desapariciones, los casos de tortura y el desplazamiento forzado.
		La violencia disminuyó en los Llanos, y si bien en Meta las violencias viejas se entroncaron más rápidamente con las nuevas, en Casanare se empezó a vivir una pausa cuyo rompimiento se inició a comienzos de la década de los ochenta coincidiendo con la creciente importancia de la economía petrolera.
		En Casanare las nuevas violencias encontraron su lazo con las mafias de las esmeraldas de Boyacá asentadas en las extensas planicies del Meta, así como de los grupos provenientes de los municipios de San Luis de Galeno y Somondoco.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/5b8b1c89ff8f33ecc1256e29004a6178 (710 words)

	BP Refuses to Compensate Peasants For Pipeline Damage
		BP's Casanare wells are today the most productive in Colombia, extracting some 400,000 barrels a day of high quality crude, nearly half the country's total output.
		Drilling is centered on the Cusiana and Cupiaga fields in the remote eastern department of Casanare.
		Back in the early 1990's, getting its Casanare production to the Caribbean was a crucial challenge for BP.
	www.colombiajournal.org /colombia76.htm (970 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Casanare
		The city of Casanare, situated on the river of the same name, was formerly a part of the Diocese of Tunja (Archdiocese of Bogota).
		The territory of the vicariate coincides with the political district (Intendencia) of Casanare and takes its name from the Casanare River, an affluent of the Meta.
		The seat of the vicariate is at Tamara; other important places are Nunchia, Tame, Arauca, Orocué, Moreno, Trinidad, etc. Its first missionaries were Jesuits, who established there 126 reductions (see PARAGUAY).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03396c.htm (289 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Currently unemployment in Casanare is 11% and the region is struggling to attract future economic opportunities, due to poor infrastructure.
		Oil development projects are required to pay a certain percentage of their production in royalties, part of which the Colombian government then invests in the development of oil producing communities.
		Investing oil companies are required to pay a certain percentage of their royalties to the Colombian government, which then invests that money in the development of oil producing communities.
	www.bpd-naturalresources.org /media/word/CASANARE.DOC (859 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Apure-Villavicencio dry forests (NT0201)
		The Apure/Villavicencio dry forests extend southwest, bordering the eastern Cordillera de Mérida, from Venezuela to the Serranía de Macarena in Colombia.
		The ecoregion is located in the states of Portuguesa, Barinas, and Apure in Venezuela and the departments of Arauca, Casanare, and Meta in Colombia.
		Alluvial fans are present in the Colombian departments of Casanare and Arauca, on the Venezuelan border.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0201_full.html (1117 words)

	FlyingFish - The Guardian - BP's Secret Military Advisers
		Daniell, 36, has overall responsibility for DSC's security operation in the oil region of Casanare, 80 miles east of the capital, where BP is developing a huge two-billion-barrel find in partnership with Total of France, US-based Triton, and the state oil company.
		But the army brings to Casanare a US-designed counter-insurgency strategy of dirty war, known locally as 'quitarle agua al pez' or draining the fish tank.
		A year-long investigation by World In Action, to be broadcast tonight, which has evidence from former DSC security advisers - including two ex-SAS members from the Special Projects Team who in 1980 famously stormed the Iranian Embassy in London - has revealed the activities of a covert security team training Colombian police with BP approval.
	www.flyingfish.org.uk /articles/rushdie/97-06-30gu.htm (2011 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Colombia: Floods Information Bulletin No. 3
		In total, COP 1,049,088,365 (490,295 CHF) were distributed, to be used during the period January to May. However, during the latest wave of heavy rain, the government released an additional COP 52,000 to provide humanitarian assistance to the departments of Arauca and Putumayo.
		The IDEAM expects the number of affected people in the region to increase during July and is continuing to monitor the behaviour of the Arauca, Casanare, Guaviare, Meta, Orinoco, Putumayo and Amazonas rivers.
		In the department of Casanare, where the Bajo Upia-Disaster Preparedness project of the CRCS and the Federation is under way, it was evident that the community's disaster response capacity had been strengthened, as the communities of Paz de Ariporo and Villanueva were able to apply their emergency plans when the heavy rains hit their municipalities.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/2998041a1012a89049256ed9000617f9 (872 words)

	Chronical of Latin American Affairs; April 20, 1995
		The discovery in 1992 of two huge oil fields in Colombia's northeastern Casanare region propelled the country into newfound status as one of the world's major oil-producing nations.
		The government estimates that the two Casanare fields will be producing about 185,000 bpd by the end of 1995, and by 1997, total output from those fields is expected to climb to about 500,000 bpd.
		High-level executives from all four companies offered a series of conferences on the Casanare operations to participants at this year's annual meeting of the North American Association of Petroleum Refineries, which attracts about 5,000 businesspeople from the oil sector in the US.
	ssdc.ucsd.edu /news/claea/h95/claea.19950420.html (3808 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Latin America/Caribbean / Colombian Troops Kill 20 Paramilitary Gunmen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The battle took place near the village of Paz de Ariporo, in Casanare province, 170 miles northeast of the Colombian capital, Bogota.
		He added the fallen paramilitary fighters were from the Autodefensas Campesinas del Casanare (Casanare Peasants' Self-Defense Force) -- a group engaged in disarmament talks with the government.
		President Alvaro Uribe, who launched the negotiations with the paramilitary outlaws last year, heads to Europe next month where he will seek political support for his country's fight against outlawed armies from the far right and far left, and cocaine trafficking.
	www.boston.com /news/world/latinamerica/articles/2004/01/28/colombian_troops_kill_20_paramilitary_gunmen (282 words)

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