Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Child-on-Cerrejon-Open-Cast-Coal-Mine-27MZIFLW4W4W.htmlConceptually similarVillage nearby Cerrejon Coal MineGP01L1TCompleted★★★★Tamaquito Community MemberGP01L1HCompleted★★★★Tamaquito Community MemberGP01L1GCompleted★★★★Cerrejon Open Cast Coal Mine SignGP01L1PCompleted★★★★Tamaquito Community ChildGP01L14Completed★★★★Tamaquito Community HouseGP01L15Completed★★★★Tamaquito Community ChildGP01L16Completed★★★★Tamaquito Community MemberGP01L17Completed★★★★Tamaquito Community MemberGP01L18Completed★★★★View AllGP01L21Child on Cerrejon Open Cast Coal MineA 5-year-old boy in Tamaquito, near the open cast Cerrejon coal mine, one of the largest in the world. Like many he suffers skin rashes from the effects of the mine dust. Local health provisions are woefully inadequate and many residents rely on insufficient handouts provided by the Cerrejon mine. Locations:Colombia-Guajira-South AmericaDate:28 May, 2008Credit:© Greenpeace / Steve MorganMaximum size:4368px X 2912pxKeywords:Cerrejon Zona Norte (CZN) coal mine-Children-Climate (campaign title)-Coal-Day-Energy-KWCI (GPI)-Mining-Outdoors-PovertyShoot:Coal Mine Affected Communities Documentation in ColombiaColombia is the fourth largest coal exporting country in the world. The Cerrejon Zona Norte (CZN) mine on the Guajira peninsula is the largest opencast coal mine in the world. The site is also infamous for the widespread human rights violations against indigenous and Afro-Colombian people. The CZN mine covers 150 square miles in southern Guajira, the site consists of an integrated mine, railroad and a coastal export terminal. The Colombian government claims that the mine brings progress to the poverty-stricken region of La Guajira. But the reality is that Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities are under siege by the mine as much of the land close to the mine is uninhabitable due to blasting, dust and contamination. Miners and local communities suffer from poor health and the loss of land, homes, livelihoods and even life. The surrounding air is polluted by fly ash and methane and the water is contaminated by waste sludge and a cocktail of other chemicals. Local communities are being displaced by force to allow the expansion of the mine. Related Collections:'The True Cost of Coal' Report