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COLOMBIA - The Pipeline War, November, 2002



THE STORY
Synopsis of "The Pipeline War"


CHARTING THE WORLD'S OIL
Interactive Map of Global Oil


WHO'S WHO
Context for the Pipeline War


PHOTO ESSAY
Civilians Caught in the Crossfire


U.S. CORPORATE INTERESTS
Occidental Petroleum, BP, and more


FACTS & STATS
Learn More about Colombia


LINKS & RESOURCES
Human Rights, Colombia's Civil War, Media Resources


MAP


REACT TO THIS STORY

   


Photo Essay: Civilians Caught in the Crossfire

 

A soldier of the Colombian army's "immediate reaction battalion" (FUDRA) guards a Black Hawk helicopter in the Andean highlands.

Soldiers of the Colombian army's "immediate reaction battalion" inside a Black Hawk helicopter on guerrilla?hunting operations in the Andean highlands.

A Black Hawk door gunner of the Colombian army patrols above the Andean highlands.

Families of refugees fleeing southern Colombia's violence have made makeshift homes along the Putumayo River.

A bridge in Putumayo leads to Ecuador. Many Colombians seek refuge with their southern neighbor and the conflict slowly bleeds across the border.

 

Eros Hoagland is a freelance photojournalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has worked extensively in Latin America as well as the Middle East and North Africa covering armed conflict and social unrest. Hoagland's work is represented by the Network Photographers agency in London. A collection of his work can be seen at www.geocities.com/ehphotojournalism/

 

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