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workers are helping the country's billion dollar home oil industry.
The demand for this looking food has been soaring worldwide.
That's because the oil is used just about everything from
food to toothpaste soaps perfumes and bio diesel fuel. For
a country like Colombia is rural economy has been ravaged
by fifty years of civil war palm oil as seen
by many as a savior. Production has doubled in the
past ten years it has created a 100000 jobs in
the large agribusiness companies that dominate the market. Have been
a vehicle for modernizing the economy. But opponents of the
industry say a mounting body of evidence has shown that
while the civil war. One of our country. It's benefited
the palm oil industry. From taking advantage of displaced farmers
to expanding their land through troubled deals and even associations
with paramilitary groups. To understand almost rising clump you have
to look at the country's long running from war. If
they complex four way battle between government forces criminal gangs
leftist Farc rebels. And right wing paramilitary groups that were
formed to fight those rebels. 220000. People have been killed
and more than five million have been internally displaced a
number second only to Syria. One of the dark chapters
in Colombia's civil war. Happened in a remote town called
deputy part. Now from the air large Paul plantations can
be seen covering thousands of acres but that wasn't always
the case. In the eighties these to be illegal Coca
growers the Farc rebels pushed in the town and extort
these farmers for protection. Which bikini lucrative source of income.
The dirt road village soon became a target for right
wing paramilitary groups organized to fight those rebels. Is a
weighing me thinking of sending their only hope they mean
is continuing its hit. On Thursday that it is finally
that is not marketed by. And theft. Nothing left. Was
on I was dairy farm was just outside the PV
pot at the time. She remembers when the brutal paramilitary
group known as the united self defense force of Columbia
flew into the town and killed dozens using machetes and
chain saws. But all of you know him you can
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up with that look at nothing but I don't get
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Nearly fifty people were killed. An investigation later revealed of
the attack was coordinated with government forces. Since the massacre
Lozano and more than 101000 residents have fled. Most lost
their land either because they never had a formal title.
Or because paramilitary groups forced owners to sell other discounted
rate in some cases lentils or even forged. You'll be
with us and yes it like a daddy moves us
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Then make it when they left here that can. Be
setting the at least ability Columbia. If he's there. Carla
big night is the director of Politburo the multinational company
based in Europe. That now owns about 171000. Acres of
Paul outside of the previous time. He says that now
under their stewardship the town has Friday having created 500
jobs. The little caveat. Looking at a minimum and that
it is incumbent I don't know. To us as much
as one people know that being good basis and I
that in mail. Now that they now that. That'll be
coming days I think that's it you can own them
we have Mosul. Coleman ended with a city that. Big
day is adamant that Paula grows careful not to buy
contested land. But a recent report by the federal government
cites what it called irregularities and so Pollack was land
acquisitions. The area where they bought the land was supposed
to be off limits. It was part of a government
program that provides went to small farmers it was intended
specifically to prevent win consolidations like this one. But according
to the report the person's soul Paula with a property
acquired it for so little value jumped more than 121000%.
In only ten years. Colombian officials say they are still
investigating the company's acquisitions and those of others who can
leave barge holding off itself. In the wake of all
the violence the country set up an agency dedicated to
sorting out land claims Andrea was Condo overseas land restitution
for the department of manna. The region where McKinney ponds
located. But admit but golden sickle like that and then
he economical picked up mom. Audacity to investigate this on
an almost welcome in nineteen. Well the offices have tiny
handful of cases of wind displacement to Paul producers. There
are thousands of cases still pending and are unable to
be investigated because the areas are too dangerous for inspectors
to enter without a military escort. You know it's been
about them and they made the and does this. If
the letter. To fill up an hour and a be
on hand them. That white space to violence to investigate.
Was solely pending cases the government placed a moratorium on
land transactions in effect for them a baby pond area.
But is not just a meta. The palm industry boom
has occurred in some regions were paramilitary violence has been
prevalent. The Pacific coastal region of two local. Ten year
prison sentences were given to three men for conspiring to
forcibly displaced farmers on behalf of palm plantations. And there's
a dozen others facing similar charges. The if you go
to visit to believe when people say that your displays
and farmers and other area when. When. In Jun would
say that's not true. Social forces saying an old also
responsible for all our problems. Know the problems will vote
for decades before. They do what we're trying to do
this change in that situation. Proponents of the palm oil
industry acknowledge that there have been problems. But they say
as a sector they're actually the solution to the conflict
by helping to develop the economy. And he pointed programs
to help find jobs for former combatants. The cruel illness.
This form of informality. In Cologne. A win a sector
only one home Coleman looked over Torre with a plantations
and organized this. We've it is whooped and took them
to practices. It is day. Formal leave so you can
either help us formalize. The relationship. The taking place in
that tone. Despite all the violence Colombia had maintain the
fastest growing economy in South America. And others even more
optimism for the future and I mean heartless in my
house. After fifteen year civil war parking government leaders are
negotiations. Have taken the country closer than ever to a
peace deal. The hope is that a cease Furl trigger
a new era of prosperity. And make rural areas like
the pity upon even more attractive to investment. But for
people it was on any action would be too late.
She is already lost related and husband to the violence
he disappeared more than a decade ago presumably killed by
one of the armed groups in the area. Mostly just
an unbeaten with Peter Kenyon you that is here is
we'll also. Include use glucose fleeing you know. Thanks I
hate. Me because apparently. Didn't that this place won't miss
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