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55 Colombia - Rio Ovejas
The Rio Ovejas, where the Spanish company, Union Fenosa, wants to build a dam and hydroelectric station, in order to export the electricity generated to other countries in South America. When the Colombian government built the dam on the nearby Rio Salvajina in 1984, thousands of families were displaced, and the environment scarred and degraded. The army was accused of assasinating local activists in order to force them to leave. Residents of the Rio Ovejas valley have already been terrorized by paramilitaries who want them to go.

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