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^[2]Simon Rivera, “In Colombia, New Gold Rush Fuels Old Conflict,” The New York Times, access July 28, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/world/americas/04colombia.html?partner=rss&emc=rss.

^[3] “Oro Manchado de Sangre,” Verdad Abierta, July 29, 2011, http://www.verdadabierta.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=2766.

^[4]Elyssa Pachico, “InSight Map: Conflict and Colombia’s Gold Rush,” InSight,  accessed July 30, 2011, http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/646-insight-map-conflict-and-colombias-gold-rush.

^[5] Jim Wyss, “Colombia Tries to Halt Illegal Gold Mines,” Mining in Colombia, accessed July 30, 2011, http://miningincolombia.com/2011/market-commentary/colombia-tries-to-halt-illegal-gold-mines/.

^[6]“Exportaciones de Oro no son lo que Parecen,” El Mundo, accessed July 30, 2011, http://www.elmundo.com/portal/noticias/economia/exportaciones_de_oro_no_son_lo_que_parecen.php.

^[7]Hernando Salazar, “La minerá illegal financia al crimen en Colombia,” BBC Mundo, accessed July 29, 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2011/03/110310_colombia_mineria_ilegal_az.shtml.

^[8]Colombia’s Gold Rush, Fault Lines (2011: Al Jazeera English), accessed July 16, 2011, http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/faultlines/2011/07/2011757127575176.html.

^[9] Yeison Gualdrón, “Sector minero perdería un billon de pesos por ilegalidad, Portfolio, accessed July 31, 2011, http://www.portafolio.co/economia/sector-minero-perderia-un-billon-pesos-ilegalidad.

^[10] Observatory on Integrated Peace, PDPMM: Database of people expelled from the municipalities of Magdalena Medio 1994-2007, Barrancabermeja, 2008.

^[11] Observatory on Integrated Peace, PDPMM, Síntesis DH-DIH-VPS 05-07, Barrancabermeja, 2008.

^[12] MiningWatch Canada and CENSAT-Agua Viva, “Land and Conflict- Resource Extraction, Human Rights, and Corporate Social Responsibility: Canadian Companies in Colombia,” Inter Pares, pg. 33, accessed July 30, 2011, http://www.interpares.ca/en/publications/pdf/Land_and_Conflict.pdf.

^[13] Ibid, MiningWatch Canada and CENSAT-Agua Viva, pg. 22.

^[14] Ibid, MiningWatch Canada and CENSAT-Agua Viva, pg. 34.

^[15] “FP says Greystar shakes up its executive ranks,” Mining in Colombia, accessed August 4, 2011, http://miningincolombia.com/2011/colombian-companies/fp-says-greystar-shakes-up-its-executive-ranks/.

^[16] Ibid, MiningWatch Canada and CENSAT-Agua Viva, pg. 37.

^[17] Ibid, MiningWatch Canada and CENSAT-Agua Viva, pg. 38.

^[18]Ibid, Fault Lines.

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