Wayuu: the people resisting between coal, wind, and the desert
On the Guajira Peninsula in Colombia, where the desert meets the sea, the Wayuu people have sustained for centuries a way of life rooted in territory, the spoken word, and memory. Today, this ancestral balance is facing unprecedented pressure: the expansion of mining, large-scale wind energy projects, armed conflict, and structural poverty are putting at risk not only their lands, but also their culture, their spirituality, and their right to decide their own future.