Developers Evict 40 Collas Families

What is affected

	Housing private
	Land Private
	Communal

Type of violation

Forced eviction
Demolition/destruction
Dispossession/confiscation

Date

01 August 2005

Region

LAC [ Latin America/Caribbean ]

Country

Argentina

Location

Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy Province

Affected persons

	Total 200
	Men 0
	Women 0
	Children 0
	Indigenous

Proposed solution

Details

Development

Forced eviction

Costs

Demolition/destruction

Land losses

- Land area (square meters)

- Total value

Duty holder(s) /responsible party(ies)

	State
	Developers

Brief narrative

Source: COHRE Global Survey 2003-2006 found at http://www.cohre.org/store/attachments/Global_Survey_10.pdf

"In August 2005, developers, accompanied by police and an excavator, arrived at the farm of 40 families of the indigenous Collas community, who resided in the Quebrada de Humahuaca, in the Jujuy Province. The developers, although they had no title deeds or judicial order to carry out an eviction, claimed the property to be theirs. The Collas, whose ancestors had lived on the land for several centuries, protested, but were eventually forced to leave their homes and land. Reportedly, the developers are planning to build hotels, in preparation for an expected influx of tourism, as the Quebrada de Humahuaca area was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2003.- ‘Collas expulsados de su tierra’, Pagina 12, (20 Aug. 2005), www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/sociedad/3-55348-2005-08-20.html"

Costs

€ 0

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