BP settles with Colombian farmers

British oil company BP will pay an undisclosed amount to some 1,000 Colombian farmers who sued for $28m (€22m), claiming a pipeline the oil giant built endangered their livelihoods.

BP settles with Colombian farmers

British oil company BP will pay an undisclosed amount to some 1,000 Colombian farmers who sued for $28m (€22m), claiming a pipeline the oil giant built endangered their livelihoods.

The suit demanded payment for harassment the farmers suffered at the hands of the far-right paramilitary groups as a result of their opposition to the pipeline.

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