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Oct 3, 20244 min read
Body and Territory: Report on the 2024 Advocacy Tour
A week ago, our 2024 Speaker’s tour through the southeastern US ended. It highlighted Black women’s role in the healing of a land.
May 9, 20244 min read
"We want to live without fear and distress"
Wounaan community Santa Rosa de Guayacan faces humanitarian crisis after return to their land in Bajo Calima due to institutional inaction
May 2, 20249 min read
Military Cooperation Between the United States and Colombia Today: An Ongoing Dependence
The militarization of Colombian territory continues as the U.S. military presence in the region increases.
Oct 23, 20234 min read
Even if they had cut him to a thousand pieces, they were not able to destroy his soul
Reconciliation led by the families of the forcibly disappeared in Palestina, Huila
Oct 5, 20235 min read
Olga Castillo: La resistencia encarnada en el cuerpo de una mujer
Casi un año estuvo Olga acampando frente a la Embajada, primero, y frente a la Cancillería después. Casi un año de protesta de una mujer fre
Mar 21, 20235 min read
"As women we're able to resist with our bodies" Women's resistance to violence in Colombia
By Jessica Garcia Translation: Pambana Gutto Bassett For more than a year, countless forced displacements have been carried out across the...
Mar 15, 20233 min read
Resistance in the face of oblivion and indifference
Hundreds of forcibly displaced Indigenous families in Bogotá continue to demand a comprehensive response from the Colombian government....
Sep 12, 20226 min read
After 11 years of resistance, injured GM workers still awaiting a response from the United States
By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On August 2, 2011, the Association of Injured and Former Workers of General Motors Colmotores (ASOTRECOL) set up a...
Jun 23, 20226 min read
Colombia Presidential Elections 2022 - Runoff for the Government of Life
By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On June 19, 2022, for the first time in its contemporary history, Colombia makes a government shift to the...
Jun 2, 20223 min read
Colombia's First Round Presidential Elections - Not Enough for Change
By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On Sunday, May 29, 2022, the first round of the Presidential Elections was held in Colombia. The left-leaning...
May 13, 20224 min read
The Extradition of “Otoniel” to the United States is a Recipe for Impunity
The U.S. celebrated the extradition as a victory in their effort to dismantle drug trafficking. In reality, the only thing it is...
Mar 9, 20225 min read
State Repression and Militarization in Post-Peace Accords Colombia
By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On January 25, the President of the Republic of Colombia, Iván Duque, signed into law the widely-rejected Citizen...
Jun 3, 20219 min read
Popular Resistance in the Age of Neoliberal War: The Case of Colombia
By Evan King and Pambana Gutto Bassett Since April 28th hundreds of thousands of Colombians have taken to the streets to demand the end...
May 24, 20212 min read
Colombia's National Police Running "Chop Houses" and Mass Graves to Disappear Victims
Original in Spanish by Contagio Radio According to the Justice and Peace Commission, there have been numerous testimonies pointing to the...
Mar 17, 20213 min read
Naya River Reportback
The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective Colombia team shares their experiences in the Naya River.
Feb 2, 20212 min read
Urgent Action: Social Leader, Maria Eugenia Mosquera, Under Threat
The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective expresses solidarity with Colombian Social Leader, Human Rights defender, and partner María...
Jan 20, 20213 min read
Paramilitaries Threaten Brink’s Workers in Bogotá
By Cruz Bonlarron Martinez The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective recently received reports that Brink’s workers affiliated with the...
Jan 5, 20212 min read
Colombian Human Rights Defender, Leider Valencia, is Under Threat
The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective was just informed about a serious threat against the life of Colombian Social Leader, Human...
Dec 19, 20202 min read
Drummond President on Trial for Alleged Paramilitary Ties
Current Drummond President, José Miguel Linares, and the former president, Augusto Jiménez, are being charged by the Colombian Attorney
Dec 15, 20203 min read
The Hidden Pandemic: How U.S. Arms Sales Have Fueled Decades of Violence in Latin America
In 2017, following the fraudulent re-election of President Juan Orlando Hernandez, Hondurans took to the street to demand justice and the...
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