by Carlos Cruz, Colombia Team The workers of the Americas are facing an all-out attack on their rights and their lives. The recent effort...

By Austin Robles, WFP Colombia When I left the United States to do human rights work in Colombia, I knew the risks of entering the...

By Austin Robles, WFP Colombia This is the final installment of Witness’s February trip to Urabá (find links to past posts here and...

The packed room of port workers stood in silent commemoration of Daniel Aguirre, a man who dedicated his life to the struggle of the...

This is an open letter to Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis from union member and Witness for Peace board member John Walsh. It comes after...

Jorge Parra, the President of the Association of Sick and Fired Workers Of General Motors Colombia (ASOTRECOL in Spanish), started his...

by the Witness for Peace Colombia team In the video below, Witness for Peace gives a preview of the Summit of the People, a...

By Jeanine Legato Witness for Peace International Team – Colombia We were in our hotel in Cali, Colombia debriefing the days events of a...

By Jeanine Legato International Team – Colombia At 9:30 in the evening of August 23rd, Martha Giraldo, Technical Secretary of the...

We all know that the debate over the proposed free trade agreement with Colombia is hot in Washington right now. But what are people in...

By Cecilia Gregg Last summer I had the opportunity to travel to Colombia on a delegation with Witness for Peace (WFP), a politically...

Scrapping tariffs can hurt poor farmers, and a deal with Colombia might boost coca production. By Jess Hunter-Bowman President Barack...

By Andrea Bachmann Last weekend more than 17,000 people gathered at Bogota’s National University for the inaugural meeting of the...

by Andrea Bachmann In Bogotá this past Sunday, October 3rd, student organizers joined several music groups and social organizations to...

The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) has released a new report on U.S. military assistance to Colombia and its association with human...

By Denny Scott The Washington Post recently commented on the startling backlog of Colombian human rights cases. Our congressional...

Check out this recent column from Lynn Nadeau in Marblehead, MA. She’s been hosting Jairo Fuentes Epaiyu, a Colombian man from a coal...

Within the United States, the struggle in Colombia is too often brushed over or misunderstood. If the Colombian conflict is mentioned at...

Witness for Peace Northwest kicked off its first “Face the Displaced” event of April at Meaningful Movies in the basement of Keystone...

On March 6th, International Team Member Diego Benitez accompanied Martha Giraldo, a victim whose father was murdered in an extrajudicial...