Eradicating Peace in Colombia
Colombia’s new president, Iván Duque, continues to push for failed supply-side drug war policies in Colombia—a reversal of alternative...
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Mar 26, 20192 min read
Nos solidarizamos con la "Minga" en Cauca, Colombia.
El Colectivo Acción Permanente por la Paz (APP) proclama su sincera solidaridad con la gente del Cauca que esta participando en la...
Mar 26, 20192 min read
We stand in solidarity with the "Minga" in Cauca, Colombia
The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective proclaims its wholehearted solidarity with the people of Cauca currently participating in the...
Mar 18, 20192 min read
URGENT ACTION - Ongoing Repression in Bajo Atrato region of Colombia
URGENT ACTION -Ongoing Repression in Bajo Atrato region of Colombia: Tell your Congressional Representatives to Take Action The Witness...
Feb 22, 20192 min read
Armed Clashes Threatens Civilians in Humanitarian Zones
On February 18, four displaced families arrived at the Humanitarian Zone La Esperanza. The displacement is due to several armed clashes...
May 29, 20183 min read
Urgent Action: Return of Aerial Fumigation with Glyphosate
Witness for Peace expresses grave concern over the return to aerial fumigation in Colombia and the United States’ continued pressure to...
May 29, 20183 min read
Afro-Colombian Communities of the Naya River Defend Their Lives and Lands
Saturday morning dawned clear and hot on May 19th in Puerto Merizalde, the largest town on the Naya River, near the Pacific coast of...
Apr 4, 20184 min read
How Americans Created Their Own Border Crisis
By Carlissa Arrow For decades, the United States has been undergoing a humanitarian crisis at the US-Mexico Border. Ironically, this...
Dec 18, 20172 min read
Fighting for Human Rights: Delegation Witnesses the Economic and Political Realities of Colombia
By Kristen Treinen “Be proud of your son; he never folded.” – Juan Iván Hurtado Garcia, whose brotherJairo was disappeared by the...
Oct 19, 20172 min read
U.S. Pressure for Forcible Eradication a Factor in Tragic event in Tumaco, Colombia
By Samantha Wherry & John Walsh The deaths of at least 6 rural farmers in Tumaco, Colombia on Thursday, October 5th showed yet again the...
Oct 17, 20172 min read
Leaders of Buenaventura Civic Strike Threatened
By Samantha Wherry International news about Colombia depicts a similar narrative: a picture of a Colombia that, after more than 50 years...
Aug 14, 20172 min read
US Munitions Used in Violent Repression of Ongoing Strikes in Buenaventura, Colombia
Tell your member of Congress to, in accordance with Leahy Law, immediately suspend aid, including munitions, to the ESMAD anti-riot unit...
May 28, 20173 min read
Municiones estadounidenses utilizadas en represión en Buenaventura
Acción Permanente por la Paz está seriamente perturbada por el uso de municiones estadounidenses -específicamente los gases lacrimógenos...
May 28, 20173 min read
WFP Urgent Action in Buenaventura, Colombia
Police Repression of Civic Strike in Buenaventura, Colombia: Demand the US State Department And Congressional Leadership Act to Promote a...
Apr 11, 20177 min read
Connecting Dots Across Borders: Here and There, Resistance Everywhere
By Anita Kline, WFP delegate to Colombia in December 2016 “Tell me about your trip to Colombia!” The leaders of our Witness for Peace...
Feb 15, 20172 min read
Colombian Community Displaced: Take Action for Justice
Click here or see below to send a message to the US embassy in Colombia and the State Department to demand adequate protection and...
Feb 14, 20174 min read
Celebrate February 14th as International Flower Workers’ Day
By Lisa Taylor, WFP Colombia In the United States, February 14th has traditionally been celebrated as Valentine’s Day, a day when love is...
Feb 10, 20171 min read
Support Colombian Flower Workers!
With Mother’s Day approaching, did you know that 65% of flowers in the U.S. come from Colombia? Unfortunately, though, cheaper flowers...
Jan 19, 20173 min read
WFP Statement and Condemnation of Recent Assassinations in Buenaventura and Urabá, Colombia
Witness for Peace was greatly saddened this morning to hear of the recent assassination of our Colombian partner Emilsen Manyoma Mosquera...
Nov 1, 20168 min read
How Does One Explain the Murder of a Child in the Middle of Such Pain and Fear?
How Does One Explain the Murder of a Child in the Middle of Such Pain and Fear? Also at a Time When Nests are Being Woven to Shelter the...
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