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Oct 5, 20164 min read
Statement on the Plebiscite Vote in Colombia
On October 2nd, in a very close vote, a majority of Colombians who participated in a plebiscite on the recently signed peace accords...
Sep 12, 20163 min read
The Sounds of Silence
Commemorating the six-month anniversary of the assassination of Berta Cáceres, Hondurans demand justice. On the morning of September 2nd,...
Aug 19, 20165 min read
Connecting the Dots: How US neo-liberal policies and the Drug War contribute to human rights abuses
A critique of the abuses committed by the Mexican government against its own people requires a critical analysis of the role of US...
Jul 20, 20166 min read
“In Havana, they are not resolving the issue of peace:” An interview with Enrique Chimonja
By Lisa Taylor What continues below is the transcription of an interview conducted by Lisa Taylor, member of Witness for Peace’s...
Jun 27, 20163 min read
International Accompaniment NGOs’ Statement Regarding the Peace Process
International Accompaniment NGOs’ Statement Regarding the Situation of Human Rights Defenders during the Colombian Peace Process As...
Feb 4, 20164 min read
15 Years Later: The “Great Success” of Plan Colombia
A slightly edited version of this article appears in Upside Down World. This February 4, celebrating the “historic collaboration” between...
Oct 14, 20154 min read
Open Letter from the Portworkers Union of Colombia
The following is an open letter from the Portworkers Union of Colombia regarding their ongoing negotiations with CIAMSA, a company that...
Jul 2, 20154 min read
Coca-Cola’s new bottling plant threatens workers’ rights in Colombia
On June 5, Coca-Cola FEMSA – the Mexican franchise of Atlanta-headquartered multinational The Coca-Cola Company – inaugurated its seventh...
May 15, 20154 min read
As Fast-Track Gathers Steam in Washington, Colombian Leaders Speak Out Against Three Years of FTA
By Julia Duranti, Witness for Peace Colombia While the U.S. Senate gears up for a final vote following Tuesday’s temporary setback on ...
Apr 24, 20154 min read
On 1st Anniversary, Puente Nayero Humanitarian Space Inspires Nonviolent Resistance in Buenaventura
On April 13, 2014, an Afro-Colombian community of approximately 300 families known as Puente Nayero did something unprecedented in...
Apr 15, 20154 min read
Coca-Cola Workers on Hunger Strike
Coca-Cola workers affiliated with the Sinaltrainal union are currently gathering in the center of Bogotá to protest unjust working...
Apr 10, 20153 min read
Lasting peace for Colombia requires social and economic justice
By Lisa Taylor, Colombia International Team Chanting “The people united will never be divided!”, thousands of Colombians in major cities...
Feb 17, 20153 min read
“Our conflict is not internal, but imposed”: Lessons from Colombia for U.S. aid to Central America
By Julia Duranti In a January op-ed for the New York Times, Vice President Joe Biden called for $1 billion in aid to Central America to...
Feb 13, 20153 min read
International Flower Workers Day: Corporate tax breaks while workers pick up the slack
Cactus, a Colombian NGO that accompanies flower workers and their families in the Bogotá Savannah and participated in a WfP Upper...
Feb 10, 20153 min read
While peace is negotiated, human rights violations in Cauca, Colombia continue
By the Cauca Network for Life and Human Right (CIMA, CRIC, MCC, Acader, Ascap, Ruta Pacifica de Mujeres, Ordeurca and Cococauca) While...
Jan 3, 20153 min read
Port Workers Union in Urabá denounce intimidation of unionists & other Labor Action Plan violations
By the Port Workers Union of Colombia Apartadó, Colombia December 29, 2014 Cargoban workers demand labor justice The actions that...
Dec 1, 20144 min read
Privilege and Peace
By Chelsey Dyer, WfP SE Regional Board Member Margaret Mead, a once famous anthropologist, theorized that warfare is an invention created...
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