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Apr 29, 20249 min read
La cooperación militar entre EEUU y Colombia hoy: la dependencia continúa
De la mano del avance de la presencia militar estadounidense en la región, continúa la militarización del territorio colombiano


Aug 19, 20224 min read
"If there weren't so many guns, there wouldn't be so many dead"
If weapons have only generated death and pain, why does militarization of territories continue?

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...


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...


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...


Mar 17, 20213 min read
Naya River Reportback
The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective Colombia team shares their experiences in the Naya River.

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...

Dec 2, 20202 min read
U.S.-backed Anti-Narcotics Police Attack Indigenous Community
On Monday November 30th, helicopters buzzed atop the Nasa Indigenous community of El Descanso, in the Southern department of Putumayo.


Jun 2, 20204 min read
U.S Sends Troops to Fight Unarmed Poor People in Colombia
The United States Army is deploying a “company-sized” Special Forces team to support and advise Colombian anti-narcotics operations...


Apr 2, 20202 min read
Forced Eradications Continue Despite COVID-19 Crisis
Originally published by Contagio Radio Despite the isolation measures implemented across Colombia by President Ivan Duque to deal with...


Feb 5, 20202 min read
A Pocket of Resistance in Colombia's Countryside: Campesino Alternatives in Northern Cauca
Last week, our Colombia International Team, along with New England regional organizer Lee Schlenker, accompanied Leider Valencia of COCCAM


Dec 24, 20193 min read
The Fight for Justice Continues: Daira Quiñones Returns to La Nupa
Daira recalls her beloved village of La Nupa as a tight-knit Afro-Colombian community where people once moved freely and sang and danced...


Dec 13, 20194 min read
U.S Continues to Fund Forced Eradication as Small-scale Farmers Face New Wave of Assassinations
To date, 53 members of COCCAM have been murdered with each member of the national body threatened individually and collectively.


Oct 8, 20183 min read
Urgent Action: Return of Aerial Fumigation with Glyphosate
“Aerial fumigation with glyphosate is an attack on Mother Nature and an attack on our food sovereignty” – AINI Women’s Association...


Sep 11, 20185 min read
Como EEUU creó su propia crisis de migrantes
por Carlissa Arrow El Rio Naya Durante décadas, Estados Unidos ha estado experimentando una crisis humanitaria en la frontera entre...

Mar 3, 20170 min read
Feb 4, 20165 min read
15 años después: El “gran éxito” del Plan Colombia
Por Lisa Taylor, Acción Permanente por la Paz Colombia Este artículo aparece en inglés en el periódico en línea Upside Down World. Este 4...


Sep 14, 201511 min read
Human Trafficking: not an isolated phenomenon
by Sue Davis (WFP Mexico Program delegate) “If you promise a girl heaven, you can take her to hell.” (Quote from a human trafficker...
Nov 6, 20131 min read
“Immigration Problem”
Spoken word by Hillary Watson (delegate of a WfP delegation in Colombia) about U.S policy with Latin America and the consequent...


Sep 19, 20133 min read
Impunity and the Dirty War in Mexico: a Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal Hearing
Just two days after the pre-trial hearing of the Permanent People’s Tribunal: Repression for Political Reasons: a Permanent Strategy of...

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