Drug War

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...

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...

Jan 9, 20205 min read

A Look Back at 2019

2019 proved to be one of the deadliest years on record for human rights defenders in Colombia. At least 250 social leaders lost their...

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.

Jul 20, 20194 min read

Erythroxylum: The Condemned Leaf

By Liza González Perafán, INDEPAZ One by one, the leaves enter the mouth like bread, breaking up between bites and saliva. They settle in...

Jul 20, 20194 min read

Six Reasons the Drug War is Disastrous for Latin America

by (Ret.) Detective Russell Jones The American War on Drugs has contributed mightily to the violence and poverty individuals, families,...

Apr 22, 20196 min read

Colombia’s War of Neoliberal Economics

Despite the 2016 peace accords in Colombia, conflict and violence continue due to the U.S.-supported neoliberal economic model. In order...

Apr 9, 20196 min read

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...

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 30, 20183 min read

‘Broken Windows’ in Honduras: Giuliani and NYPD contracted as consultants for Honduran security

On May 10, 2018, a high-level delegation of Honduran security officials led by Security Minister Julian Pacheco was in New York City for...

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...

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...

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...

Jan 17, 20172 min read

Eyewitness to Assassination of Berta Cáceres Condemns Failures of Honduran Investigation

by John P. Walsh On January 16th Gustavo Castro, sole eyewitness to the assassination of Berta Cáceres last March in Honduras, held a...

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...

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...

Aug 15, 20153 min read

US Military Aid Destroys Lives of Women in Latin America

By Sara Velimirovic In Latin America, between 2006 and 2011, the female prison population increased from 40,000 to more than 74,000,...

Aug 11, 20153 min read

Rubén Espinosa and journalists under increasing threat in Mexico’s U.S.-propelled drug war

by Sonja Dahl, WFP intern Rubén Espinosa, a photojournalist based in the Mexican state of Veracruz who covered social movements, thought...

Aug 10, 20153 min read

Cracks in the Consensus: UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs 2016

by Zara Snapp* For the past 100 years, drug prohibition has been defended around the world (with a few exceptions), demonstrating a...

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