The U.S. celebrated the extradition as a victory in their effort to dismantle drug trafficking. In reality, the only thing it is...

By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On January 25, the President of the Republic of Colombia, Iván Duque, signed into law the widely-rejected Citizen...

Originally published by Contagio Radio Despite the isolation measures implemented across Colombia by President Ivan Duque to deal with...

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

To date, 53 members of COCCAM have been murdered with each member of the national body threatened individually and collectively.

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

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

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

Colombia’s new president, Iván Duque, continues to push for failed supply-side drug war policies in Colombia—a reversal of alternative...

On February 18, four displaced families arrived at the Humanitarian Zone La Esperanza. The displacement is due to several armed clashes...

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

Witness for Peace expresses grave concern over the return to aerial fumigation in Colombia and the United States’ continued pressure to...

By Carlissa Arrow For decades, the United States has been undergoing a humanitarian crisis at the US-Mexico Border. Ironically, this...

Tell your member of Congress to, in accordance with Leahy Law, immediately suspend aid, including munitions, to the ESMAD anti-riot unit...

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

A critique of the abuses committed by the Mexican government against its own people requires a critical analysis of the role of US...

A slightly edited version of this article appears in Upside Down World. This February 4, celebrating the “historic collaboration” between...

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

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

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