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Oct 3, 20244 min read
Body and Territory: Report on the 2024 Advocacy Tour
A week ago, our 2024 Speaker’s tour through the southeastern US ended. It highlighted Black women’s role in the healing of a land.
Oct 2, 20244 min read
Cuerpo y territorio: informe de la gira de incidencia 2024
Hace una semana terminó nuestra gira por el Sudeste de los Estados Unidos 2024 de la mano de Deyanira Peña Carabalí, lideresa social caucana
Aug 15, 202410 min read
Extractivismo para la muerte, resistencia para la vida
“Ellos se llevan el carbón, a nosotros solo nos queda la contaminación y el dolor”.
May 9, 20245 min read
"Queremos vivir sin miedo ni zozobra"
Las comunidades Wounaan de Buenaventura exigen garantías para vivir con dignidad y paz
May 9, 20244 min read
"We want to live without fear and distress"
Wounaan community Santa Rosa de Guayacan faces humanitarian crisis after return to their land in Bajo Calima due to institutional inaction
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
Dec 24, 20235 min read
Cuánto cuesta la resistencia: ¿la existencia?
Hace 10 días murió Olga Castillo. Quisiera decir que murió en paz y habiendo obtenido justicia, pero no fue así. Olga no debió morir.
Oct 26, 20235 min read
"Aunque lo hubieran cortado en mil pedazos, no pudieron destruir su alma"
El proceso de reconciliación liderado por familiares de víctimas de desaparición forzada en Palestina, Huila
Oct 23, 20234 min read
Even if they had cut him to a thousand pieces, they were not able to destroy his soul
Reconciliation led by the families of the forcibly disappeared in Palestina, Huila
Oct 5, 20235 min read
Olga Castillo: La resistencia encarnada en el cuerpo de una mujer
Casi un año estuvo Olga acampando frente a la Embajada, primero, y frente a la Cancillería después. Casi un año de protesta de una mujer fre
Mar 21, 20235 min read
"As women we're able to resist with our bodies" Women's resistance to violence in Colombia
By Jessica Garcia Translation: Pambana Gutto Bassett For more than a year, countless forced displacements have been carried out across the...
Mar 15, 20233 min read
Resistance in the face of oblivion and indifference
Hundreds of forcibly displaced Indigenous families in Bogotá continue to demand a comprehensive response from the Colombian government....
Jul 5, 20228 min read
"We are not asking to be given rights, we are demanding them"
We interviewed the social leader Andrés Maíz to learn more about his long fight for land rights and his work with Lxs Sin Techo.
Jun 2, 20223 min read
Colombia's First Round Presidential Elections - Not Enough for Change
By Bárbara Orozco Díaz On Sunday, May 29, 2022, the first round of the Presidential Elections was held in Colombia. The left-leaning...
Jun 1, 20223 min read
10 years of the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement in Buenaventura: forced displacement increases
In May, the US-Colombia free trade agreement marked its 10th anniversary. On this anniversary, a humanitarian mission was organized in...
May 25, 20223 min read
In the face of State impunity, popular justice: the People's Tribunal in Siloé
In the first anniversary of the beginning of the historic National Strike in Colombia, a People' s Tribunal was organized in Siloé,...
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...
Apr 25, 20225 min read
Members of US Progressive Caucus met with President Xiomara Castro of Honduras
By Julián Arturo On March 19, 2022, Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective in collaboration with SOA Watch, CISPES, and other...
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...
Mar 8, 202210 min read
Leading Territorial Resistance: The Voices of Three Colombian Women Leaders
By Jessica Garcia On this March 8th, the Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective honours the women who resist in their territories across...
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